Posts from July, 2008

A More Humane Law For Students?

The University and University Colleges Act 1971 is a set of laws that govern the life of public university undergraduates in Malaysia. Among the more draconian laws are the restriction on joining any NGO or organization without the express permission of the vice-chancellor. This act has been used to punish students for expressing their political [...]

Saiful’s Fictional Conversation

Most of you by now would already have known that a leaked medical report has surfaced indicating that our Malaysian hero, Saiful Bukhari Azlan did not show any signs of being sodomized. For those of you that had no idea, blame the government-owned media for attempting to downplay this piece of important news.
Saiful first went [...]

Trengganu Mercedes Case Closed?

So I guess by now every Tom, Dick, and Harry has blogged about the Mercedes-Proton saga (wait, was that a pun) in the state of Trengganu. The overall and overwhelming consensus is that of disgust and disappointment at the purchase of the 14 Mercedes E-class vehicles for RM3.43 million, especially in a time of belt-tightening [...]

Poor Trengganu Folk

When I say ‘poor’, I don’t really mean it in a monetary sense, but more like a sense of pity for the people in Terengganu (or rather Trengganu, as some people in the state would prefer it spelled).
At first, I wanted to say ’serves you right’ to citizens of Trengganu for electing BN and UMNO [...]

Can We Handle The Responsibility Of Nuclear Power?

I was first exposed to nuclear power plants back in 1994, when I was playing as the all-powerful mayor/god of Kennyland in the computer game Simcity 2000. Back then, I had to make a choice: I had to replace my coal and oil-generated power plants (which produces a lot of smoke and causes smog) with [...]

Poll Results: Which Statutory Declaration To Believe

The results are out from our poll on the statutory declarations filed by private investigator Balasubramaniam.
The results aren’t surprising at all.
Poll Question:
Private investigator P. Subramaniam has revealed that his initial July 1st declaration was made under duress, and released another declaration on July 4th. Which declaration do you believe is the real thing?
227 votes:
July 1st [...]



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