Steven Sim

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think - Jean-Paul Sartre

Archive for September, 2008

Teresa: Saint or Prophet?(0)

Kit Siang called Teresa Kok a saint. 

St. Teresa of Seputeh
I think she’s somewhat of a prophet as well…
Excerpt from an interview of YB Teresa Kok by Guang Ming Daily the same week after her release from unjust detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA)
Q: Will this arrest affect the way you do things in the [...]

New Baby, New Toy(4)

Leon managed to convince me to part with my Dopod 818 pro and get a new baby - he was the one who talked me into buying the Dopod last year. But anyway, he didn’t need to try very hard on this new princess - Samsung i780. I had wanted to get a PDA phone [...]

Friendship | Love | Justice | No to ISA(1)

What was it like to stand with one’s good buddies for a cause we know will go a long way, beyond our own lifetime if it is successful?

My comrades and good friends (L-R) Joshua Woo (Theological Thinker), Jun Wen (Warrior), me(!!), beside Jun Wen in the foreground, (at the back) John Paul (Social Constructor-Commander), Khai [...]

May We Be a Shinning Light To the Nations…(1)

Teresa is out…but there are still Raja Petra (RPK) and more than 60 detainees under the ultra vires Internal Security Act (no official stats from BN Government).
Out of the mouth of babes…

Innocent eyes and minds innocent still,
Came to protest our Country’s ill.
We are not so innocent, but we want to do our little part…

Throughout last [...]

Lunch With The Tun(0)

It’s probably a once in a lifetime experience…last week, I had an unofficial lunch appointment with the great Tun Dato Seri Dr. Lim Chong Eu and Toh Puan Datin Seri Goh Sing Yeng.
The Tun - 89 years old this year - was the second Chief Minister of Penang, taking over from the late Tun Wong [...]

Isaiah Speaks To Us(1)

As we are all waiting for the dawn of a new era for our beloved Malaysia, let us take some time to listen to conscientious voices from former times…
The ancient social reformer Isaiah Ben Amoz said these words to a corrupted nation, and I think he speaks to us today as well, both as a warning…
Damn [...]

The Malaysian Race for Race(5)

The grandson of an immigrant family from India felt the need to reassert his “Malayness” and decided to remind everyone that the non Malays were “penumpang” rightly or wrongly. Then a journalist from a Chinese press did her job and reported what was said because the statement by the grandson was made in a public [...]

And The (UMNO) Minister Said…(3)

From Malaysiakini
Speaking from Johor Baru this morning, Syed Hamid justified Tan’s detention under the ISA with the reason that it was part of the government’s preventive measure “to ensure her safety”.
The minister claimed police intelligence have indicated that the journalist’s life was under threat after she reported an Umno division leader’s allegedly racist remarks.
“We have [...]

Keadilan Untuk Semua(4)

3.00 AM - Just came back from urgent meeting at CM’s house in Penang…

Press Conference outside the Perda Police HQ Gate
I received the news of Ms. Tan Hoon Cheng’s arrest about 9.00 PM yesterday from CM’s political secretary while coming back from a dinner. JR and I immediately rushed to the district police HQ to [...]

Turn It, Brother!(0)

My previous post on the Ahmad Ismail-Koh Tsu Koon episode was published in the Micah Mandate website today, albeit with some alteration (too partisan?? hehehe…)
I have been receiving SMS-es to boycott nasi kandar restaurants for their purported support of Ahmad Ismail’s unapologetic racism and just a few moments ago another SMS asking people to stay [...]