2012, Happy New Year

Dearest Readers and Commenters, 2011 has been an interesting year and we hope that 2012 calms down a whole bunch in comparison. The world needs peace and quiet instead of turmoil and war. So if wishes come true…..Peace on Earth and Goodwill to Men….. I hear that statement every year, but maybe it is time [...]

Merry Christmas Everyone!

To all my friends, as hard as this will be, I may have to stay offline over the coming days as the family are around and I will get moaned at A LOT if I sneak online…. I enjoyed collaborating with you all in 2011 and look forward to even bigger and better things in [...]

This is for Socrates, the greatest footballer of our time, Goodbye Doc!

HE was a hard-drinking, chain-smoking free thinker grappling with the higher reaches of truth passed on to posterity by Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx in an awesome Victorian auditorium of a Rio de Janerio University. He was a head-banded, flamboyant young man with curly brown locks unlocking the splendour of Brazilian country music to an [...]

Is Shafie Apdal the hidden hand behind KDM Malaysia?

The shadow boxing by certain UMNO politicians using Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) a Barisan National component in Sabah and the Kadazandusun Murut Association Malaysia (KDM Malaysia) may be a precursor to a battle for the gaddi in Kuala Lumpur. Sabahans often accuse their politicians of being short-sighted. Judging by the rhetoric’s, lobbying, mudslinging, conniving and [...]

Myanmar approves first peaceful protest law

Today Myanmar’s President has approved a new law allowing Burmese to request permission to stage peaceful protests for the first time. Demonstrations of any kind were previously banned in the traditionally repressive nation, where authorities have cracked down hard on anti-government protests. The new law says anyone planning a protest must request approval five days [...]