Tim on September 23rd, 2007

OKOK 3 posts in a day is pushing it, but bear with me (besides, I won’t be around next week).
Sprintcuts (No idea who sponsors the site, maybe Samsung) is a cool-looking site with tips on how to speed up your life. I like the clean-looking videos with the deadpan commentary and animation.
I’m not sure that [...]

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Tim on September 23rd, 2007

Just sharing a story that I’d read some time back but got Dugg today:
24 years on – The man who saved millions of lives (Another version here, or the wiki entry)

The uplifting part about the story is how a military officer refused to follow protocol, because it would have resulted in a war costing millions [...]

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Tim on September 22nd, 2007

I have to admit that sometimes – especially at the beginning of Pak Lah’s tenure – I was in the camp of those who were thinking “Oh Pak Lah’s actually a nice guy; he just doesn’t have the willpower/clout to carry out his cleanup”. But as time goes on it’s petty obvious we were all [...]

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Tim on September 17th, 2007

Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar was featured on BBC’s Hard Talk recently. The funny thing is, the way he answers it’s as if he’s a joke interviewee on the Colbert Report. The sad thing is he actually seems to think that he is giving good answers.
Do view the first vid here, then find the rest [...]

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Today’s Star carried the following piece:
The Terengganu MCA Youth wing is offering RM3,000, on top of the RM5,000 put up by the state Umno Youth, as reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who burned the national flag during Saturday’s riot at Batu Burok.

The state Gerakan and MIC have also pledged contributions [...]

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Tim on September 7th, 2007

Wong Chun Wai is the new Editor in Chief of the Star. (From rocky’s bru).
If you read his editorials you’ll know that he’s (relatively) level-headed and at least tries to be fair in his opinions. Here’s hoping he’ll be the one to lead the Star to rise above the lalang.

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