Here’s a most inspiring video worth sharing again and again, lest we forget. Time and again we need to ask ourselves – what do we want in life? Are we looking for things that truly make a difference in our lives? Or are we wasting precious years seeking transient gratification?
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Source: Straits Times July 9, 2010 No, those headlines are not from our local papers. Wish they were. Perhaps only then would there be an all-out effort for Malaysians to start getting serious about improving their English. The language has been in freefall over the past 30 years. A real pity. There was a time when English
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World Cup Quarter-finals: Germany vs Argentina Germany team leaving the field after their 4-0 win over Argentina Allow a grandma to indulge a little here. My only grandson returned from two weeks of World Cup excitement in South Africa early this morning. He skipped school to go with his parents. Which little boy would pass
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For those who have been following the Altantuya case, here’s the latest from Malaysiakini.
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Working as an anti-vice volunteer must be exciting and titillating. You never know what or who you may discover behind locked hotel room doors, behind coconut trees on the beach or inside cars parked at lovers’ haunts. “We go to places identified as hot spots to catch the culprits in the act. We listen for
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T-shirts with caricatures by Reggie Lee were on sale for RM8 each. Durian lovers, if you missed this year’s Charity Durian Fest at Subang Parade, you will regret it for the next 12 months. For only RM20, you get to eat all you can in an hour. But the best part is all proceeds go
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The Star: Education supplement 20 June 2010 The Higher Education Department’s recent release of the breakdown by race of successful applicants for admission to public universities raises more questions than answers. For instance, one would expect a higher percentage of Chinese students to secure places in university to study engineering. After all, they have traditionally
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Remember those stories we used to hear about how ghosts would walk the corridors of our schools late at night? Those stories probably had their origin in the Japanese Occupation from 1941-1945 when many schools were converted into detention and torture centres. Reading Martin Spice’s article “Unholy Halls” in yesterday’s Star brought flashbacks of my visit
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Selepas Tsunami (After the Tsunami) from Pusat KOMAS on Vimeo. Apparently this is one video documentary that the government is hoping not many Malaysians will get to see. View it and find out the reason why. Be informed about the real goings-on behind the media headlines. For a bigger screen view, click on the link
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If you think the average Malaysian youth knows little and cares little about what’s happening in the world around him, wait till you view this video clip. The answers given are so dumb, you won’t know whether to laugh or cry. Are these folks from another planet or another era? Oh well, enjoy it as
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE AMERICAN? Read More »
