July 26, 2008
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 [...]
July 24, 2008
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 [...]
July 11, 2008
Does Malaysia have a brainwashing organization out to brainwash university students and inculcate hate into their hearts? Apparently, this organization or bureau called the Biro Tatanegara (BTN).
I got the following article via Lim Kit Siang’s blog who got it via the Malaysia Waves blog. My views come after the letter.
(NOTE: This is an email I [...]
June 9, 2008
Thanks to cchivy for emailed pic
I still remember a couple of years ago when the price of petroleum was raised from RM1.62 to RM1.92 a liter (I miss those days already :)) Our Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak then told us to suck it up, and change our lifestyle and buy the cheapest food and [...]
May 9, 2008
Have you ever wondered how much the Prime Minister and his cabinet ministers earn a year? Certainly no more than RM250K per year right, not counting all the ‘benefits’ that they receive from businesspeople and lobbyists?
Something I read yesterday made me think a bit and perhaps reconsider my anti-BN and anti-government stance:
An opposition MP has [...]
April 16, 2008
The WSFFM, or Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation Malaysia has come under some flak today by TheSun’s investigative journalist, R. Nadeswaran. In an examination of the annual report for the WSFFM, Nadeswaran (or sometimes known as Citizen Nades) has discovered that out of the RM11 million+ funding received, 30% of this was spent on seemingly [...]
