The Taj Hotel was one of the sites of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a series of terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant Islamist organisation from Pakistan, carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai. Image source: NPR
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Nanowrimo is short for National Novel Writing Month, a creative challenge that takes place every November. The goal is to write a novel of at least 50,000 words in 30 days, without worrying about quality or editing. Image source: Nanowrimo
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Before we proceed further, read this disclaimer – this joke is no offense whatsoever to any ladies out there or any non-beer-drinking Malaysians out there.
(Although this is unlikely to be entertained by the Government in view of the weak economic outlook next year, still, it does not stop anyone from questioning the idea of bailout from MIC)
(The trademark of MAIKA AGMs since the scandal broke out. Video source: Malaysiakini)
If you are interested in astronomy and just like to watch the stars at night and wonder what is the name of the star anywhere in the world, you have to check out the open-source software, Stellarium.
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At the end of the day, all are in the boat and proud to call ourselves Bangsa Malaysia speaking the same language, i.e. Bahasa Malaysia but politicians and lopsided national policies make one think that we are in a different country. Image source: Mob’s Crib
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At the end of the day, all are in the boat and proud to call ourselves Bangsa Malaysia but politicians and lopsided national policies make one think that we are in a different country. Image source: Mob’s Crib
Read More »Malaysia 101: Being Proud Bangsa Malaysia, Unique Bahasa Malaysia
(This movie has all the right stuff including 2 of the biggest stars in Tamil cinema industry but as usual, things get screwed up by half cooked storyline and bad directing. All images source: Times of India)
Having nothing much to do on a Monday afternoon (ya, I was on leave), I decided to catch a movie. Any movie would do – I and my wife did not have any preference since it has been some time since we last stepped into a cinema. We did not plan to see a particular movie. All we wanted to do to catch the earliest movie that we could see and leave.
Read More »Tamil Movie Review: Aegan 2008, Ajith’s Passable But Watchable Action Movie
(Double standards with Malaysians cheering for a change in the USA on the right but does not see it positively for own Malaysians on the left. Copyright @ Zunar – Malaysiakini)
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The new IJN has an issue when it comes to design which is the process of creating something that meets a specific purpose or goal. Design can be applied to many fields, such as art, engineering, architecture, software, etc. Design involves planning, researching, sketching, prototyping, testing, and evaluating the outcome. Image source: Google
Read More »Design 101: Dealing With Bad Design in IJN Parking
