in the latest issue of aliran, in an article entitled de-mahathirising malaysia; abdullah badawi’s debt to reformasi. a writer, khoo bee teik stated that: “improbable as it seemed then, reformasi hastened mahathir’s ‘voluntary’ departure. improbable though it seems now, abdullah might just extend what reformasi began: the de-mahathirisation of this …
in the PM’s maiden speech, he had pledges democracy pledges crackdown on corruption, abuse of power pledges to be tough on terrorism oh goody. we have wish-lists for him, and he has pledges for us. let’s see if he will carry out the pledges.
“work with me, not for me… but for the religion, race and nation.” so said our new PM when he started work in his new office yesterday. religion? race? which race and religion he meant? as he is a muslim and a malay, i’m sure people would assume he meant …
remember at the end of my blog penang’s illustriious son will be our new PM, i was talking about wish-list? at the end i mentioned i wish to see no more flooding in penang, and what do you know…. seems that on the 1st day of pak lah being new …
with reference to my previous blog penang’s illustriious son will be our new PM, i blog on pak lah’s trip to penang on saturday. well, so on saturday, the illustrious son of penang, our new PM, was at penang. many major papers carried the stories i’m sure (but i only …
yesterday was all souls day and i was at the western road cemetery. ahhh! it was such a hot day. the sun sweltering and burning the skin. we had to be there at 3.00pm for the service for the dead because our parish (church within an area) was put in …
do you know that the human rights watch had also came out with a wish-list (sort of) in their letter dated 28 oct. to pak lah? here are their wish-list in point form. * Repeal the Internal Security Act (ISA). * Charge or release those still detained under the ISA, …
as i mentioned, i will always put up on my blog, my friend, martin’s article, here’s one he wrote to thank dr mahathir. this time i will not put up the whole article here but just give you the link. thank you, dr mahathir by martin jalleh.