January 2008 « MageP’s Lab

Should Pak Lah quit?

When former prime minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad was asked if his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should quit, he says …

"It is up to him to decide. It’s also up to the people to decide. If the people want him to move on, if they think his administration is not benefiting them, they should make a [...]

Merdeka Center: The lowest 61% for Pak Lah and continues to go down …

While Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in Davos talking about snap election in an interview on CNN’s World News Asia, he might want to give a little bit of more serious consideration towards the latest poll revealed by the market research Merdeka Center.

As a result of voters who’re unhappy over rising prices, racial tensions and [...]

DAP-PKR: Ready, no?

Sometimes, you just can’t fault the Barisan Nasional camp in undermining the political pact among the opposition parties.

They say it’s a political gimmick, a pact which merely skims the surface and does not encompass the fundamentals which couldn’t reach a middle ground and all sort of talks about the pact.

Apparently, even Opposition Leader Lim Kit [...]

Happy Thaipusam

Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb).

The festival commemorates both the birthday of Lord Murugan (also Subramaniam) and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman.

Here’s wishing all Malaysians Happy Thaipusam!

Hohoho, Thaipusam holiday …

Take it as the first new year plus election titbits from the Government.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi declared Thaipusam as a public holiday extended to Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur after a few hours of serious consideration.

Out of nowhere, you’ve an effective premiership who just woke up from his usual slumber dream, swift and immediate response.

Notwithstanding [...]

Vote for change!

Either if you’re yet to register as a voter or you’re already an eligible voter and yet undecided whether to appear at the polling station this coming GE, you bloody make sure you read this masterpiece (I think!) by Miss Polytikus.

So, you don’t wanna vote? Then you’ve just deprived yourself the chance to make the [...]

Proton BLM

After 25 years of first Proton Saga, the new Proton BLM (Base Line Model), also known as the Proton Saga Replacement Model, is launched today.

TV Smith was there to witness the launching ceremony.

[GVO] Introduction to “Citizen Media”

Rising Voices, a citizen media outreach initiative of Global Voices Online, proudly announces the first in a series of outreach guides meant to explain the fundamentals of citizen media to a NON-TECHNICAL readership.

Rising Voices is spearheaded by David Sasaki, in which recently, he was in Malaysia as a speaker for a public forum on Blogs and Digital [...]

V. K. Lingam

IF and only IF V.K. Lingam has the balls (I doubt) to confess like a man, just like Chua Soi Lek,

Lawyers and concerned citizens wouldn’t have wasted their precious time to perform Putrajaya March

The "toothless" three-man independent panel which produce absolutely nothing wouldn’t be established and which of course, wasting taxpayers’ [...]

A disgraceful leadership

Malaysia is in crisis mode.

Five-year-old Sharlinie Mohd Nashar went missing. Tenggaroh assemlyman S. Krishnasamy was assassinated.

On the two separate incidents, Prime Minister cum Internal Security Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi made separate pleas.

"The abductor must repent amidst the public outrage and return Sharlinie to her parents," he said when asked by reporters on his personal appeal [...]