Author Archives: Tricia

Zoo

Are Malaysians matured enough to go to the zoo and listen to the most curious sounds made there?  You can take a peek right here, online!

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Blogging the Bible

David Plotz plods through the Bible as an ignorant Jew, as he says himself. In an interesting twist to the way blogging and Internetsphere is changing our worldviews, he will attempt to read and write expository notes on what he … Continue reading →

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Interesting, interesting…

One does not know whether to laugh or to cry anymore these days. I think the best way out for an individual is to laugh. And then put all that energy that laughter generates into some solid action, people! Interesting … Continue reading →

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Good Reporting

Good reporting means not touching on sensitive issues. Good reporting means not highlighting major events that are of concern in the public sphere. Good reporting means not talking about the following that was reported in Malaysiakini and the Sun: The … Continue reading →

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Youth Day

Humans do like to celebrate our days, don't we? Ethiopians have a saint to celebrate every day of the year. We recently had Teacher's Day. Mother's Day. And today is Youth Day. As I walked into the throngs of people … Continue reading →

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Crash n Burn

When I began this blog, I quoted one of my favourite verses by WB Yeats, in "The Second Coming":  Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere … Continue reading →

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Marmee

From the bulletin of a church I visited today, BLC (Bangsar Lutheran Church), is an interesting point made about the origins of Mother's Day. Taken from wikipedia, it states that it was "originally conceived by social activist Julia Ward Howe … Continue reading →

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Chief

A friend of mine has been working through the days and nights, slaving away relentlessly together with his production team on a documentary entitled "Chief". It's a documentary on the Chief Monk in Malaysia, K Sri Dhammananda, who is apparently … Continue reading →

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National Unity

In the ultimate display of national unity, some Indian, Chinese and Malay bystanders came together with the mission of helping a damsel in distress with her car and engine woes this bright morning. Amidst the heat and disruption to an … Continue reading →

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Clean government he says

Chronology of events, quickly: (more to come later… let my boiling blood simmer a little… ) At the Melaka Customs Office, illegal timber is seized. Jasin MP asks for the Customs officer to "close one eye" because he is helping … Continue reading →

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