April 30, 2008
Since Christmas is 8 months away, I will have to make do with making wishes on Labor Day, or May Day as some of you may know it.
I wish for:
1. MPs in Parliament who can try to control their temper and leave the grandstanding to the Barisan Nasional MPs.
2. MPs in Parliament (especially Pakatan Rakyat) [...]
April 27, 2008
The biggest piece of news this weekend has to be the ‘apology’ by Hishammuddin Hussein for raising the keris during the last 2 UMNO General Assemblies. However, some commentators have mentioned that the apology came a little too late. Karpal Singh of DAP has this to say:
“He should have apologised long ago. There is no [...]
April 25, 2008
Just want to share a quick word on the proposed reforms for the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) in Malaysia that was announced by PM Badawi recently. The idea was to model the ACA like an independent commission that is answerable to the Malaysian Parliament. Basically, try to mirror what the ICAC in Hong Kong is doing.
Those [...]
April 24, 2008
If you’ve ever attended an entry-level college Psychology course, you wouldn’t be able to escape learning about the 5 Stages Of Grief, as prescribed in the Kübler-Ross model.
The 5 stages describe phases that an individual goes through in the event of finding out about a terminal illness, death of a loved one, loss of a [...]
April 22, 2008
Another new entrant to the blogging arena is BN and Gerakan politician, Lim Si Pin. Mr. Lim is famous recently for being conclusively beaten by Tian Chua of PKR in the recently concluded 12th General Elections in the parliamentary seat of Batu. Mr. Lim is also the son of Lim Keng Yaik, who readers of [...]
April 21, 2008
The Olympic Torch run for the Beijing Olympics made a stop at Kuala Lumpur today, amid tensions surrounding pro-Tibet and pro-China activists throughout the globe.
The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) had mobilized a 1000 strong police force to ensure that there will be no ugly incidents involving both sets of activists, and I believe that was [...]
