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gosh! i’m time’s person of the year!

ahem! ok not really. if i am, so are thousands others all over the world. hundreds in penang. well time magazine has picked 'lhe protester' as person of the year 2011' and since i often join protests, so i consider myself as time's person of the year. comprehendo? yes, i …

now everyone can drink

since today is sunday, here's something fun for you to enjoy.  =======================   "Spare a thought for Uncle Tony F, Chief Executive of 'Air Asia"…… Arriving in a hotel in KL Sentral he went to the bar and asked for a pint of draught  Anchor. The barman nodded and said, …

please register to vote!

  … it's your future and your children's future at stake! if you are not a voter yet, quick register at the following venues, a registration exercise organised by the malaysian consultative council of buddhism, cthristianity, hindusism, sikhism, taoism (MCCBCHST)  Perlis:  Pertubuhan Buddhist Perlis, Kangar Kedah:  Malaysia Hindu Sangam, Sungai …

on the general election and housing for the poor

on komunitikini: housing for the poor – the way forward (photos, click here) parishioners asked to be discerning when casting votes for the latter about the forum, it also appeared in the 'union catholic asian news' (UCAN): cathedral holds forum on politics

protest against the peaceful assembly bill

with reference to this post of mine regarding the peaceful assembly bill, which have many people up in their arms against it. as expected, the public will come out in full protest, rightly so. over the weekend, a few states, rally the people in certain places to protest against this …

eventful sunday

there will be lots of activities going on tomorrow, sunday, 27 nov. in penang. fellow penangites, make it an interesting sunday by participating in all or at least one of the events.   1.  Soft Launch of  the Women's Centre for Change (WCC)  Building Fund: Give · Build · Change 12.30 …

no more after friday prayer protest? (at the mosque)

well, our brand new bill said so – the peaceful assembly bill (2011) states that no street protests are allowed, and bars any assembly in or anywhere within a 50 metre buffer zone around defined prohibited areas such as schools, hospitals and places of worship. (from the malaysian insider) by …

fridays shouldn’t be used for illegal rallies

well well well, haven't i already said that a million times? well, not really exact those words… but had hinted at it. yes indeed, there were so many times the malays, especially indian muslim, if not mostly them!… always hold demo or protest after friday prayers at the mosque. after …

MCLM pushes for the rakyat reform agenda (RaRA)

NOTE: i had written this somewhere end of oct. i attended the MCLM forum on 24 oct. and wrote based on what i heard. i sent what i wrote to komunitikini, thinking it would be published but alas, what a disappointment, it didn't. so then i was thinking i will …

don’t discriminate homosexuals

so much had been said already regarding the seksuality merdeka festival, so i'm not going to say much. one of the reason i decided to blog on this issue is because i wanted to post this view from ahmad fuad rahmat, who is a research fellow with the islamic renaissance …