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christmas is here, so…

REMEMBER…. BECAUSE… ONLY THEN I WISH YOU… AND SO WE ALL SAY A PRAYER… Father God, when your precious Son became a tiny baby in a stable in Bethlehem in poverty and simplicity, you changed our world. As we imagine those surroundings, we join with the shepherds and the wise …

the pen is mightier than the sword

… and also ‘words are mightier than the sword’. by ‘pen’ and ‘words’ i mean too whatever that are on website, and whatever that are spoken like in debate, forum. and by ‘sword’ i mean too ISA, mob gathering and lodging police report. yes, the pen is mightier than the …

killer express bus again…

… or rather should i add ‘driver’ after ‘bus’? (read ‘express bus crashes into tree and overturns near tangkak, killing 10’ – picture taken from there) TEN people were dead, mind you, 10, as in T-E-N – TEN! not 1, not 4… like the 4 dead in the bukit antarabangsa …

selamat aidil adha…

…to my muslim friends and all the muslim who dropped in here. (picture taken from 123greetings.com) i do not know much about this feast (aidladha or hari raya haji or hari raya korban) except 2 things – the haj pilgirmage and the slaughter of cows, of which the meat are …

20th anniversary of world AIDS day

today is world AIDS day. every 1 dec. is world AIDS day. 1 dec. 2008 is special though – as it is the 20th anniversary or world AIDS day. the theme for this year’s world AIDS day is a follow up on last year’s theme which touch on leadership. Leadership …

paula’s bail extended

remember penang’s anti-ISA vigil at the esplanade on 15 nov? it was a very good and successful gathering, where we see the presence of our ‘red-helmet’ guests toward the end of the gathering. unfortunately, towards the end, paula, who was the MC for the day was arrested. she was to …

nov 15 vigil – change of venue

UPDATED ON 12/11/08, 12:50 PM – it’s back to the original venue of ESPLANADE. ——————————– it seems that on 14, 15 and 16 nov. there will be this international tennis tournament going on at the esplanade. anticipating a big crowd, and possibility of some roads leading to the esplanade to …

leafleting ISA flyers in public

is there such a word as ‘leafleting’ anyway? well i first learned of that word from suaram penang a year back when they organised a ‘leafleting’ campaign something about protest against privitisation of hospital. the leafleting was done in the general hospital, and of course i was there and had …

remembering the dead

(wanted to blog about the road signs in penang hoo haa but don’t have time. will do so tomorrow. in the meantime blog on what happened yesterday). yes, yesterday, was our catholic church’s all souls day, a special day in the year, where we remember and visit the graves of …