Currently browsing

April 2006

mgg pillai – the man, THE journalist

mgg pillai, the ‘legendary’ journalist. (pic taken from jeff ooi’s) 1939 – 2006 (age: 67) cause of death: heart attack day/time of death: 28 april 2006, 10.47am it is with a tinge of sadness that i learned of the death of mgg pillai, first through the ‘beritamalaysia’ newsgroup, then at …

we are not matured enough

oy! this ‘info man’ here is so very smart eh… with the thinking same as those in the west and europe, while those behind him (the flag waving rakyat) are all not as matured in thinking as those in the west and europe. (picture taken from sun2surf) ========= i just …

attn bus commuters! get your report cards!

all of you were in school before and know what a report card is right? that is to check on how you are doing in school with the various subjects and overall. well, a group of NGOs who had been monitoring the bus  revamp service in penang, has now come …

damn! damn! damn streamyx!

damn! streamyx was down again… for 4 days successively. past 3 days, it was down for 10 mins to 1/2 hour but yesterday it was down for more than an hour!! @*^%)#$!*!^!!! and of all the &^#$!*(! it had to be down after midnight – the time when i’m free …

the new malaysian poem

as monday is usually a blue monday to many since it is the start of a week… a long week of work work work… here’s a joke to cheer you guys up. received from forwarded mail. ================== Can study continue STUDY Can’t study, work FACTORY Cannot rely on CHARITY Earn …

pay only 30 cents extra for petrol, and…

… look what you get! yet you complained! ayo-yo! well well well, look what i found in my letter-box yesterday – a leaflet from jabatan kemajuan masyarakat (KEMAS). this is one side of the leaflet. translated, it says: The public pays only 30 cents petrol increase. The government gives subsidies …

century-old hindu temple destroyed!

… no, not by fire or landslide.. or any natural disaster, but by officers from KL’s city hall (DBKL). bulldozed and demolished by them!! the worst part of it was that the temple was demolished when about 300 devotees were inside performing prayers. how insensitive DBKL officers can be! gosh! …

sheer arrogance

‘JAKIM won’t wait for decency guidelines‘ screamed the headline in NST of 19 april. Muslim couples caught kissing or committing other indecent acts in public will be dealt with by the Islamic Affairs Department (Jakim) regardless of any advice from the Housing and Local Government Ministry. Department director-general Datuk Mustapa …

BUG to bug dr teng hock nan

calling penangites who uses the public transport! (people rushing for the transit link bus. picture taken from china press.) if you do not know yet, i.e. if you do not read the star paper or surf the penangwatch website, a new group known as ‘bus user groups‘ or BUG in …

earthquake proof buildings?

The committee comprises experts from the Public Works Department (PWD), Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP), Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP), the Department of Environment (DOE), the Mineral and Geo-Science Department, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and the Institute of Engineers Malaysia(IEM). what committee? apparently this committe is to: “gather information on …