Paris Beaverbanks

Do not wear clothes that “poke eye” says the Ministry of Defence

ParisB — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:57:08 +0000

Do not wear clothes that “poke eye” says the Ministry of Defence

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Do not wear clothes that “poke eye” says the Ministry of DefenceCopyright of: Paris Beaverbanks If the defence of the nation is anything as good as the Engrish on the Minsitry of Defence’s website, we are royally screwed. I honestly thought it was a mistake at first, when I saw the website. When people asked [...]

Grow the hell up will ya?!

ParisB — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:54:02 +0000

Grow the hell up will ya?!

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Grow the hell up will ya?!Copyright of: Paris Beaverbanks Getting old and crochety in my dotage, but seriously, some of these people could jolly well just grow the hell up. All fine bitching about others (or in one case about siblings) but when you act like that yourself, you don’t get a shred of understanding [...]

When even Newspapers cannot get their English Grammar right

ParisB — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:57:00 +0000

When even Newspapers cannot get their English Grammar right

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When even Newspapers cannot get their English Grammar rightCopyright of: Paris Beaverbanks I hardly read mainstream newspapers these days. Every paper has their own agenda backed by whichever political party owns it. But I sometimes do skim the online news sites to see what’s the latest. And today, the very first piece of headline and [...]

Make your choice

ParisB — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:26:22 +0000

Make your choice

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Make your choiceCopyright of: Paris Beaverbanks If it makes you happier to leave then perhaps that is the right thing for you to do. If that decision was made for you and you like it where you are, that is too, perhaps the right thing for you. But just because I choose to stay does [...]

Be a coherent voice

ParisB — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:18:26 +0000

Be a coherent voice

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Be a coherent voiceCopyright of: Paris Beaverbanks In the midst of the brouhaha that is the Bersih rally, I have learnt a few things about our fellow Malaysians:- We can be united in diversity We can be united in adversity We do not need leaders shoving a 1Malaysia concept to be truly united for a [...]

Bersih Cekap dan Amanah

ParisB — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:50:35 +0000

Bersih Cekap dan Amanah

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Bersih Cekap dan AmanahCopyright of: Paris Beaverbanks That was the slogan coined by the government during Dr. M’s time at the helm, sometime in the 80′s. If you don’t remember it, you are too young, too innocent and too naive. Bersih, Cekap dan Amanah. While possibly in a slightly different context, I would like to [...]

Impressed… or maybe not

ParisB — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:49:52 +0000

Impressed… or maybe not

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Impressed… or maybe notCopyright of: Paris Beaverbanks Whenever I go to Singapore … … I’m impressed by the efficiency of the MRT system… … BUT I’m thankful that I don’t have to take the public transport. We were stuck on the last train and it chose to delay so by the time we got back [...]

Misplaced nobility

ParisB — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:22:15 +0000

Misplaced nobility

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Misplaced nobilityCopyright of: Paris Beaverbanks Came across someone who was very vehement that their blog is a ‘consumer blog’. Well arent all of ours? unless we’re being paid to blog or accept paid posts or are professional bloggers, we are all consumer bloggers. We Consume And we blog . Was that a swipe at people [...]

We’re all drunkards

ParisB — Mon, 23 May 2011 08:55:15 +0000

We’re all drunkards

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We’re all drunkardsCopyright of: Paris Beaverbanks I read with amusement that Malaysia is ranked 10th in the World for alcohol consumption (source). Not bad eh? At least we’re ranking in the top 10 for something other than corruption! The official numbers are:- Statistics by the international body this year also showed that Malaysians spent over [...]

Pure coincidence or…

ParisB — Mon, 23 May 2011 03:27:15 +0000

Pure coincidence or…

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Pure coincidence or…Copyright of: Paris Beaverbanks Our latest PM (I use the word latest because I don’t know if there’ll be another soon!) Najib Razak was in the USA the whole of last week ostensibly to sell Malaysia and to encourage trade and US companies to invest here. Today, the nefarious other reason for his [...]