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Military 101: New Dedicated Maritime Patrol Craft, ATR-72MP Leonardo

RMAF TUDM CN-235 Transport Military Maritime Patrol

Any country that has a vast shoreline to patrol like should have a large fleet of dedicated medium and long-range that is capable of performing hours of patrolling and can perform secondary missions like search & rescue and anti- warfare. Presently this role is being taken with some modifications by the Indonesia-made plane. Image source: Wikipedia.

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Tamil Movie Review: Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 – Historical, Epic and Concise

Ponniyin Selvan Mani Ratnam A.R. Rahman Tamil Movie Cholan

One of the biggest challenges in making a that is based on epic bestselling novels like JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of The Rings and now Kalki’s Ponniyin Selvan is in bringing the movie’s storyline as close to the actual event or the novel and yet taking care to make it as excited as possible despite the storyline is predictable. Image source: JFW

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Military 101: Dedicated Light Combat Helicopter: Time For Malaysian Army To Have One?

Combat Helicopter Blue Thunder Military

When it comes to combat helicopters, one of our favourites would be the fictional attack helicopters from TV & , Airwolf and Blue Thunder. Between, one can rate Blue Thunder as a light considering that it is based on French-made Aérospatiale SA-341G Gazelles and has plenty of props bolted on for the movie. Image source: Harvard Film Archive.

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Budget 2023: Why We Are Not Addressing Financial Leakages & Wastages?

National Budget Malaysia Economy Deficit

always had a deficit national where The had always spent more than what it can collect except for the so-called golden years between 1993 to 1997 when the budget recorded a surplus and also low deficit budgets in between. Image source: Trading Economics.

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Driving Skills 101: What Is The Correlation Between Accidents And Dangerous Roads?

Accident Map Death

When one takes a look at the fatalities from road accidents across the , does not have a good record considering the numbers are higher than those developed countries namely the US and countries in . Image source: Our World In Data.

On the other hand, Saudi Arabia has one of the good road infrastructures due to their petroleum and yet they fare the worst when it comes to road fatalities. There is no correlation between the quality of roads and the number of road accidents.

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Sivaji Ganesan As The Hardworking Babu & The Beautiful Idho Endhan Deivam 1971

Tamil Movie Sri Devi Sivaji Ganesan Babu 1971

A screengrab from the , starring the late Nadigar Thilagam, Sivaji Ganesan and a very young Sri Devi. It was pointed out that the first of October was ‘s and had he lived, he would have been 94 years old this year.

Sivaji Ganesan passed away on 21st July 2001 at an age of 72 and by then had acted in some 288 ; a majority of it has been in Tamil movies.

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Know Your Car Basics 101: When The Car Alarm Blazes Loudly Without Warning

Car Alarm Stolen Proton Wira Crime Statistics VTREC

components starting from the basic and continuing with immobiliser, security and car trackers are increasingly getting critical considering the number of vehicles being stolen every year. In 2021, Proton Wira topped the list for a known reason – the model is used as the base for the conversion into a modified Mitsubishi Evo look-alike or for parts. Image source: VTREC.

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Personal 101: MyTukar – It’s Correct Time for New 3rd Car for the Family

austin dad's car childhood MyTukar

Way before we could buy used cars from or , the family’s very first which my Dad “bought” from his boss was this ancient Austin Morris 1100 which was a big relief and time saver considering we often need to take the bus or taxi to travel anyway. Image source: Wikipedia.

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National Security 101: A Persistent Scammer Called, Data Breaches & OTP Scams

e-wallet credit card banking bank online financial scam

We hardly go to the bank and use the old school passbook for our banking transactions which reduced the element of scams in the old days. But now, we are performing bank transactions from the comfort of our homes and via our mobile phones & laptops which may be exposed to malware and another method of scamming. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels

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Malaysia 101: MIC Former President Samy Vellu (1936 – 2022) & Unresolved Case of MAIKA

samy vellu snippet

One cannot forget the many funny quotes uttered by the late Tun who was the minister under ‘s cabinet handling 2 main portfolios covering public works, energy, telecommunication and post and who was also the long-serving president of the Malaysian Congress (). Image source: Wikipedia

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History 101: New British Royalty and Growing Call for It’s Abolishment

Queen Elizabeth III British Royalty Monarch

One has to say that it was an end of an era in when passed away on the 8th of September 2022 after reigning on for more than 70 years. She was 96 years old and the crown will now be handed over to her son, Prince Charles who will finally become . Image source: Pedcymro29 Youtube Channel

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Sad Kamal Haasan’s Solo Dance In MSV’s Simla Special 1982

Kamal Haasan Simla Special MSV 1980s Tamil

There has always been a showcase of ‘s talents in whichever that he is involved whether it is an aspect of storytelling, acting, dancing, or direction and to play the romantic, tragic hero in his movies, Kamal Haasan always has that look that simply melts the heart of anyone who watched him in tense moments. Image source: Kokilavin Kolangal Blog.

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