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time for malays to stand on their own feet

martin’s article was published in malaysiakini on 12 oct. he usually sent me his article first before sending to malaysiakini. my version will be the un-edited one! ===== ahh… what good timing. just as i finished the post below about NEP and handouts, and spoon-feeding, i receive this article of …

what is nuzul al-quran?

today is a public holiday (state public holiday, not national public holiday) – nuzul al-quran. for past years, when this holiday came around, i had wonder what nuzul al-quran is about. i only know it has something to do with the quran and nothing else. well today i google for …

act on the indonesians!

at a glance of yesterday’s star paper, the big and bold heading ‘shows no mercy’ greeted me, followed by pictures pictures of tourists in KLCC, i knew the news would be about the haze, and i thought “ahh… good. show no mercy to ’em indonesians!”, but on closer reading the …

now you can read my blogger posts here

if you notice, on my sidebar under ‘storage’ (or in other words ‘archives’), suddenly the dates go as far back as sept. 2003. i started this blog only in april 2006 and the storage column used to have posts starting from april 2006. well, all those posts before april 2006 …

finally received my readers’ digest

i finally received my readers’ digest. it was the oct. issue (picture left), received somewhere end of sept. at first i thought it was the sept. issue as i had not received it but was surprised to see it as the oct. issue. anyway, the wrapper that came together with …

mid-autumn festival dinner

so yesterday was the mid-autumn festival (or otherwise known as mooncake festival or lantern festival) – the 15th day in the 8th month of the lunar calender. how did you celebrate it? i went for a dinner organised by our church’s chinese apostolate group (the dinner event has a long …

breast cancer awareness

picture (and the following text) taken from carol sutton. For over FIFTEEN years a pink ribbon is the international symbol of breast cancer awareness. Wear a pink ribbon, so that people will ask you what it’s all about. Do your self exams. Early detection is the best chance for a …

haiyaa… khairy… kali ini…

translated heading: sigh… khairy… this time…) the son-in-law (SIL) who is above-the-law, did it again! what? 1. confirmed non bumis are marginalised 2. racist remark in what way? read this news article (highlight my own): Bumiputras should be given priority in new sectors such as biotechnology and information communications technology …

the letter writer, LKY

UPDATED thursday, 5/10/06, 12:45 AM seems that all our malaysian media did not publish LKY’s letter with the annex. the full letter together with the annex can be read at the malaysian bar website. the annex list numerous media reports on malaysian leaders talking about the alleged marginalisation of singapore …