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another beginning – nat, pkr & politik(u)s

friends, I’ve gleefully sold my soul to Parti Keadilan Rakyat.

:) Most of you are already somewhat aware, but thought it’d be good to make a ‘formal announcement.’ I will be working for them actually, under the Information Bureau.

Why politics? because

- there’s a little voice inside me, the exact same one that’s inside you, [...]

EC reforms: nazri’s eternally perfect government

DS Nazri:

“As I’ve said, there is no need to revamp the Elections Commission. In the past 50 years we have not revamped any ministry. So why must the EC be singled out (to be revamped)?”

Why is it the government always believes that everything is perfect and that nothing ever needs changing? Just how perfect do [...]

nice work, sheih.. :)

thanks!

Talk on getting into and studying at Harvard (by humble me)
DECC, 55-1 Jalan SS21/1A, Damansara Utama Uptown, 47400 Petaling Jaya

Sorry for the late notice (you aren’t the only one! :) , but it appears I will be speaking this Sunday morning, 25th March, 10.30 am at the venue noted above. This is organised by the new and exciting Descartes Education Counselling Centre.

It’ll just be a friendly discussion aimed at students, probably about whether YOU [...]

Toll Hike Protest – Summit, USJ, March 18th: The Ballad of Proton Yellow & Round Orange

Good news: Malaysiakini video speaks a 1000 words! Check it out, it’s far better than my big ass collection of pictures.

So I’ll just add tidbits.

Demo prob started around 4.15pm; then the police started the usual threats and then started spamming their sirens to drown out the speakers. New strategy, apparently, where all the squad cars [...]

Pics from Toll Hike Protest – Summit, USJ, March 18th

Long day! Malaysiakini has the story, good for them.

Me and politikus took a lot of pictures, and I’ve put up the unedited batch – more than 250 pics – which you *should* be able to find here (too sleepy to wait for full upload; apologies if the problems with viewing are as bad as I [...]

Rehman Rashid: Who I don’t want to be when I’m old, kereta kerbaus and Nat’s guide to differentiating asses from opinions

I’ll let others hantam him for the asinine “grumblestiltskins” comments, let’s look at the real point of the article (reproduced below). You can start by reading the article and my brief comments first, it’s a tad more entertaining, while the following is more boringly reasonable :)

I cannot help but feel pity for how pathetically Mr. [...]

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