May 2008 « MageP’s Lab

Conflicting character

Ever since former PKR youth chief Ezam Mohd Nor was readmitted into the Umno, it appears to me that the entire scenario is nothing less than a strange riddle.

Why?

On one hand, Ezam said he is back in Umno because of party president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s commitment to bringing change and reform, therefore joined hands with [...]

Ezam re-joins Umno: What’s the impact?

It’s now confirmed by YB Jeff Ooi that former PKR youth chief Ezam Mohd Nor has re-joined UMNO, the party he left after former DPM and Umno deputy president Anwar Ibrahim was sacked in 1998.

He is expected to be given a senatorship and his future role will include the daunting responsibility to win back Selangor [...]

Post Pedra Branca

After we lost the ownership of Pulau Batu Puteh to Singapore while we get rocks in return, knee-jerk reactions are abundance.

The Deputy Finance Minister I Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said the Government was aware that there were lessons to be learnt from the case while Johor Menteri Besar Ghani Othman is quick to protect Johor as [...]

Singapore gets the island while we get the rock

The Star’s SMS alert at 6:14pm.

International Court of Justice decides 12 to 4 that Pulau Batu Puteh belongs to Singapore, and 15 to 1 that Middle Rocks belongs to Malaysia

The conclusion: Singapore gets the island and what do we get?

Well, the rock.

As expected, International Trade and Industry Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also a [...]

Inspiration from Tun Mahathir?

Ever since the half-past six bridge fiasco, former prime minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad never cease to amaze the crowd.

After being pressured to be put under trial for his role in the judiciary crisis as per recommendation of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam Video Clip, he throws in the towel by quitting Umno, [...]

Higher Education Rating System: Complacency kills!

In a study by the Higher Education Rating System (Setara), University Malaysia (UM) has been named as the country’s top university with a perfect score of 5 (excellent) in the research-based university category, for god sake.

But the real funny part comes from no less than the Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khalin Nordin when he proudly [...]

Fair competition

I’m quite intrigued by the low-cost fight between the national carrier Malaysia Airlines and low-cost carrier AirAsia.

Half past midnight, two emails came into the mailbox about the same time, with AirAsia offering international free seats while MAS via it’s low-cost carrier subsidiary FireFly is busy counter-attacking AirAsia’s recent "sub-zero free seats" promotion.

It’s indeed the kind [...]

The day after tomorrow

Here in this peace of Boleh-land, we’re indeed living in a very interesting place with interesting development at an interesting time.

It all started when the internal rifle within the Barisan Nasional coalition was further exposed in no other than the Parliament, led by some unhappy men.

Initially, Kalabakan MP Abdul Gapur Salleh has called on Prime [...]

RPK released .. and a lesson well learned too?

Finally, Raja Petra Kamaruddin was released on bail from the Sungai Buloh prison.

By looking at the reception given to him upon his release, the kind of applause won, hot pursuit from the journalists as well as many shutters happily clicking away with their cameras, it’s apparent that RPK is now being seen as leading the [...]

How this country is fcuked by a bunch of hypocrites?

For the past few days, our homeland has been continuously shattered by undreamed of and unimaginable reality.

Let me tell you why.

Joke #1.

A whopping RM792,325.20 was spent by the Government for the use of executive jets by PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his deputy Najib Tun Razak between Feb 24 and March 7, which is [...]