Author Archives: Tricia

Idealism

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Tricia

A piece I wrote for Malaysian Today, (not Malaysia Today) a free newspaper that is distributed in universities and fastfood chains around. Idealism by Tricia Yeoh Young people have always been the most idealistic group in any society – and … Continue reading →

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Analysis of the MidTerm Review of the 9MP

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Tricia

I do such a crappy job of upkeeping my blog, sometimes I wonder if it’s worth having at all! Anyway, it’ll just be an avenue to store all my various writings elsewhere I suppose. Here goes… More info needed on … Continue reading →

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Islamic Democracy

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Tricia

Finished reading “No God but God”, Reza Aslan’s book recently, and it is an excellent read. It charts out the entire history of Islam, dating from pre-Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) Arabia and consequent developments, making it simple for the layman to … Continue reading →

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Travelnotes: Cambodia

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Tricia

Cambodia is a sweet, slow moving country about ten years behind Vietnam. It still lives, however, in the shadow of its past Khmer Rouge in several senses. First and most prominent to me is that it has an over reliance … Continue reading →

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A Delayed Post on Elections

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Tricia

This was first published on the ROH Malaysia website, at www.rohmalaysia.net Commentary on Malaysia’s 12th General Elections 2008 For Revolution of Hope (RoH Malaysia) by Tricia Yeoh April 2008 For those who have toiled many years fighting injustice in Malaysia, … Continue reading →

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Scary Similarities: Malaysia & South Africa

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Tricia

During the Minda Muda Launch in KL a week or so ago, I was asked by a member of the audience whether there were any other countries that we could compare Malaysia with. I said yes, South Africa is the … Continue reading →

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Kuwait City

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Tricia

It’s my first time in the Middle East, and understandably am trying to absorb as much as possible with all senses. Kuwait is an interesting first country in the Middle East to visit, since it has probably one of the … Continue reading →

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Abc writes in

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Tricia

My friendly anonymous friend Abc wrote in to say the following. Many thanks for clarifying that the contentious statement (in the context of IHT’s story) was not what you had said. As for your  ‘wish you would have had the courtesy to leave … Continue reading →

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Another Misreading

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Tricia

Responsible e-mailing means leaving your name when you provide comments on my quotes. I received the following in the mailbox today. A rather interesting but highly inaccurate reading of what I had said. “This term of office (by a Chinese, … Continue reading →

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Quotes and Misquotes

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Tricia

The Star Forum yesterday had a full crowd. But I have to say, another additional negative about the newspaper was its inability to quote people correctly. This is what I was quoted as saying: “The forum was fair as it … Continue reading →

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