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June 2007

jeanne… the soon to be mrs PM

(obligatory must do ‘jump in the bandwagon’ post!) jeanne (danker) abdullah (picture, left, from bernama), born on 29 july 1953 (thus now 53 years old), eldest of four siblings, educated at the assunta secondary school in petaling jaya. she has wide experience in administration and hotel management and has worked …

bahasa for unity

back to bahasa malaysia? hmm… but all along i had been using bahasa malaysia. during our first PM time, the term ‘bahasa malaysia’ was introduced and it was in 1986 when anwar was the education minister that he changed it to ‘bahasa melayu’. information minister, zam said:  “The Malay language …

rest in peace, loga (of alleycats)

loganathan arumugam (picture), one of the arumugam brothers who make up the bank ‘alleycats’ (together with a few other members), passed away yesterday morning in the mount miriam hospital. many young bloggers might not know who this group of singers known as alleycats are. they were popular during the 70s …

move over lina joy, here comes altantuya

QUICK UPDATE as at 7.30pm:  the trial had been postponed to 18. june. altantuya’s family sued the government for RM100mil. read all about it at malaysiakini. will blog about it later (my usual after midnight time!) that’s right. tomorrow today as the murder trial of altantuya begins, people would have …

ask your boss for a raise

… that is if you are not a civil servant.  we all know already  how lucky the civil servants are, to have a pay rise due to the coming election good mood of our PM. for those of you in the private sectors, no fear if you are looking for …

no pressure?

it was not a not a political decision, said our PM. no pressure exerted on the judges, said he. sure. no pressure from the gomen. the pressure was right there, live, on the day itself, in front of the court – the 300 or so muslim people who gathered in …