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When Democracy is not the best policy

I was having a healthy (by excluding those swear words in Kelantanese-Malay dialect) debate with a couple of middle-age men yesterday amidst the festive atmosphere of Hari Raya Puasa. The hot topic was initially on the upcoming election but eventually diverted to some political attacks on the current government. They debated on a lot [...]

Second Angkasawan in 2 years?

My oh my, after spending around RM90 million to send Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to space, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation is said to be planning to send the second angkasawan Faiz Khaleed to space, in 2 years time. The Minister, Dato’ Sri Dr. Jamaludin Jarjis, even proudly announced that another competition will [...]

Of Myanmar, Morality and Mankind

For the last couple of days, it was little Nurin’s case that sparked the anger in me especially as to the level of morality among fellow Malaysians (whoever brutally killed her shall not rest in peace!!). Today it irked me to see the front page of New Strait Times, which showed the picture of a [...]

Khairy Jr is called Jibreil

“Aspiring” young politician and entrepreneur, Khairy Jamaluddin (son-in-law of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah) has named his new born son Jibreil Ali Jamaluddin Abu Bakar. It was a great name indeed. In Islam, Jibreil is acknowledged as Allah’s chief archangel, appearing usually as a divine messenger. Congratulations to Khairy and wife. By the way, [...]

Pak Lah Kahwin Lagi…

Yes, it’s confirmed. On June 9, Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will marry Jeanne Abdullah in a private ceremony. Weird enough, Jeanne is his late wife’s former sister-in-law. Jeanne was married to Endon’s younger brother but the two had split more than 15 years ago. Dato’ Seri Abdullah’s first wife, Allahyarham Datin [...]