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04/14/10
Earlier this month (or late last month), one of the biggest topics around town was the issue of our Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin declaring himself as Malay first. This topic has been making its rounds in Parliament for a couple of weeks by then, I believe on March 18, DAP stalwart Lim [...]
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01/27/10
Cow heads on parade. Molotov cocktails in churches and a school. A Sikh temple pelted with stones. Arson in two surau. Pig heads in mosques.
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12/09/09
The Malaysia I remember growing up in was filled with people who are nice and polite. In school, we learn how to talk to people nicely. We learn how to not point with our fingers and instead use our thumbs. We learn to respect our elders. We learn to put our hand out and stoop [...]
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07/08/09
Yup, Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has just announced that PPSMI – the teaching of Maths and Science in English – has been reversed. We have heard rumours since yesterday that this was going to happen but now it’s official – I just watched the press conference live on TV1. [...]
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04/03/09
Having grown up in the Mahathir era, I never thought I’d be able to see so many Prime Ministers in my life. Okay, I exgagerate. Of course, some would have to leave sooner or later but I guess it was kind of ingrained in me that Malaysian (and perhaps Asian) leaders don’t know how to [...]
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