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October 2003

irene fernandez

yesterday was another sad day where the judiciary is concern. irene ferandez was found guilty. do you remember the irene fernandez case? it was the longest trial in malaysia. to jog your memory…… irene fernandez is from ‘tenaganita‘ a rights group that focus on women and migrant workers. her trial …

astronaut, cosmonaut, taikonaut, what-not

and it is ‘angkasawan malaysia’ (malaysian astsronaut) for malaysia, so said our defence minister datuk seri najib. he said: “The person selected will be promoted as a Malaysian Astronaut and not Astronaut or Cosmonaut,” (silly, if the person is from malaysia, of course understood s/he will be a malaysian astronaut) …

the island of feelings

as last night i returned home late after a meeting and supper, i don’t have anything to post, so instead am going to post here a beautiful story call ‘the island of feelings’. —————- ISLAND OF FEELINGS Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: …

flood and links

well thank god there’s no more incessant rain in penang these days therefore no more flooding. it seems that in those 3 days of incessant rain which started from 8 oct, it was recorded that in the mainland, they had the highest rainfall ever ever since… a decade ago! it …

dr m’s interview on BBC’s ‘talking point’

remember my blog titled ‘any questions for the PM’? it was questions for him during BBC’s ‘talking point’ programme, in which he was interviewed. (the programme was aired on astro on 12 oct). well, under comments in that blog i had put forward my question and it was about the …

when will you die?

it’s confirm. i will die on a tuesday, june 28, 2039. and when will it be your turn? well we all have to die one day, won’t we? would you like to find out when? well some smart alec had designed a site that can tell you when you will …

the pope did not get it

so! the nobel peace prize went to the iranian lawyer shirin ebadi. i am very disappointed that the pope did not win the prize instead. why did they choose to give the award to shirin? the report stated that she won the prize for ‘her work defending human rights in …

follow the herd

ok folks, since a few of you mentioend you prefer comments to be from oldest to newest, and i notice that my favourite bloggers all have their comments from oldest to newest too, now i’m changing the comments back to oldest to newest. ok? okey dokey!

personal data protection law

did you notice? our minister in the PM dept., datuk seri dr rais yatim stated that next year the country will enforced the ‘personal data protection law’. this law will regulate the collection, possession, processing and use of personal data by any person or organsiation. he further added that “this …

handphone to track your dog

in one of lone’s latest blog, he blog about exploding handphone. in the far eastern economic review (FEER) latest issue (16 oct.), under ‘travellers’ tales’ (my fav. column), it also talk about handphone. first it mentioned about the japanese wiring up. . . their dogs! an except here: The fact …