tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53961925667381056132011-04-21T15:04:56.612-07:00sackville placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094995395753513108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396192566738105613.post-24885490801279692992008-12-15T01:51:00.000-08:002008-12-15T01:55:37.652-08:002008-12-15T01:55:37.652-08:00

Of course this piece is not one of the best Malay poems ever written, but i'm sure Malique's follower will notice that his Malay lyrical skill has improved substantially. A word of caution, it's a bit race centric though. It's hardly surprising if we look at whose excerpt that he includes in this poem, if you know what i mean. Anyway, all the best to Malique for VIMA 2008.LayuAku lihat layu

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http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/92648To be honest i was appaled by this protest. I respect their right to express their opinion as much as the right of ulamas as Islamic institutional leaders to reach consencus on fatwas regarding Islamic issues. I truly understand the intellectual argument on difference of gender expression, identity and orientation. Sexual orientation is not necessarily linked

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In the midst of petrol's price hike and preemptive measures being taken to face recession, the state government of Terengganu cuts its spending in all aspects including the allocation for the recent Sultan's birthday. Therefore, not a single title from the palace was conferred on anybody this year. Surprisingly, the manifestation of 'cost cutting measures' also includes the purchase of 14

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Kepulangan saya ke tanah air sempena cuti musim panas ini disambut dengan kenaikan harga petroleum kepada harga baru RM 2.70 seliter. Memang benar bahawa rasa perit sudah mula dirasai di saat saya menatap angka yang meningkat dengan begitu pantas sewaktu saya pertama kali mengisi minyak setelah pengenalan harga baru ini. Kini saya sudah mula berkira dan berjimat setiap kali ingin bergerak dengan

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I'm just taking a day off from revision for my final paper. In the midst of keeping myself updated with the latest news, i found an old article instead written back in July 2007 by a well known feminist/activist. Having such high expectation for this reputable activist who champions human rights, press freedom and efforts against moral policing, i ended up being appalled at the article. The full

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Way to go KJ. Finally, he's the one within UMNO who has the courage to publicly speak about press freedom. His statement can be read here. Many leaders can suggest such thing, but only a few would be able to come up with pragmatic solution like he did when he suggested the setting up of a Press Complaints Commission as the early mechanism towards the long term goal of abolishing the Printing

sackville placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094995395753513108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396192566738105613.post-59467829586314209862008-05-05T02:42:00.001-07:002008-05-05T11:24:40.998-07:002008-05-05T11:24:40.998-07:00

It has been a while since I last went to Leadership in Action lectures. Topics for the past few weeks are too lame to my liking, making me prefer to slip under the blanket instead of going all the way to the south campus by bus. However, I was fortunate enough to attend the lecture this week on ethics. After the reiteration of the concept of ethics, we were given a hypothetical situation where a

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