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link across the sea

so finally the go ahead for a second link in penang had been given… thanks to the federal government for giving the nod. 2nd link? i thought it should be 3rd link, after the ferry service and the penang bridge. perhaps they mean only bridges, thus this coming-up bridge is …

forgive… and forget (or not?)

anwar said he will forgive but he will not forget (no, this post is not about anwar, like my post below). can one forigive but yet not forget? to me, it depends on the situation or circumstances but more likely, the answer is no. well, to me if one can’t …

scary thought….

ABC (australian broadcasting corporation) interviewed anwar and anwar said he will forgive but he will not forget. really? well i don’t know with him or with others but to me if one cannot forget means one is still harbouring the hate deep inside, meaning in reality one still can’t forgive. …

R.I.P – fr. julien

the late rev. fr. datuk arthur julien born: 25.02.1917; olsene, beligium ordained priest: 19.06.1944; parish, france called home: 11.09.2004; penang, malaysia (above picture taken from jeff ooi’s blog) i left my office at 9.15am with 2 of my colleagues for fr. julien’s funeral, who passed away on 11th sept. when …

what’s the big deal?

here you have it… the big bold words that appeared on the star’s paper dated 13 sept. – no deal with anwar (for hardcopy, online version had this heading instead – umno president has no intention to bring unwar back’). pak lah said that he wanted to emphasised he had …

the passing away of a great educationist

read jeff ooi’s blog on ‘Remembering Rev. Fr. A Julien (1917 – 2004). my comments can be found there. the news is also found on the star paper of today on page 8. (can’t find it online!). UPDATED: some excerpt from the star report. He sailed to the then Malaya …

jogging of the decree minds??

“Welcomely! datang of selamat! welcome of! Admission! receipt! Pleasant D’Il!thankses, a point in my source to undertake, of the one of fotoricettore this blog for of September the 27 of 2003, rest during the moment of l’un had been the beginning to him, repetitions totally, of that my alcohol of …

they are at it again, and…..

(picture courtesy of the herald sun) ….. again an innocent child was hurt. those of you who read the star paper, you must had been shocked at the front picture of this injured 5 years old girl. the shred of skin on her buttock seems to come off. it was …

what kind of bastard terrorists?

yesterday i received a few sms that went like this: ‘the whole world is praying for the children in russia tonight. light a candle tonight and pray together. pass this on.’ i did not light a candle but i did say a silent prayer. my heart went out to those …

karpal singh out of parliament for 6 months

damn! wanted to blog earlier but the stupid modem just had to die off. it was okay when i had it on earlier around 8.00pm but at about 10.00pm when there was a thunderstorm, i switched it off. then after midnight (my usual blogging hour!) when i switch it on …