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Lucia Lai

holiday cum work in pangkor

unfortunately, more of the latter. 🙁 this morning at 9.00am, i’ll be off to pulau pangkor. (picture shows one of the beach in pangkor, taken from that website itself). it is for a youth camp that our society, society of st vincent de paul (SSVP) organised. there are about 70 …

germs across the sea, they see….

but elephants in front of their eyes, they no see. this is a direct translation of the malay’s saying ‘kuman di seberang lautan nampak, gajah di pelupuk mata tiada nampak.’ (in english it is ‘able to spy a mote from across the sea while at the same time missing the …

type of women

it’s a sunday, guys! so lighten up with a joke – about woman. yeah, this came from a forwarded mail. ——————————— HARD-DISK Woman: She remembers everything, FOREVER. RAM Woman: She remebers you when you turn her on, but she forgets about you, the moment you turn her off. WINDOWS Woman: …

have your say on gomen matters

whoaa! have you heard? now, you are able to have your say on gomen matters as our dear PM had launches a public opinion poll system. it is managed by the public complaints bureau (PCB or BPA in bahasa – biro pengaduan awam). you may vote via SMS or online …

apartheid row over marina’s article

as a follow-up to my post on marina mahathir’s article for international women’s day, here is an interesting article entittled ‘malaysia apartheid rows deepens‘ from BBC. seems that lots of people were not happy with her article. it says that some conservative women’s groups had stated that marina had bought …

touch a life

sumi is sleeping in the lorong tonight. she is three years old. she doesn’t have a choice. but you do… you can make a difference. touch her life. this is the touching message that goes with the poster (pic left) for the catholic church’s penang diocese lenten campaign this year. …

old school bags

simon seemed to be going down nostalgia lane when he first blog on school autograph book, then on colour pencils and erasers. after that, he talks about drinks vending machine. ahh… school memories. reading what he wrote about colour pencils, reminds me of pencil boxes we used in school. in …

free workshop (with free lunch thrown in) for bloggers (esp. newbies)

NOTE: forwarded message from ong of malvu. ———————————— FREE 1-DAY WORKSHOP ON BLOGGING& CMS Presented by Penangwatch ( www.penangwatch.net )-a new volunteers group to monitor & help improve local governments specifically George Town’s MPPP. While this is mainly for newbies bloggers and netizens, seniors are invited to meet up with …

marina mahathir’s article for IWD

marina mahathir, who has a weekly column in the star paper, wrote this piece on occasion of international women’s day, but it was rejected for publication by the star (first time ever!). this is her message, as i received it via beritamalaysia: Dear all, For the first time in some …

how they think

The first of Tuesday’s blasts tore into the temple — one of Varanasi’s oldest and most beloved shrines — when it was packed with faithful. (excerpt from NST link) it really angers me so very much when terrorists struck at a place of worship. so very very much. made me …