Since the previous Information Minister made blogging out to be bad news, I am finding much cheer in the recent spate of pro-blogging overtures made by mainstream media. I am not talking about those controversial political blogs either but just bloggers having fun sharing their own experiences as Nicole Tan will be doing in her new [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Blogging and bloggers in the news!
Posted in Major Big Deal on May 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Pedra Branca “fear factor” and taking on windmills.
Posted in Major Big Deal on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The other day my brother asked me why I was so stuck on the Pedra Branca issue? Well, that’s easy enough to answer because I couldn’t help wondering what happened during the time when the maps were published in 1962, 1965, and 1975 that did not show the island in Malaysian territory and the 1979 map that did. The maps [...]
Blogging beyond politics.
Posted in Ample-tude on May 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Blogs have become a hot topic these post-general election days and, because of my allergy to politics, I find it discomforting that this really great channel for sharing information with like-minded individuals has now become highly politicised. I just read these reports about “22 websites, blogs probed” and “Govt to engage bloggers in cyberspace” and marvel [...]
“A licence to kill” and Opposing for Opposition’s sake
Posted in Ample-tude on May 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Update: Well, it seems the Malaysian Medical Association is demanding full clarification over deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad’s statement that doctors were “licensed to kill” as reported here.
As a lecturer in a local medical school many years ago, I used to impress upon my first year students struggling with human anatomy that, as [...]
Unlike Pedra Branca, Pulau Pisang is not up for grabs!
Posted in Major Big Deal on May 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
LATEST: Okay, you can quit all the political machismo posturing already because the MB of Johor has said it -“Pulau Pisang’s sovereignty is clear!“
According to him, the lighthouse on the 152-hectare island was there by way of an agreement between the Sultan of Johor then, Sultan Ibrahim, and the British government. “Pulau Pisang is in the [...]
Missing letter key to Malaysia’s claim to Pedra Branca?
Posted in Major Big Deal on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Like missing someone only after they’re gone, I can’t seem to get Pedra Branca out of my mind. Been wondering what on earth swayed the ICJ to rule in favour of Singapore on an issue of sovereign rights over an island that never belonged to it in the first place. It would seem that the judgement relied [...]
What’s in a name – Bird poop and Pedra Branca?
Posted in Major Big Deal on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, as is typical of people when some purse snatcher just grabbed their handbag that, though not containing anything valuable, holds personal documents that legally identifies who they are, I am feeling mean about the Pulau Batu Putih/Pedra Branca saga today. A quick surf on Wikipedia and I find out there is a reason why that hot piece [...]
Terkilan – Pulau Batu Putih/Pedra Branca!
Posted in Major Big Deal on May 24, 2008 | 13 Comments »
When it comes to gauging public reaction to the International Court of Justice’s ruling on Pulau Batu Putih, the blogs have become my best resource as I try to overcome this feeling of “terkilan”, sort of like that empty feeling after you lost something that you’re not supposed to and you wonder what happened. Among the multitude [...]
Pedra Branca, sovereignty lost in history…..
Posted in Major Big Deal on May 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
** Please watch this YouTube videoclip that shows Pedra Branca and a copy of the ill-fated tersely worded letter signed by the Acting State Secretary of Johore that gave away Malaysia’s sovereignty without a whimper. An action that we now live to regret as the claim over Pulau Batu Putih is merely a painful reminder of an erosion of more than just a few kilometres of coastline. (Sorry, apparently the videoclip [...]
Of Oshin and the sushi connection…..rice matters!
Posted in Major Big Deal on May 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
While having a rice-less lunch on this cloudy Friday, I could not help but keep thinking about the current rice crisis and its impact on the way of life in Malaysia and compare that with pre-Merdeka Japanese Occupation days. As a child, I remember hearing my grandparents and elders discussing those rice-less days and how they made do with the more [...]
