March 10, 2008
As the results started filtering in from the Malaysiakini website on the historic 8/3/2008 polling date, it was clear that something magical, and probably miraculous was about to happen. In nearly all the ‘hot’ seats that were being contested, the opposition parties were leading their rivals from BN. I had to check again to see [...]
February 13, 2008
Money matters. That’s the simple and undeniable fact. Certainly, there’s no denying that love, happiness, and health are equally or more important, but money ranks pretty high up there. That is why Malaysians are united in their concern for the bread and butter issues like rising domestic prices, wages, unemployment, etc. It’s all about [...]
February 11, 2008
My precious Chinese New Year holidays are slowly dwindling to an end. Come Monday, I will have to take the much dreaded drive from Ipoh back to the Klang Valley to continue the cycle of life called the rat race.
This past week, I was more relaxed and stress-free because I had already resolved not to [...]
January 26, 2008
Barely an hour after I blogged about PKR And DAP Seat Talks In Perak Still Pending An Outcome, Malaysiakini comes up with a news report that speculated on a three-way battle in Ipoh Timur.
I had previously written that the two opposition parties should focus on denying BN a 2/3rd majority, and make their seat allocations [...]
January 25, 2008
After successful seat negotiations between DAP and PKR (Keadilan) in Penang to avoid a 3-way battle against BN, the signs were pointing towards a similar agreement in other states like Perak and Sarawak. Since Penang can be considered one of the bigger hurdles that both party have to cross, and they have successfully handled it, the opposition supporters would be expecting a similar agreement in other states to proceed even faster.
January 17, 2008
There’s this really great website run by mob1900 called Mob’s Crib, and mob1900 produces really good posters on the political stories of our country. I was recently browsing the blog, when I came across two posters about Chua Soi Lek’s saga, and also the saga called MCA.
Really good stuff, I literally spent hours going through [...]
