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April 2008

the indigenous people of malaysia

UPDATED:  read a good explanation of ‘ketuanan melayu’ from our opposition leader, wan azizah, to counter against shahrir samad’s defence of ‘ketuanan melayu’ at sun2surf. ORIGINAL POST who are the indigenous people of malaysia? any school kids would tell you it is the ORANG ASLI. do a google search for …

launching of BENAR

i am obliged to post the following i received via the e-groups, being part of the organising team. was glad to be among the few members (less than 10!) who were instrumental in picking the tagline and contribute a teeny weeny percentage to the idea of the logo design. to …

the late MGG pillai – 2nd anniversary

  i had forgotten about mgg pillai’s death anniversary until i read about it in malaysiakini yesterday – a nice piece written by his son, sreejit pillai. i had known mgg pillai for a very long time… ever since he started ‘sang kancil’, the newsgroup duscussion forum. when he passed …

saw lim guan eng at ‘ho chiak’

i went to the mount miriam hospital’s ‘ho chiak’ charity food and fun fair yesterday morning and ran into our CM, lim guan eng, when he came to patronise some of the food stalls. he was there to officiate the event. when he stopped at the ‘siew mai’ stall to …

political corruption trial

good SSS joke (found somewhere on the net)  that may be relevant to the current happenings in our country re: corruption and judiciary.(SSS – short, sweet, simple)————————————– At the height of a political corruption trial, the prosecuting attorney attacked a witness. "Isn’t it true," he bellowed, "that you accepted five …

he apologised but…

…gave no guarantee that he would not repeat the keris-waving again during this year’s Umno annual general assembly. what kind of apology is that??? might as well don’t apologise!! cheh!! man:  i’m sorry for cheating on you, darling.woman: oh, that’s so touching. glad you apologised.man:  but i can’t promise you …

PAS MP said it is ok to use ‘allah’

alamak! the hearing (as i blog here) was postponed to coming tuesday. ayoh! why like this one – our malaysian court, always postphoning hearing/cases (eg. altantuya’s trial). this is the news from malaysiakini (with pictures). Herald vs Gov’t:  Judicial review postponedSoon Li Tsin | Apr 25, 08 2:35pm The judicial …

hearing on the use of ‘allah’

NOTE:  maybe by the time this post was out (lunch hours) the hearing will be over. from sun2surf ————————————————- Hearing on use of ‘Allah’ tomorrowMaria J.Dass PETALING JAYA (April 24, 2008): The application for Judicial Review over the use of the word Allah by Catholic weekly the Herald is fixed …

one moment modesty was outraged, the next no?

as a woman, if a man outraged my modesty, no matter what mood i am in – moody, sensitive, lousy, disturbed – the fact that my modesty had been outraged is there. oh, and also the fact that the man is a friend doesn’t change anything. why then did this …