Reading over Writing

May 30, 2006 in Bookworm Confessions, Personal Reflections

As prepare for my Writer's Meet-up tonight, I've been pondering over the fact that in the last week, well, in fact, since my creative writing class ended, that I had hardly written much…fiction wise, that is.
I noticed that so far, I've been doing more reading than writing – blogs, journals, magazines, newspapers and books. I've [...]

I’m in a scrimpy mood!

May 27, 2006 in Personal Reflections, Public Infrastructure Woes & Blessings

If you don’t know what’s scrimpy, look it up in the dictionary here.
What go me in this mood? Oh, a lot of things such as this blog post by Lydia Teh and the recent announcement of the increase in electricity rates, not to mention the rise in petrol prices too! Everything seems to be getting [...]

Why Would Anyone Want to Hurt Kids?

May 26, 2006 in Local Politics, Social Activism & Religious Matter, Youth & Children's Issues

I just simply cannot comprehend this fact. We humans are ought to better and above animals…not degenerate into a mindless, thoughtless, savage animal that attacks and kills without remorse! God blessed us with intellect and the ability to feel emotions – what happened to these child killers and abusers that turned them into such perverse [...]

Brutal Murder of a Boy

May 26, 2006 in Local Politics, Social Activism & Religious Matter, News Items, Youth & Children's Issues

Boy’s body found in bag – Originally published in The Star on Monday May 22, 2006
BY ANDREW SAGAYAM, SYLVIA LOOI and JO TEH of The Star

PETALING JAYA: A seven-year-old boy who was kidnapped from his SS19 home in Subang Jaya last Thursday was found dead, allegedly murdered by a close relative who threw him off [...]

Missing girl is believed to be dead, says cops

May 26, 2006 in Local Politics, Social Activism & Religious Matter, News Items, Youth & Children's Issues

By TEH ENG HOCK – Originally published in The Star on Friday May 26, 2006.
JOHOR BARU: “I hope it’s a mistake,” said chef Lo Boo Chuan, tears flowing down his cheeks when police informed him that DNA tests confirmed that the skeletal remains found in Senai early this month were that of his missing eight-year-old [...]

Back Home, Safe and Sound

May 24, 2006 in Personal Reflections

Greetings everyone, I've made it back home safely from my vacation. Needless to say, I had a great time and guess what, I finally actually put on weight!! 3.5 pounds to be exact…which was a marked increase that took me off-guard. I was like..whoa… did I really eat that much back in Penang?? LOL!
Anyways, I [...]

Time for a much needed VACATION!

May 18, 2006 in Adventures in Travelling, Personal Reflections

Had started the day today feeling depressed from reading all the news, blog posts and comments on the Internet regarding certain issues that are just too much, issues that ought to be irrelevant in this time and age but yet, persisitently brought up by certain vicious quarters who are seeking self-publicity and creating trouble.
And sometimes [...]

Pressure on multi-faith Malaysia

May 18, 2006 in Local Politics, Social Activism & Religious Matter, News Items

 

Malaysia is considering its multi-cultural credentials after a crowd of Muslims on Sunday broke up a meeting called to defend the rights of religious minorities. The country's leaders condemned the disturbances, but the BBC's Jonathan Kent in Kuala Lumpur says non-Muslims feel increasingly beleaguered.
"I'm becoming an alien in Malaysia, in my own country," says Dr [...]