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February 2021

Malaysia 101: How Realistic is the National Unity Blueprint 2021-2030?

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The image of NASA’s Perseverance rover touching down on Mars on Feb. 18, – its mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, paving the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith. Image source: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Ennadi Meenakshi by Great Ilaiyaraaja 1978

Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu Tamil Kamal Haasan

was already a big star in the industry in the and have acted in a number of which has some of the best songs composed by Maestro Illayaraaja and Maestro MSV. Image source:

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Technology 101: The Headache of Having Multiple e-Wallet Apps

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In today’s world, one cannot escape from performing financial transactions through the internet, e-wallets or pre-paid cards. We have become a cashless society considering the high of carrying cash around and the ease of performing financial transactions using online and apps. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels

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Economy 101: Best of Ferengi’s Rules of Acquisition

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Before I started watching Deep Nine over Netflix, the Ferengi must have been one of the ugliest, most snobbish and profit-minded alien in the Star Trek universe. But then watching Quark in Star Trek Deep Space Nine gave another interesting perspective on the Ferengis. Image source: Star Trek.com

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Malaysia 101: Stop Thinking Like Self Centred Politician

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When Trump won the elections to be the 45th US President in 2017, his mantra that won over many was “To Make America Great Again” and as a businessman and not as a politician, many thought that it can be done. In the end, he turned out to be just another self-centred politician.  Image source: AZ Quotes 

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National Security 2021: Expect More Rohingyas Incursions After Coup in Myanmar

Rohingya Refugee Countries

A couple of in the last few weeks has been rather unsettling especially in relation to Rohingyas who had always made their desired country to run to after leaving the refugee camp in . Infographic source: Anadolu Agency

Now it looks like they have found another place to stop over before making their run to Malaysia where there is a bigger crowd of them making trouble.

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Prepping 101: 5 Essential Things You Must Have When You Move To New House

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(My favourite set of tools as I can use for both related fixes and also repairs. It is easy for my kids to use to fix their own cabinets and book selves for their rooms. Image source: ) 

In the last 2 years, a number of my colleagues, friends and had bought new houses and immediately set on renovation and interior decoration. However with the global pandemic where the future is uncertain, it pertinent for all to revisit on the idea of prepping the house so that you can depend less on others for simple fixes and works.

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Special Projects 101: Part 1: New Car Makeover 2021 – Suspensions

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Image of the leftover parts changed after they had collected all the old parts and replaced it with brand new original parts. The decision to change all in one go is to save cost and time before it breaks down.

This will be Part 1 of the car makeover project but please expect this to take some time to complete considering the and progress of work in this pandemic. The makeover project actually started back in the last quarter of 2020 and not because I planned for it but it was the other around.

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