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2 days so far of CJ training

UPDATED 4 JULY 1700 HRS – WITH PHOTOS (note: CJ = citizen journalism) it had been 2 days of classes at malaysiakini. i arrived in KL on 30 june afternoon and met up with my friend, sharon, where we went wandering around mid-valley. checked in the hotel in the evening. …

advanced training on citizen/video journalism

from today until next monday (6 july), i’ll be away in KL for malaysiakini’s advanced training on the above subject. 6 of us from penang will be there and there will be some from perak and sarawak and of course KL. this is going to be an intensive training – …

bloggers and law forum

UPDATED 30 JUNE 0015 HRS – ok i had blog about the forum but it is in my other blog, ‘reflections’ (CJ blog). please hop over there to read. yes i did attend the forum on saturday. started to blog on it at 1.00 am but can’t finish it (lots …

a legend died

well… you gotta admit it… love him or hate him, no matter how weird he was to some people, he IS… er… WAS a legend… a legend in the music scene. hey, michael jackson (MJ) was from my era, ya’ know. so i grew up listening to his songs (from …

One Perak! (by Martin Jalleh)

ONE PERAK! by Martin Jalleh One man’s catchphrase of reform – “the culture of change” is in reality one potent chicanery and concoction of 4Cs – Corruption, Coercion, Crossovers and Coups. The self-proclaimed “people’s Prime Minister” with his recycled One Malaysia slogan, robs in broad daylight the people of Perak …

1black malaysia at old town

yesterday, there was still the 1blackmalaysia gathering at old town white coffee bayan baru but there were only around 15 people (compare to last week, there were over 30 people). i was there again with christina, in black.  there were no waving of the ‘bubar DUN perak’ sign. all very …

the cops were really too much!

… but then again, what else is new eh?? grrr!! so angry to hear of this news lah! i’m talking about how 900 cops turned up for DAP’s dinner on saturday night, with water canon trucks too. it was just a simple dinner with speakers, what is there to fear, …

our rights to right to information (RTI)

attended the ‘right to information’ forum at the caring society complex, penang, yesterday. about 30 people were in attendance. it was organised by transparency international malaysia (TI) and centre for independent journalism. (CIJ) usha from transparency international was at the registration desk. on registration, we were given some pamphlets and …