Bronze better than Silver?
Is it better to have ONE gold at the Olympics compared to 4 Silvers and 1 bronze?I read an article in Oz that a bronze medal winner is likely to smile while a silver medallist is more likely to frown...
View ArticleLesson from Rio - USA-ites have been liars
From Reuters - A U.S. Olympic swimmer has accused his team mate, Ryan Lochte, of playing a key role in an incident that has tainted South America's first Games, saying he tore a poster off a wall and...
View ArticleMCS
In 1983 under the premiership of Mahathir, the Civil Service was ordered to raise its force from approximately 400,000 civil servants to 800,000, a doubling up of its manpower strength in a process...
View ArticleMIschievous intent?
FMT - Letter to Unesco not a complaint, says Penang Forum’s Dr LimOpen Letter from Dr Lim Mah Hui to Dr Ang Ming Chee to counter accusations of treason over letter sent by Penang Forum to Unesco on...
View ArticleWhy SJKC is growing
Why are the standards of Chinese primary schools (SJKCs) attracting non-Chinese parents to enrol their non-Chinese children there to the extent that has led Professor Dr Teo Kok Seong to daringly say a...
View ArticlePolice has nothing better to do
The police has nothing better to do, it would seem, of course other than its IGP keeping watch at the northern border to ensure seditious ashes (of Ong Boon Hwa) do not quietly sneak into Malaysia to...
View ArticleMalays and Chinese
Sebastian Loh demands that Chinese must confront anti-Malay racism, claiming the Chinese-controlled companies called 6.3 Chinese applicants for every Malay applicant, while by contrast,...
View ArticleLaut Natuna? Podah
Indonesia, sila fikir perasaan Malaysia sebelum tukar nama Laut China SelatanAdam Abu Bakar | August 25, 2016Penukaran nama itu tidak akan memberi sebarang kesan ekonomi kepada negara merah putih itu,...
View ArticleChicken home to roost for Mahathir
The most famous line of Erich Segal's 'Love Story' has been 'Love means never having to say you're sorry', which was then immortalised in a 1970 film adaptation of that novel.So, with that line, does...
View ArticleReligious issues - don't build up on those
Prior to 1980, St Joseph's Chapel along Jalan Saujana Impian in Kajang was built to cater to the spiritual needs of the Catholic estate workers at the Brehma Estate.above not St Joseph's...
View ArticleNew post at Kongsamkok
Last night I posted The Cabinet of Curiosities - Part 5 over at my other blog KTemoc Kongsamkok. It concluded my 5-part story about a part of my kiddie days.
View ArticleMalaysian Senate 'unrepresentative swill'?
FMT - Think tank calls for Senate reformsPETALING JAYA: A think tank has suggested reforms for Dewan Negara to make it effective as a guardian of democracy.“Dewan Negara should have the powers to...
View ArticleCari pasal? Cari kerja?
Bernama informs us that Jamil Khir, Minister in the PM's Department (meaning the PM couldn't find a portfolio for him, wakakaka) said the authorities had arrested a 43-year-old man who claimed to be...
View ArticleOn the camel's back?
The worst in this and that abound all over the world - you have the Raspberry Awards (Razzies) for the worst in films and the worst (0%) in 'something' by Rotten Tomatoes.But in Malaysia we have the...
View ArticleRe-visiting MH 370
It's almost 29 months since we mysteriously lost MH 370 on 08 March 2014. Unlike MH 17, its disappearance remains unexplained but highly speculated, its whereabouts unknown though it's suspected to be...
View ArticleIs Najib politically weak?
Is PM Najib Razak as politically weak as Bakri Musa reckons he (Najib) is?Bakri Musa in his post at Malaysian-Today titled Devolution and the rise of Adenan Satem believes Najib is, weak that is, but I...
View ArticleRacist rather than Islamist ISMA?
Star Online - Court finds Isma president guilty of seditionIt's a fitting and very much welcome eve-of Merdeka news-present for all of us Malaysians.But what has been far more troubling is the report...
View ArticleSyariah-compliant or korupsi-compliant?
Star Online - MACC picks up bank chiefPETALING JAYA: Bank Rakyat chairman Jen (ret) Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Haji Zainal has been detained for questioning over a RM15mil case, the second top level person...
View Articleghost?
I have a new post over at KTemoc Kongsamkok titled Grandfather's story (2) - The ghost which was caught, wakakaka.
View ArticleDirgahayu Malaysia
Congratulations Malaysia and Malaysians on your National Day.the best ever PM we had And for our Sabahan and Sarawakian brethrens, you celebrate your union with Malaya 16 days later only because...
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