November 2005 « MageP’s Lab

Noh Omar on foreigners: I was misunderstood!

[UPDATED VERSION] Maxis SMS alert at 4:18pm.
Deputy Internal Security Minister Noh Omar said his statement yesterday about asking foreigners to go back was misunderstood. He also apologized.

Oh I see, misunderstood again.

And I hope you see what I see too.

Reader Steve, who is disappointed with Noh’s "misunderstood" statement, which appears on the frontpage lead of [...]

On international drug traffic

Yes, he is one very young lad, loving and might have bright future.

But, minus the emotion and symphathy, the fact is that, crime had been done.

And the consequence is being sentenced to death penalty, where the execution is scheduled to be at Singapore’s Changi Prison on Friday.

It’s apparent that, the anti-drugs laws is always [...]

On Chinese woman being forced to strip naked … (2)

You see, this shameful event has been blown out of proportion, whether you like it or not.

Blogger Killarkai, who currently resides in Shanghai, listen to the updates everyday over the radio. Then, enough of torture reports by Chinese media carry the almost similar blatan headlines across papers, as expected.

However, there is one that really struck [...]

Embarrassment is when …

… we’ve listened to enough of naked story , but we never learn and yet, continue to live in the world of denial.

Anyhow, Jeff is right to say that, life will soon return to normal as Malaysia is prone to forget easily.

I shall put in more context tomorrow, void of this crap-type connection, I hope.

On Chinese woman being forced to strip naked

[UPDATED VERSION] Enough of context by Jeff, Mack and Kit of the police abuse towards the Chinese who was being forced to strip naked.

Apparently, this had went overboard and being liken to the Abu Ghraib prison abuse, which explain the severity level of this shameful event in Malaysia history.

I’ve only one BIG QUESTION to ask: [...]

Pay for mamak food with ATM card

The fact is, the next time you’re lack of cash at Mamak restaurant, you still can’t pay using your credit card.

But now, there is this MR. Kiosk in town to provide you a cashless environment to settle your bill, by using your ATM card.

However, I’m far less than impressed on this new payment system, merely [...]

VSS for MAS?

Now that the Khazanah Nasional Bhd MD Azman Mokhtar has said that he will leave the issue of offering Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) to Malaysia Airlines (MAS) board of directors, which is fair enough.

Unlike Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy who preferred to jump into conclusion with a straight denial, whereas Mack Zul was right to [...]

Hello to China by US

In Brookline, Massachusetts, there is a public school where learning Mandarin is mandatory.

Economists predict that by the time these five year olds enter the job market, China will be the world’s second-largest economy.

"If we want to be doing business in China, we are going to need students who can function in Chinese and understand Chinese [...]

Angela Markel: Germany 1st woman chancellor

At last, Conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel has been elected as the Germany’s 1st woman chancellor, in the Bundestag lower house of parliament.

However, she needs to pay the price of being a chancellor, through bargaining away of her key campaing pledges such as limiting union power in regional wage negotiations and accepted a center-left [...]

New Proton Chancellor 2.0 V6

(Image courtesy of Paul Tan)

When speculation is rife that Perodua MD Tuan Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir will head the ailing Proton, new Proton Chancellor 2.0 V6 has been announced for its availability, starting from Dec 15.

But before that, this executive class sedan which uses the Perdana V6 engine with Proton Waja design [...]