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go samy! we don’t want you anymore!

that seems to be the message of about 2000 indians who attended the ‘aattam 100 vagai’ (100 types of dances) event at the penang international sports arena (PISA) on sunday night. samy was there to officiate the event. the crowd booed and jeered at him. haha. good for him. serve …

church leaders explain the use of ‘allah’

taken from the malaysian bar. —————————————————– Church leaders explain use of ‘Allah’ Sunday, 23 December 2007, 11: 20pm (c)The Sun (Used by permission) by Joseph Masilamany PETALING JAYA (Dec 23, 2007): The use of the word "Allah" to refer to God among Christians has been widely practised for generations in …

this politician said the most darndest thing

(note: last part of title borrowed from kenny’s blog ‘malaysians say the most darndest thing!’.) you know how it is lah… during every festive season, we have politicians coming up to with messages here and there, mostly same ‘geli’ words to us, which are like old broken record that goes …

aliran: PM must make his stand in the national interest

statement from aliran. note aliran mentioned about the word ‘allah’ appearing int the pahang national anthem. well lulu had also pointed out that the word is found in the selangor national anthem too. oh also, don’t forget to read a very good post from malaysian unplug on this issue. ————————————————————————————– …

herald, allah and the use of BM

read my post ‘mr pm, don’t break my rice bowl’ below first for context. i mentioned something about the word ‘allah’. i notice a reader from malaysiakini had voiced out regarding the word ‘allah’. quibbling over god’s name – malaysia style Rita Camilleri: Malta, a tiny, strategically-placed island in the …

can’t even have a picket now

dec 15 star reads: KUALA LUMPUR: The National Union of Bank Employees has called off its nationwide picket on the advice of the police.  NUBE general secretary J. Solomon said the police had asked NUBE to review its picket in view of the current situation in the country and in …

how to speak up when silent?

‘silent majority has spoken’. huh? something’s wrong with that sentence! it’s an oxymoron! silence – spoke silent – spoken if the majority are silent, how can they speak up? ok ok although i know the real meaning of ‘silent majority’ but in this case why they add in ‘spoken’… and …