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World News 101: All About FinCEN Leaked Files

FinCEN US Banking Banks

Everyone reports information to and this includes from unlikely countries like China. Bank transactions leave a trail of paperwork and footprints and this is how some get caught. Image source: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

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Blogging 101: News Snippets As At 21 September 2017

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(Time for some snippets. We all are friends when your enemy is also my enemy. Pakatan Harapan in place of Pakatan Rakyat – they are better organised and led by experienced in the political area but will they stick together when their individual objective clashes? Image source: The Malaysian Insight)

Hi folks, it has been some time since I last blogged – frankly speaking, I have been spending more time at other places (some DIYs at home, updating my Facebook, watching Youtube, playing games, etc) instead of blogging. But it does not mean I have not been keeping up with the snippets – unfortunately, there are more depressing snippets on where this country is heading. In fact, this snippet post and the title had been on a draft mode for months and had undergone several edits so don’t be surprised if you are reading very old snippets here.

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Devastating Chennai Floods 2015 & Art of Prepping

prepping chennai flood water ration

Let’s talk about which is another key aspect of this blog (the other is how drive on the road and of course politics) and on the recent disaster in Chennai, India. Image source: www.newindianexpress.com

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MH370: Time to Reassess the Shortcomings

MH370

(Substitute the chill beer, wine and other liquors on a board with locally made, sugar high cendol and a plane is guaranteed not to crash into the sea – so says a joker in Malaysia. Perhaps he is right but then again this is not the right time and the place to say these things. Some people just don’t get it, do they? Image source: http://www.infoway.co)

The fate of the missing plane has somehow been determined – more or less. We can only say our deepest condolences to the families of the crew and passengers of and hope they would find some kind of closure and peace over the lost of their loved ones. MH370 will be remembered.

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Environment 101: Tackling The Largest Oil Spill

Oil Spill Deepwater Horizon Environment Nature

Photo caption: Sunlight illuminated the lingering off the Mississippi Delta on May 24, 2010. The Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image the same day. Image source: Wikipedia

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Environment 101: Dismal News On Waste Recycling

waste segregation environment garbage recycling

The process starts with the segregation process at the starting point. Image source: Ministry of Housing & Local Government

Let’s talk about something else that seems to take a back seat amidst the political circus in – the and in particular, the level of recycling in Malaysia.

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Unity 101: We Don’t Need The Important Race Relation Act?

Race Relations Act 1965 1960s UK Unity Law Legal

The Relations Act was a series of laws passed in the UK to prohibit racial discrimination and promote equal opportunities for of different racial groups. The first Race Relations Act was enacted in 1965, followed by two more in 1968 and 1976. Image source: Insitute of Race Relations

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Malaysia 101: Striving An Absolute Squatter-Free Policy

Squatters Illegal Immigrants

occupy an uninhabited building or unused land without the legal right to do so. Typically, squatters do not hold a title, pay rent, or have permission from the rightful owner to use the property. Squatters can sometimes be seen in a positive light, as they may bring unused land or property back into productive use, but they can also be viewed negatively, especially if their occupation interferes with the property rights of others. Image source: Philippine Star

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