The Saturday of March 27th saw TEDxKL being held at the Petronas Twin Towers and inaugural PERKASA assembly held at PWTC.
Yoon Kit summed it up succintly:
TEDxKL: What Malaysia Needs;
PERKASA: What Malays Want.
“What Malaysia Needs” being of course the theme of TEDxKL 2010 (a local spinoff of TED) . Topics discussed ranged from broadband and [...]
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Browsing through some issues of National Geographic recently, I came across a feature on tribespeople in Africa.
I was horrified to see that these tribespeople were inconsiderate enough to actually walk around mostly naked! How could they do this to us? Sure it might be the norm in their culture, but relativity is from the [...]
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It struck me some time ago that the opening of Beauty and the Beast (at least the Disney version) was a little off. If you recall, the Prince turned away an ugly beggar woman who offered a rose to him in exchange for staying a his castle. She transformed into a beautiful fairy and cursed [...]
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Read this recently in The Star and I was flabbergasted.
The biggest gainers will be new inspectors who will get a starting salary of RM2,060 compared to RM1,492 previously. Diploma and STPM holders will also be allowed to join the force directly as sergeants and they will start with a basic salary of [...]
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In a socialogical study by Professor George Tamarin, more than a thousand Israeli schoolchildren aged eight to fourteen were given this account of the battle of Jericho, from the book of Joshua (this story should be familiar to all kids who grew up attending Sunday School):
Joshua said to the people, “Shout; for the LORD has [...]
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A particular quote from the YDP Agong over the recent Allah issue particularly annoyed me:
“To ensure peace and harmony among the followers of different religions, the meaning and reference to ‘Allah’ in the general context should conform to the description fixed by Islam because this practice has all this while been accepted by [...]
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So my Saga BLM’s power windows recently went bust. Seems that the infamous Proton power window issue persists. My warranty was very nearly up too (whew), which honestly seems rather suspicious. Scenes from the indie local movie Sellout come to mind – do watch it btw, it’s pretty decent. I guess you really do get [...]
I’m quite the seasoned bus-traveller. Spent four years in Malacca and let me tell you the eight-hour Malacca-Penang journey was no joke. Students usually had to settle for the cheapest buses and looking back it was quite hazardous – many companies have poor maintenance for their buses and do this irritating thing where they swap [...]
What possessed me to try the new McD Big N’ Tasty, I had no idea. I guess I like sandwiches and burgers too much.
In retrospect it did give me the authority so tell you how much IT SUCKS though. The normal Big Mac (right) probably comes up to about the same amount of bun + [...]
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