Archive for August, 2009

Nurul Izzah Anwar never fails to amaze and impress me. Meet here only twice but had such a lasting impression on me. To me she is a remarkable young woman and a tremendous role model to all Malaysians. She is full of passion, extremely bright, unbelievably tenacious and exceedingly hard working. I call her the [...]

Selamat Merdeka! I’m fucking stone out of my head right right now. Forgive if I’m writing nonsense. Had tooo much of chemicals… K…Happy5 … Ecstasy and weed. This is the first time I ventured with my friend Ranny and all these chemicals were so easily available in in KK. Never knew all these mind altering [...]

I am shocked by the action of a few donkeys in Shah Alam in desecrating the head of a cow to protest the relocation of a Hindu temple to their neighborhood. These donkeys are giving Muslims in Malaysia a bad name. How can these donkeys carry out this despicable act just after finishing their Friday prayers? [...]

In Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Posted: August 28, 2009 in about me

from my friend Timothy.

One Malaysia? By PHILIP BOWRING Malaysia is a lucky country but not at present a happy one, a worrying situation for a Muslim-majority nation that needs to balance democracy and free choice with religious and racial harmony. Malaysia is lucky because its abundance of resources has enabled the economy to keep growing. It is unhappy [...]

It’s the month of fasting again.To all my muslim friends, HAPPY RAMADHAN!

Permatang Pasir By-election UPDATES: I think the aggression by the police was unnecessary, excessive and unwarranted. My friends were there at Permatang Pasir nomination center and they too had witnessed many instances of overly aggressive police behaviour. My worries regarding the aggressive stance of the police remain, and the fact that their policing strategy seemed [...]

By-Election fever again in Penang. This time in mainland Penang- Permatang Pasir state seat on August 25th. Permatang Pasir has always been a PAS stronghold and it falls under the Permatang Pauh parliamentary constituency helmed by Penang’s favourite son Anwar Ibrahim. This is going to be a straight fight between Barisan Nasional candidate Rohaizat Othman and PAS’ Mohd Salleh [...]

For me, John Elliott is one of the top renowned American journalist based in India and his views on India is definitely worth reading and a must read for any India -Watchers. If we talk about John and his writings on India, it is immediacy, accuracy, and plain old reporting and always delivered with a gentle punch. [...]

In the Semangat 46 days way back 1988, other than Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah aka Ku Li, I also had great liking and interest for our present day Information, Communication and Culture Minister Rais Yatim. Thought that Rais must be one smart cookie a thinking person with his PhD from King’s College London and his doctoral [...]