July 30, 2008
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 [...]
July 22, 2008
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 [...]
July 17, 2008
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 [...]
July 16, 2008
Here’s a fact:
Universities in the US have produced many great men and women, people who become great scientists, captains of industry, and leaders of countries. And most, if not all of these universities DO NOT impose a dress code on their students.
There has been no credible study that has categorically proven that students are better [...]
July 7, 2008
Wong Chun Wai proudly proclaimed that bloggers were on strike yesterday, accompanied by the Star headline that Malaysians are simply fed-up.
Many bloggers that I’ve read have stated their displeasure at Wong Chun Wai and The Star that tries to generalize that bloggers are on strike.
Let me just state that:
a) Rocky and Marina Mahathir do not [...]
July 4, 2008
Yesterday, Malaysians were sent reeling over the shock revelations in P. Balasubramaniam’s statutory declaration that specifically linked DPM Najib Razak with murdered Mongolian national, Altantuya Shariibuu.
Well, we haven’t even recovered from the initial shock, when the most shocking news of the day comes in the form of P. Balasubramaniam retracting portions of his statutory declaration [...]
