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an open letter to the PM

this is a letter from a young friend (in his 20s) who once in a while dropped in my office (business with my other dept. colleagues). it is well written, just like the letter he wrote to the star publication before the election. yesterday he had written another one to …

bloggers MP and ADUN

drum roll please!………… presenting to you bloggers who just became MP (members of parliament) and ADUN (dewan undangan negeri – state assembly-man)…… and all whom i had met before. 1. JEFF OOI – MP for jelutong, penangi had known jeff for a long long time… long before he became a …

why khairy won

UPDATED:  the result of the press conference, as reported by malaysiakini – ‘PKR may challenge khairy’s rembau win’. – scroll down to read. early sunday morn, when i was watching the election result on TV, on hearing that samy velu lost, i shouted and cheered ‘yeh! yeh!’. so happy. however …

a classis chanra-wara!

well, anwarista (learn this word from kaytee) would be happy to read this article by me friend, martin jalleh. (and no, martin is not an anwarista). —————————– A CLASSIC CHANDRA-WARA !  by Martin Jalleh It is simply amazing how someone who was deemed “irrelevant” by the caretaker PM and of …

dirty tricks in sg siput

yeah. sg. siput. where samy velu is contesting. ain’t no surprise eh? we get to see:1.  the police disturbing the opposition (PSM)2.  the majlis perbandaran kuala kangasar(city council) favouring MIC dr jeyakumar, the candidate from parti sosialis malaysia (PSM), who is contesting against samy velu, was giving his frist ceramah …

MAFREL training session a success

… yes, the training session  was a success, despite starting late and behind time, and being a bit disorganised (apology to the attendees!). the turnout was tremendous. about 100 80 persons turned up! and i think about 50 committed to be observers on polling day. hurray! watch out jelutong, tanjung, …

look what 50yrs of 2/3 got you! (part II)

continuing part II of singam’s excellent article which i posted here. We live in a country that has not seen any real change of government since its inception 50 years ago.  understand change of government. Their fear of change is real and should not be trivialised. Proposals  of too much …

look what 50yrs of 2/3 got you!

found this excellent piece by SV singam (who might be a long lost friend from those sangkancil/beritamalaysia days) in haris’s blog. —————————————————————– The ruling coalition has enjoyed an almost unbroken 50 years of 2/3 majority in parliament. The only time  this overwhelming majority was lost was in 1969. Immediately, the …