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Archive for August, 2007:

aliran 30 anniversary dinner

date:  2 september (sunday) 2007time:  7.30pmvenue: in penang. enquire from aliran for the exact venuecost:  RM60 per ticketin performance: the instant cafe theatre company  with patrick teoh, edwin sumun and nell ng.contact: aliran, tel. 04-6585251
should have informed this earlier but forgot. never mind, i’m sure there are still tickets available. contact aliran and find out [...]

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today is our golden jubilee merdeka

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this… is merdeka?

regular visitors would have notice that lately after each of my post, i ended with ‘apa ertinya 50 tahun merdeka?’ (translation: what is the meaning of 50 years of merdeka?).  this phrase came from a plantation worker in one of the estate in sg siput, perak, that i and friends from my church had interviewed. [...]

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new cocktail for merdeka 50!

UMNOnised – add a pinch of race and religon, top up with islamisation, sprinkle with may 13 and stir with a keris. serve with no apology.
this (above) was my answer to walski’ question on facebook  – "If you were to name a cocktail in honor of the coming Golden Jubilee of Merdeka, what woud you [...]

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my dear malaysia – what has become of you?

yesterday i CnP an article from the catholic asian news. – a view from a young man, and now read a view from a veteran. the writer here, k. george – name is familiar. i think he had written to malaysiakini a few times.
———————————————-Catholic Asian News August 2007
(Veteran unionist, writer and citizen K. George recalls [...]

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malaysia – the next 50 years

as a run-down to our golden merdeka this friday, i will be posting articles from our catholic magazine, catholic asian news that touch on merdeka. i had already posted ‘50 years of isalmisation‘ on 2 aug., and here now is a view from a young man, colin nunis.
——————————————Catholic Asian NewsAugust 2007
MALAYSIA – The Next 50 [...]

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will mykad tells that you are a blogger?

yeah i was wondering about this after i read in elizabeth wong’s blog about how suaram director, dr kua kia soong was denied entry into sarawak because his mykad contain information that he had been blacklisted for his involvement in anti-logging activities. oh, and his mykad also tells on him that he was a former [...]

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prayer to the sacred heart of jesus

in the light of the ‘desecration of the image of the sacred heart of jesus’ controversy by the tamil daily, makkal osai, i would like to post here the consecration prayer to the sacred heart of jesus, a prayer which we prayed during mass on every first friday of the month (the first friday is [...]

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