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an american chinese muslim convert speaks

james yee, an ex army US officer who was station as a muslim chaplain at the infamous guantanamo bay in 1991. (pic  here show  james taken by me during his Q&A time) he was invited by the islamic propagation society international (IPSI) to talk about his time at guantanamo bay …

thank you, people of sibu

as at about 11.00pm, the official announcement is that DAP won by 398 majority. THANK YOU, PEOPLE OF SIBU! UPDATED 12 MIDNIGHT whooa!! i’m so happy that DAP won in the sibu by-election. at last the people had ‘spoken up’. the people had rejected BN!! i see change forth-coming (hopefully). …

we need the freedom of information act (FOI)

come and listen, why we need the FOI. saturday, 15 may at 8.30pm at caring society complex, penang. speakers: ms latheefa koya, lawyer, MBPJ local councillor, PKR information chief ms lim kah cheng, lawyer, MPPP local councillor mr himanshu bhatt,  chief of northern region bureau, the sun daily mr george …

dedicated to my mother

a poem by joanna fuchs.  i love poems by her. more of her poems can be seen here. Without You Mom, without you, there would be no me. Your love, your attention, your guidance, have made me who I am. Without you, I would be lost, wandering aimlessly, without direction …

first citizen journalism conference

since it is the citizen journalism (CJ) conference, i’m writing about it in my CJ blog, reflections. please go there to read, ya.  photos also there. direct access to the photos i have up on my facebook photo album (about 5 were not taken by me but all the rest …

penang finally get a speakers’ square

whoa!! good news! good news! wonderful news in fact! penang leads! finally the government agreed on a speakers’ square for us penangites. this is very good news for activists and all NGOs. say, we should revive our PAIN – penang anti isa network – and maybe have a anti isa …

aeroline – new way of flying

well… that’s the tagline of aeroline executive coach – the convenient way to fly… i just modified it a bit. 🙂 i took the aeroline bus this morning. it arrived ahead of scheduled! what surprise me most was that aeroline now provides individual personalised entertainment. the last time i took …

BN win… but…

yes BN win the hulu selangor by-election… but only because: * our dear PM, najib, offered RM3 mil. allocation for a chinese school and offered to build houses for a predominantly chinese village – spell BRIBERY! read from malaysiakini (or click on ‘read more’ to read) or lim kit siang’s …