Tim on October 20th, 2007

Picked this up from Digg, Leaky Cauldron is running the highlights of a recent Q&A with JK Rowling on that series of hers.
Among the usual “who-marries-who” and “what-ifs”, Rowling answered a thoughtful question:
“Did Dumbledore, who believed in the prevailing power of love, ever fall in love himself?” by outing him as gay and revealling that [...]

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Tim on October 14th, 2007

Malaysia must be really doing well! The shuttle hasn’t even come back yet and the govt has already made plans to send another flight participant space tourist astronaut up.
“Captain doctor Faiz Khaleed will be the primary angkasawan and the next mission, probably in 2008 or 2009, should have him doing more challenging tasks,” Jamaluddin said [...]

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Tim on October 10th, 2007

I don’t think I’m alone when I say I’m not at all proud of our looming foray into angkasa. Would we be as proud of Datuk Azhar had he “sailed around the world” in a Russian cruise ship?
The papers have dramatized the selection of the first angkasawan as well as “rebutting” claims that they are [...]

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Tim on October 2nd, 2007

For some reason, whenever Malaysia makes international headlines, it’s hardly for flattering reasons – last I checked, the first post on Google News under “Malaysia” is Beyonce cancelling her concert here because she’s too sexy for us.
In contrast, New Zealand recently turned heads for using wikis to gain feedback on the drafting of their new [...]

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