It’s been almost three months since Michael Jackson died yet the world, myself included, can’t seem to stop mourning his loss. After the initial shock, the ensuing rush of emotions from numb disbelief, to mounting anger at apparent American and British media disrespect of his memory to a deep unfathomable sorrow that easily [...]
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Loving Michael Jackson More: “This Is It” Debunks Media Lies!
Posted in Major Big Deal on September 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Michael Jackson: When media and public relations play God!
Posted in Major Big Deal on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t help it but I just can’t seem to shake off MJ from my mind. Maybe it’s this avalanche of news coverage on him that is fueling this obsession or this growing sense of outrage that his death is a possible homicide or, having lost my own beloved father at an early age, identifying with his bewildered orphaned children. Something [...]
Never can say goodbye – Michael Jackson immortalised in Youtube!
Posted in Major Big Deal on July 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It’s been months since I last blogged, mostly because I got so depressed with events happening in the world and in my own tiny sphere of existence, bogged down with my mother’s illness and my own mortality. I felt a compelling need to withdraw fron the world, to hide in my safe cocoon so I could [...]
President Obama: “The time has come to set aside childish things.”
Posted in Major Big Deal on January 20, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Text of Obama’s speech for his inauguration as 44th president
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as [...]
Teen suicide – When the courts can do more harm….
Posted in Major Big Deal on December 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I read with horror this New Straits Times report (see below) about a 16-year-old girl being charged in court for attempted suicide. I couldn’t help thinking that what she may have failed to do before, the harsh media spotlights on her now might very well prompt her to complete the deed. I’m not sure if I [...]
Forget yoga, try “solat” as exercise without the chanting! You got a problem with that?
Posted in Major Big Deal on November 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Frankly, I don’t understand the hue and cry over the National Fatwa Council ruling over yoga. Exercise is exercise, no question about that. But what the council was talking about had nothing to do with the physical exercise moves but with the spiritual component of the ancient Hindu exercise form. There is no need for [...]
So what if Obama is not white, he’s not really black either!!!
Posted in Major Big Deal on November 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
While watching news coverage of Barack Obama’s historic win, it suddenly struck me that the man they are hailing as the first Black president of the United States has one major distinction that sets him apart, he was born a free man and was never the descendant of slaves. I am thinking that his having been [...]
How Could You Teresa?
Posted in Major Big Deal on October 14, 2008 | 8 Comments »
At a time when she could have brought up the subject of what could and should be done to rescue missing children before the lawmakers in the august house of parliament, Seputeh MP Teresa Kok just had to draw attention to herself. When there could have been a serious discussion on this issue and a [...]
Well, what more can I say…..
Posted in Major Big Deal on August 25, 2008 | 8 Comments »
In the buildup towards the great political showdown in Permatang Pauh, I am away from the country and safely out of the fray. However, this does not mean I am not wondering what is happening in my beloved homeland. Everyone who cares about Malaysia is apprehensive. Will cool rational heads prevail in the aftermath, come [...]
Now I get it!
Posted in Major Big Deal on August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For non-political reasons, I have been puzzled by the show of support from “friends” of DSAI’s mostly because, and if global events are any proof, these are worrying times for the Islamic world. In an article posted in the online Foreign Policy magazine, DSAI himself explains his cosy relationship with the US in “Seven Questions: Anwar Ibrahim”. An excerpt below:
FP: You got [...]
