My heart sank when I read this news Perak DAP HQ Damaged By Petrol Bomb This Morning
All Malaysians must come together to condemn and deplore such action so that this would not be the start of a new trend of politically motivated terrorism. Pak Lah and Home Minister Syed Hamid must publicly condemn such act [...]
A man came up to our office today asking for a cancellation of his local council summon - about RM30.
I told him nicely saying that if we are a good government, we have to honour the law, a crime is a crime and we must pay the penalty. Then he asked for discount, I was [...]
If there is a common denominator of human experience, it must be the experience of pain and suffering.
I used to think alot about the “why” question when it comes to the issue of suffering. I think this is really a western philosophy-sort of thinking. Eastern traditions such as buddhism, taoism and confuciusism were concern with the more existential [...]
Photo courtesy of my friend, Mahin (taken in Penang recently)
Makkal Sakti
The stone which the builders threw out - it's now the cornerstone!
Ketuanan rakyat (The People is the Master) - are we ready for it? Will we be good masters over ourselves and others?
I just came back from the swearing in of the new MPSP councillors. Loved what Guan Eng said in his speech:
The new state government and all its agency should be driven by C.A.T - Competency, Accountability and Transparency.
Some good points he raised in the speech for MPSP:
1. Disciplined adminstration with the best production results
2. Reduction of [...]
I wrote the below last year 2007 for FES's World Students' Day…
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“Sleeves Rolled Up”
Again and again, during my times in PKV (Persaudaraan Kristian Varsiti - UM's CF) we were challenged with these strong words: The Church is becoming irrelevant. It was as though the statement was hammered hard into my head, making me ask myself, [...]
I was having a casual meal with a friend a few days back, and we talked about politics and power. My well meaning friend (he's a very successful businessman) gave me some advise about the “reality” of being in politics and about accumulating powers. This got me thinking again, what is power (?) and I [...]
Datuk Ismail Sabri has announced an RM130 million allocation (published in The Star yesterday 17-Apr, p. S68 - yes, MSM-reader guilty as charged, but it was supplied to my Office and I thought I should read what they say as well in the “star-diwara paper”) to build multi purpose halls in every district in Msia [...]
It's easier to explain to non Christians than to Christians why I am in an Opposition party - but well, DAP is now the GOVERNMENT of Penang, how's that Church?
For one, there is always the cold, “apolitical-ness” approach which the Church in Malaysia adopted.
This is probably for most bred by the culture of fear [...]
