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going full throttle to made a difference

that is the tagline of the formula one (F1) themed ‘light speed’ gala charity dinner held yesterday at the traders hotel, penang.  it was held on 31 march to co-incide with the F1 racing that will be held this weekend at sepang   all the decorations were themed F1 of course.  …

be careful when using ATM

… and don’t be greedy to want to pick up money on the floor, thinking the money is yours, when someone pointed out some dropped money to you. apparently this scam i read about in the sun happened in penang too.  the thieves would work in group of 2 or …

slow down on blogging

these days i have to slow down on blogging because of my eye problem… thus you’ll see no daily update from me.  don’t worry. i’ll be temorary… until my eyes are better. about 2 weeks ago, i suddenly notice my eyes is full of mucus (the medical term is ‘rheum’, …

selangau trip report

ok this is a very personal, long-winded post about my trip to selangau, so if you are not into such stuff, ignore this, ok. day 1 – thurs, 14 jan. reached bintulu about 4.00pm. mr sim, our host, and the local activist, was on hand to greet us and brought …

back from selangau, sarawak

yep, i’m back… on monday actually, then stay over at sharon’s house in kl before taking the aeroline coach back to penang yesterday. indeed it was an eye-opening, totally new, discovering experience for me the 4 days i was in selangau.  there were only 2 of us from peninsula (3 …

sarawak democracy road-show

woo! i’m flying off to sarawak tomorrow… bintulu to be exact.  no, not exactly a holiday but it’s all for a good cause. the sarawak democracy road-show is initiated by the malaysian election observers network (MEO-net).  i’ll be there, among a few others, to do voters registration of the natives …

penang citizen journalist (CJ) graduation night

ok it’s a sunday. i’ll forget about the allah/church bombing  issue for today. instead i’ll made this post – which is actually long overdue. i’m putting up the videos (part I and II) done by malaysiakini’s shufiyan on our CJ graduation night on 19 nov.  2009 at a the LAB …