(Honest politicians are rare species indeed otherwise they need to be changed at the next elections so that the one who benefits would be the people – Image source: http://z.about.com)
Read More »Governance 101: Enforcing Code of Ethics for Bad Politicians
(Tightly packed shops on the left and right of the bazaar but the items on sales are not necessarily old and ancient)
Read More »Overseas Assignment 2009: Taking Time Off At Bangkok’s Busy Bazaar
(Image source: Hannah Yeoh’s Blog)
Interesting story over theSun titled “A bond which is colour blind” which was a reprint of Pakatan Rakyat’s Hannah Yeoh post titled “Real 1Malaysia”.
Read More »Malaysia 101: Do We Harp On 1Racist in 1Malaysia?
(The service apartment that I stayed in Bangkok, overseeing the great Chao Praya River is probably one of the best of all the ‘hotels’ that I have stayed)
Whenever I am on an overseas assignment, I have always preferred staying in a proper hotel than in some apartment.
Read More »Fantastic Trip to Iran 2009: We Missed Staying In A Proper Hotel
(Reality is having beautiful temples is good but having better-educated students is even better – Image source: http://media.merchantcircle.com)
Read More »Religion 101: Which is Better? More Temples Or More Schools?
(SPM students with their results but is doing more subjects for the exams makes the student brilliant than others? Image source: http://pemudasarawak.wordpress.com)
Read More »Education 101: Do Extra SPM Papers Required To Be Top Student?
(The economy from the dark side of the world that does not follow the standard banking terms and rules counts on a well-oiled hawala system to handle its millions – source: IMF)
Read More »Economy 101: Hawala System – Economy Treason Or Alternate?
(Are we going to keep crossing fingers when making promises and signing formal agreements? image source: www.cipicchia.wordpress.com)
“There may be honour among thieves, but there’s none in politicians” T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia
(Poster source: www.wikipedia.com)
I have doing a lot of movie “collecting” in the last few months. I have watched a lot of movies since then but not all has been reviewed in this blog.… [Click to read the rest] “Movie Review: Lawrence of Arabia 1962”
(One of the greatest female singer from the 1980s music arena – Madonna who still tops my playlist for 1908s songs. Image source: http://mediaimages.boxedart.com)
I don’t why but I recall the good old 80’s as I sat in front of the laptop doing work and listening to A-Ha’s “Take on me”. That song and other songs in my collection bring back a sense of déjà-vu.
Read More »Childhood Memories: Part 16 – Great Groovy 1980s Music
(It looks like beer, it smells like beer and the people are drinking as it is beer but certainly it is not beer. Great stuff from Holland!)
Iran, I guess is the second country that I have been to without any drop of cold beer. Brunei was the other country although I could have brought a crate of beer after declaring to the customs. Interestingly there are plenty of non-alcoholic drinks from local and European breweries to choose from here.
Read More »Fantastic Trip to Iran 2009: Sorry, No Alcoholic Beers Here
25th November 2009 marks the 2nd anniversary of the unprecedented street rally by Indians under the now “banned but not crippled” organisation called Hindraf in this country. Image source: Malaysiakini