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zambry wins – as expected…

… because what else you expect in a kangaroo court? the court that is not independent? in malaysiakini nizar said: “This is the saddest day (for) Malaysia as this shows the judiciary is not indepedent. Our target now is to win back Perak.””

Of Optimisim, Opportunity & the Opposition

by Martin Jalleh Is the Opposition coalition crumbling like a cookie? Is the door for real, relevant and radical change slowly closing in on us? Shall we just call it a day as we witness Umno’s final curtain of a failed State? Or shall we remain committed to a change …

satu lagi projek baziran nasional (BN)

(translated: another  national waste project) the new istana negara at jalan duta! on my return trip from selangau, sarawak, i stayed over at sharon’s and in the morning she bought me to the new istana construction site and i took several pictures of the site… from a far, the opposite …

Dr Mahathir – a creation of the US!

an article by my friend, martin jalleh. ———————————————- For a very long time the US government was looking for a political lackey to do its bidding in South East Asia. They scoured the earth and soon found their man in Bolehland – a land where anything is possible. He was …

selangau trip report

ok this is a very personal, long-winded post about my trip to selangau, so if you are not into such stuff, ignore this, ok. day 1 – thurs, 14 jan. reached bintulu about 4.00pm. mr sim, our host, and the local activist, was on hand to greet us and brought …

back from selangau, sarawak

yep, i’m back… on monday actually, then stay over at sharon’s house in kl before taking the aeroline coach back to penang yesterday. indeed it was an eye-opening, totally new, discovering experience for me the 4 days i was in selangau.  there were only 2 of us from peninsula (3 …

sarawak democracy road-show

woo! i’m flying off to sarawak tomorrow… bintulu to be exact.  no, not exactly a holiday but it’s all for a good cause. the sarawak democracy road-show is initiated by the malaysian election observers network (MEO-net).  i’ll be there, among a few others, to do voters registration of the natives …