Via Bernama:
Police are hunting for two foreign maids employed by a minister who fled with jewellery and cash valued at about RM350,000 Wednesday.
When Selangor police chief Yahaya Udin declined to identify the rich minister, TV3’s Bulletin Utama said it’s "believed" the victim is one of the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Aziz.
Occasionally, I was asked this question: Why don’t you join politics? Are you with any party? Why you blog about social-political issues? If you’re soooo concern, join politik lah and etc.
Yesterday, I reckoned I’ve found the best answer, when The Sun’s Zainon Ahmad and Maria J. Dass talked to the International Movement for a Just World (JUST) president and former Parti Keadilan Rakyat deputy president Dr Chandra Muzaffar.
You also have an increasingly vocal middle class, they are the ones who attend Aliran functions and the functions of other NGOs and the middle class was just beginning to assert their independence, think for themselves - the power to be part of politics. This is what I call citizens politics. It is different from party politics - you don’t have to be a member of a political party to stand for elections. As citizens they have a right to be concerned with what’s happening to the country and this is what we were doing.So citizens politics was beginning to grow and develop and people were becoming more and more concerned about issues and speaking up. [...]
We’ve always known that in politics you are more concerned with power than anything else, but I think you have to get into the ring to see what it really means - this obsession with power. It’s actually the major preoccupation of politicians, it’s not the ideals which they spout from time to time … their real obsession is power, and I thinks it is very difficult to hold down certain principals in party politics. You have to compromise all the while, you have to adjust to various situations and you have to be very, very partisan in your outlook…but sometimes by becoming overly partisan you become unjust to the realities, the truth as you see it.
Now you know.
A Little Bird wrote to me, explaining the real definition of a "2nd class citizen". Excerpt:
Malaysians who complain about being treated as 2nd class citizens should honestly learn to be more appreciative of what they have. At least, one can whine and whinge about perceived faults of the government / society / country / world from the comfort of air-conditioned offices or a home that actually has four walls and a roof in Subang / Damansara / PJ, while sipping one’s favourite beverage and snacking on whatever takes one’s fancy.
If there is anyone in the blogosphere who’re able to come out with the best explanation, that would be no other than Aisehman.
Talking cock, according to him, is when you have more brains compared to others, but never bother utilising it well.
An artistic explanation.
Now, DiGi means business.
The plan is too attrative, to the extent that I don’t mind proposing the idea for free (community service to DiGi) to my office manager since phone bills (especially roaming cost throughout business trips) contribute substantively to the operation cost.
Three factors that I’m seriously looking into:
I can even imagine the hype she is going to experience, afterall, it’d rather impossible for a boss to resist the idea of another cut-cost measure, isn’t it?
Not long ago, I learnt this from Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak: Tukar lifestyle.
At times like this, when DiGi means business, it’s time for Maxis to eat the humble pie.
Read here for more of "Maxis Fans Club" stories.
(SOURCE: TIME, 3 April 2006)
No one can say exactly what it looks like when a planet takes ill, but it probably looks a lot like Earth.
Never mind what you’ve heard about global warming as a slow-motion emergency that would take decades to play out.
Suddenly and unexpectedly, the crisis is upon us.
"The Tipping Point", that’s how TIME says it.
In attempt to reduce accidents, the Government opens first drive-in-massage parlor.
Happy? Excited? Surprised? Read more …
The parlors will be equipped with automatic massage chairs.
"I hope highway users will use this facility," Works Minister S. Samy Vellu said.
I know, I know the idea suck big time, but you must understand, Samy is trying to be nice to you, why can’t you show your little appreciation by saying a little thank you?
Can you, please?
University Malaya Law Faculty associate professor Azmi Sharom has said it not once but twice, however only if his words carry enough weight and Higher Education Minister Mustapa Mohamed is listening.
Our oppressive university system should not be an excuse for academicians to self-censor themselves.
"We have to brave enough look at ourselves. We should not allow kelelakian kita dipotong oleh kita sendiri (self-castration)." [...]
I am an academic not a politician. My agenda is purely to improve our education system… Some of the things that I say might anger some people."
Only if someone is listening.
I’m confused.
On one hand, we’re talking about a seven-years-old math genius who doesn’t like to attend school; on the another hand, his parents are buying the little child’s idea very well and even encourage him to skip class.
His mother Serihana Elias, a former teacher, said her son was reluctant to go to school because he was bored with the basic syllabus of reading, writing and counting laid down by the Education Ministry.
"I’m disappointed that SK Jalan Matang Buluh issued the warning letter to my son in February. Some might think we are exploiting Adi Putra, but he himself said that he was bored in school," she told reporters here yesterday.
The kid might be too young to understand the importance of proper education, but the parents too? Instead of condemning the school for the show-cause letter, they should have taught the kid the right message, encourage him to attend the class while waiting to be transferred to any intended instituition, in this case, Sekolah Islam Antarabangsa in Kuala Lumpur.
Probably I’m biased, probably I’m still void of experience in the parents’ shoes, but heck, don’t expect a seven-years-old maths genius to be all-rounded, especially when comes to the mentality part. However, nasi sudah menjadi bubur, it’s time the parents and the education ministry sort this out as soon as possible before skipping school becomes a habit.
Habitual thinking, can be too dangerous to be given a chance, what’s more when we’re talking about a young genius who might do us proud one day.
Over the launching of the Low Cost Carriers Terminal (LCCT), Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reiterated his call for a smart partnership between Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and low-cost carrier AirAsia.
"MAS and AirAsia have no problem, but if there is any, it can be solved through discussion and I believe this is a more effective way."
What Pak Lah didn’t realise is, the problem here is not between MAS and AirAsia, but it’s the disturbing noise within, in which they made it significantly loud enough to be heard across the Parliament.
He must watch out the behaviour of village idiots before the riot between the village taxi and the city taxi.
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