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voices of the 50 refugees

“They beat me every time I made a mistake. They beat me with their hands and feet. They beat me with metal bars, about this size and this size…” showing that it was the length of his hand, and then his arm. “They would throw pieces of chain at me”, …

day 1 of rapid penang on the road

yesterday was the fist day rapid penang buses hit the streets of penang… and free rides were given (up to 2nd aug.). yesterday it so happened my sister had to work late so i can’t follow her in her car back home, thus giving me a chance to take the …

all the hype about NCER

is NCER going to become the in word nowadays? especially in the north of course. well, NCER stands for ‘northern corridor economic region’ –  a government initiative to speed up economic growth and elevate income levels in perlis, kedah, penang and northern perak. i hardly blog on the economy at …

beautiful wood statue of st anne

here you go! and it’s life-sized! this statue, among many others, big and small, and also plaques, was found at the church of st anne when i was there for its annual st anne’s feast day celebration on 26 july, thursday. yes, i was at the st anne’s church for …

best koay teow th’ng in penang

ah sai’s! the best in penang… some say malaysia! beside koay teow th’ng, there are also mee, bee hoon (normal), bee hoon (fat), bee tai bak, mee suah and porridge. ‘ah sai’ koay teow th’ng stall is run by a husband and wife team. the husband’s name is ah sai …

earn money by reading email

do you agree that you have the right to – choose the ads you want to receive,– only read ads that you are interested in, and– get paid to read those ads? this program has been a great success in singapore and is now open to people from all over …

won CDs from liewcf

the no. 1’s collection of CDs! these are the set of CDs that i had won from liewcf! i can’t believe my eyes when i found out i had won. wow! was i so lucky? i thought most of the time i was not lucky where lucky draw was concerned. …

off to ipoh for a leaders training session

tonight i’ll be off to ipoh… for a 2-days ‘leaders training session’. what type of training session is that, you wonder. well, it is for our church members who are in the ‘parish human development committee’ (PHDC), and for those who hold posts only – i.e. leaders. well, i’m the …

family carnival at church

(wanted to post this yesterday but something was wrong with my blog so didn’t.) on sunday, i went with my mum and sis to our church’s (cathedral of the holy spirit) family carnival. the carnival was one of the fund-raising project for the christian community centre in sg. ara. i was …

retreat at richmond bungalow

the retreat i mentioned was a relaxing one. it was something rather unexpected though but good in its own way. there were 11 of us staff, plus the facilitator. penang hill had change a lot since i was last there. er… but i was there the last time long long …