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come, let’s walk for media freedom

Walk for Media FreedomDate:  1 June 2008Time:  9.00amPlace:  Dataran Merdeka to National Press Club (NPC) Please read the following message from our committee, which can be found in our Benar blog. After the walk, there are other activities. More details to be followed soon. I hope my fellow bloggers out …

tourism rep. molested a woman

it’s a sunday and i usually post jokes on sunday but for today i will post a ‘frivolous’ post instead (kind of like the one about the school uniform… IF according to ong, i suppose). usually this kind of news many bloggers will talk about it but so far i …

empowered penangites make their voices heard

remember the penang forum (where more than 10 NGOs were present) which i attended somewhere in april? here is a full report written by anil netto, which appeared in the latest issue of aliran magazine. anil already gave some brief life report in his blog but do read the full …

A-Z of phobias

ok it’s a sunday, so instead of politcal or serious stuff, quoted from malaysiakini or malaysian insider (currently the 2 best online news sourse!), here’s something light. exclusively brought to you only by mental jog!  over 500 phobias! which ones are you? although i am single, i am definetely not …

unite for human rights!

hmm…. not many bloggers support this day i see as i don’t see the ‘bloggers for human rights day’ badge displayed on their blogs. on 5 may i had announced about this day in my blog, hopefully for bloggers to be aware of it and do something – like its …

bloggers unite for human rights day

do you know that 15 may is ‘bloggers unite for human rights day’? i didn’t… until i read about it in susan loone’s blog. the month of may marks the first anniversary of bloggers unite and this year the focus is on human rights. Bloggers: making a difference Bloggers Unite …

CIJ events on occasion of world press freedom day

the centre for independent journalism. (CIJ) in conjunction with world press freedom day on 3 may., is organising a 2-day event, to be held at the annexe, central market, KL. please visit their blog for more information. briefly… 3 may, saturdaypublic talk on the topic ‘towards ethical media’ (psst! this …

invited as speaker

… but had to turn it down due to other commitments in penang during the weekend. invited by whom? centre for independent journalism. (CIJ)for what? the events they are organising this weekend in conjunction with world press freedom day on 3 may. yes, CIJ is organising a day event at …

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 …