I caught this excellent documentary by Simonka de Jong, a 49 years old Dutch filmmaker based in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Youtube the other day. I was amazed by the simplicity of the storyline and yet where the characters in this documentary face some of the toughest conflicts in the daily lives. Image source: Youtube.
Read More »Documentary Review 101: Excellent The Only Son by Simonka de Jong 2012
A few days ago, a Facebook page called “DashCam Owners Malaysia” for obvious reasons uploaded an accident video that shows a lady motorcyclist casually crossing several lanes without even looking to her right for the on-coming traffic.
Rightfully and deservingly she was hit by a car causing her to fly and fall in front of the car. See the grab shots from the video – it is clear that she is in great pain after the accident but most of the commentators on Facebook agreed that she well deserved it.
Read More »Attitude 101: Avoidable Accidents Happens When No One Gives a Damn
With Netflix as our main source of entertainment these days, one of the favourite series among others has been The Crown which portrays the life of Queen Elizabeth II from her wedding in the 1940s until the 1990s and some key moments in history including the Aberfan disaster. Image Source: Scala Radio
Although one accepts that considering it is TV series, some of the events that have happened would have been heavily dramatized. It however does shows the tension and stress that the royalties, namely Prince Phillip and Prince Charles in light of the standing of the Queen.
Read More »World Affairs 101: Lessons To Be Learned, The Aberfan Disaster
Seriously, the Pakatan Harapan government needs to go to a corner and reflect on its decision when it comes to bringing former ISIS terrorists and their radicalised families back to Malaysia. Why we are rolling out the red carpet to these terrorists? Infographic source: ISIS
Read More »National Security 2020: ISIS Terrorists – Why Indonesia Can Do It, We Can’t?
Happy belated Valentine’s Day.
Frankly speaking, I don’t send roses on Valentine for 2 main reasons and it has nothing to do with PAS Youth’s call to boycott Valentine’s Day. 2 reasons – 1. Expression of love should not be confined to one particular day of the year and 2. Price of roses on Valentine’s Day is insanely expensive (unless you have your own rose garden).
Read More »Personal 101: An Unexpected Beautiful Valentine Post
(Unfortunately, we have one cute, lovable Mr Forgetful right here at home and it is difficult to get angry with this guy. Image source: http://plasmanc.blogspot.com/)
(How rabies spreads and what are the possible treatment – Image source: The Star)
(Can you identify the new toys in this latest sequel of the Toy Story series? There are evil ones in the bunch now. Poster source: Wikipedia)
When Toy Story 3 was first mentioned on TV, one of the very first people to take note of it was my son.
(News snippet – the one that got screwed for Hulu Selangor by-elections, both Samy and Palanivel – Image source: The Nut Graph)
An interesting talk on teaching kids on food given by Jamie Oliver at TED 2010. Image source: https://alifeofproductivity.com.
Read More »TED Talk 2010: Jamie Oliver – Teaching Kids on Natural Food
(Why more deaths from H1N1 now than last time – where is the leakage in control & monitoring? Image source: http://www.javno.com)
As at yesterday, Malaysia recorded the 13th death from H1N1 and unfortunately, recent deaths involve young children.
(There will be time when parents will need to allow their children to stand on their own and make decisions that will determine their own future)
I had 2 phone calls from my dad yesterday…
One call was during lunch time informing me that he had cooked something at home and asked whether I had time to drop by the house for lunch. Given the traffic situation, it was an impossible mission to achieve.
Another was late at night when I was still in the office, asking me to drop by his workplace to pick up something. My dad, these days, works as a night shift security guard to pass his free time (he got so bored sitting in the house) and earn some cash (a far cry from those days when he was young and was driving a 10 tires truck)
Read More »Human Relationship 101: Letting Our Loved Children Go