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May 2008

Enforcement 101: Police Brutality – Free for all?

(Photo source: Malaysiakini)

Imagine this:-

You are driving along the road near Bandar Mahkota Cheras and stopped to see the protests by the residents. The police asks you to drive away which you did but suddenly you are surrounded by 20 FRU personnel claiming that you ran over one of the officers and they start beating you without mercy.… [Click to read the rest] “Enforcement 101: Police Brutality – Free for all?”

Personal Trip 101: Long Drive To East Coast Kuantan

East Coast Kuantan Tunnel Genting Sempah

When it comes to the famed Karak Highway that will take us to the East Coast of the Peninsular Malaysia, the tunnel is one the key landmark which has a twin on the North-South Highway after Ipoh. Image source: KLIA2

It must have been like 15 years since I last stepped on the East Coast of Malaysia and in particular the town of Kuantan. So a relative’s function in Kuantan last week was just the excuse I needed for a 520 kilometres drive to and fro East Coast.

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Childhood Memories: Part 4 – Going To Bloody War With Wooden Guns

wooden gun war childhood

When I was young and my parents could not afford to buy us toys, we had to contend with making our own wooden toys. One of the “usual” toys that we often make is the wooden gun. I know paint-brush skills suck! A very rough blueprint of the wooden gun looks like the above.

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