Category Archives: Reflections

Dear Anita…

Posted on August 15, 2006 by Tricia

Anita posted this on my blog yesterday: to practice love,is it so hard? did ypu ever think that why muslims reacted that way?did you ever wonder when all you say is LOVE and its practises in your religion are, at … Continue reading →

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Passion and Ideals

Posted on August 1, 2006 by Tricia

What is there to live for if not with passion? What guide can one live life upon if not on principles and ideals?  Is there another way to live, really? Should it come as a surprise to many people that … Continue reading →

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Rise and Fall

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Tricia

We talked about the systems of government and why some failed and others succeeded. One possible theory I postulated was that of the Russian example. Both Russia and China were still ruled under the Communist regime for the longest time. … Continue reading →

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Lebanon Shelled

Posted on July 26, 2006 by Tricia

This is real. Humanity merely cries out to us from behind the computer screen, but all the way in Lebanon the cries are real. Read the letter below: Saturday, July 15, 2006 Dear Family and Friends, First of all, I … Continue reading →

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Brave New World

Posted on July 26, 2006 by Tricia

Read one of those books I “should have read but never got round to” over the weekend: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Written in 1932, it had an insight too deep for its time. Predicting that humanity would be … Continue reading →

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The Original Folk

Posted on July 9, 2006 by Tricia

Colin Nicholas, through his organisation, the Centre for Orang Asli Concerns, is doing a great job through his prolific writing and commitment to the Original Folk in Malaysia. On his website (Temiar) is the following extract: The other categories that … Continue reading →

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Down Memory Lane

Posted on July 4, 2006 by Tricia

I was asked recently by a high school girl from my alma mater to answer some questions. I’d be featured in the year school magazine, a kind of sentimental gift to myself since many years ago I was the editor … Continue reading →

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Interfaiths

Posted on July 4, 2006 by Tricia

The very term “inter-faith” has been somewhat of a touchy, sensitive topic of late. What with your regular Interfaith Commissions being criticised left right and centre, the issues of apostasy taking prime time in many websites and Lina Joy’s case … Continue reading →

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Defining Race

Posted on June 23, 2006 by Tricia

What is a race? I asked myself that tonight and found myself scratching my head. Because you have nation-states like Japan, where there is no question of race and nationality. Think also of China and England where race and nationality … Continue reading →

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Unleashing the Underdogs

Posted on June 20, 2006 by Tricia

::the ball is round:: Everyone has asked me who I support for the World Cup, which I try to watch faithfully every night (the interesting matches)… My answer is the underdogs, and let me qualify that. The underdogs equals those … Continue reading →

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