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the malays says ‘yes’ to ISA

no no, that is not a sweeping statement from me to mean ALL melayu said so but i have a reason for using the heading… related to the picture you see here. ok after clearing that up, let me start from where i wanted to start. although i’m anti-ISA, i’m …

arrgghhhh!! screamyx, oh screamyx!

my streamyx had been down intermittently every day for more than a month now… and it is getting worst.  everyday it will be down, say for an hour or sometimes 2, 3 hours but last night, it was from 8.00pm, it was down until 2.00am when i went to sleep …

do you flip?

no, i don’t mean flip as in, you know, to move suddenly or jerkily or to turn over suddenly. i mean do you use the flip video? maybe you have not heard of it before. yes, there is a small, light, hand-held basic video camera which is very easy to …

a legend died

well… you gotta admit it… love him or hate him, no matter how weird he was to some people, he IS… er… WAS a legend… a legend in the music scene. hey, michael jackson (MJ) was from my era, ya’ know. so i grew up listening to his songs (from …

1black malaysia at old town

yesterday, there was still the 1blackmalaysia gathering at old town white coffee bayan baru but there were only around 15 people (compare to last week, there were over 30 people). i was there again with christina, in black.  there were no waving of the ‘bubar DUN perak’ sign. all very …

our rights to right to information (RTI)

attended the ‘right to information’ forum at the caring society complex, penang, yesterday. about 30 people were in attendance. it was organised by transparency international malaysia (TI) and centre for independent journalism. (CIJ) usha from transparency international was at the registration desk. on registration, we were given some pamphlets and …

how to dance in the rain

got this story from an email. this story reminds me of my 3rd uncle who is in a vegetative state for 10 years already. he cannot recognise anyone at all (cannot talk, cannot eat). yet my mother (her brother) had been faithfully visiting him every week and talking to him …

games that stimulate your mind

children these days (or for that matter even adults) if you asked them what are their favourite games, they will mention to you some video games or computer games, i’m sure. gone are the days when everybody enjoyed playing board games or any educational games that does not requires one …