It’s now exactly a year after the historic 12th General Elections.
While I may shake my head at some of the political antics that have gone on since then, things have unmistakably changed. The MSM is forced to report the opposition’s POVs. Political awareness has never been higher. Every decision the government makes is placed under [...]
I think today hope was restored in many around the world when Barack was elected. Not simply because he was black, although if you read his acceptance speech the significance of a black man ascending to the White House did not escape him:
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for [...]
Somehow you elected Dubya into the White house not once but twice. Now people like Barack Obama don’t come around every decade, so do the right thing this time… please?
John McCain is just more of the same, more of the same – your run of the mill politician. But the real reason he’s going to [...]
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Well now seriously. When Khalid Ibrahim made his suggestion for 10% of UiTM placements to be opened up to non-bumis, who did you think he was looking out for? The non-bumis? When was the last time you heard Chinese or Indian students clamouring for UiTM allocations? A degree from UiTM is probably worth less than [...]
Apologies for missing this last week, was busying watching HIMYM :P
Malaysia
Dr. Mahathir joins the ranks of the unemployed lying females in Malaysia.
MCA newsletter editor Wong Chun Wai follows suit.
The Sun aggressively calls for reform of press freedom laws.
Newly appointed CM of Penang Lim Guan Eng is spotted flying economy class. Meanwhile, in a written reply [...]
Note: I was planning Snippets to be just a mishmash of everything interesting I find on the Web but would never have the time to blog about. I thought making it a fortnightly thing would be fine, but it appears a lot happens in two weeks :/. Oh well.
Malaysia
Hamilahton, mother of maths prodigy Sufiah Yusof [...]
Teh Internets
60% of all Photoshop users are pirates (sample size: 500).
Adobe launches Photoshop Express, a stripped down version of its flagship product. Focus is on community and “family” functions.
Torrentspy.com, which was once the most visited BitTorrent site, shuts down in the face of MPAA suits.
Firefox 3 will debut in June 2008, fixing its memory-hogging.
[I still [...]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones is one of the best movie franchises ever! It’s a rare blend of action and humour and doesn’t miss any opportunity to poke fun at itself. It has one of the best, most recognizable theme songs of all time. And it stars Harrison Ford!
My introduction [...]
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