Category Archives: The Cause

Clash of the Leaders

Posted on June 18, 2006 by Tricia

Malaysian politics is getting rather clannish. This reminds me of "The Lexus and The Olive Tree", where Friedman writes the first chapter and tells his readers it is impossible to understand the Middle East conflict without first recognising that it … Continue reading →

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Global Ethic Project

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Tricia

Think about the two crucial artefacts of modern-day society that Malaysians still need a long way to go in terms of public discourse: Religion and Media. More specifically, the way in which Media presents Religion. The way we know religion … Continue reading →

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Tunku Abdul Rahman

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Tricia

Amidst my hectic supposed off-day yesterday, I strolled into a bookshop selling mainly academic texts, which happened to sell second-hand historical books as well.  I picked up a treasure which I am pretty sure is no longer in publication today. … Continue reading →

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Sad Said

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Tricia

In my earlier post, I outlined the key events that highlight the Sad Case… I mean, the Said Case.  Now the ACA, Anti-Corruption Agency, is given the task of investigating it in entirety. Now, do we have a good track … Continue reading →

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Efficiency

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Tricia

The passport office seems to be much more efficient than the last time I went. With the exception of the horrendously long queue to get the photostat copies of your Identity Card and instant passport photographs. You have ONE guy … Continue reading →

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Clash of Civilisations

Posted on May 21, 2006 by Tricia

Samuel Huntington's famous book on the "Clash of Civilisations" outlined humanity in our present world as segregated into separate identities: Muslim, Western, Asian. Amartya Sen wrote a book in response to that, called "Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny", … Continue reading →

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Sweeeep

Posted on May 21, 2006 by Tricia

(taken from Malaysiakini.com) The clean sweep that was predicted of the Sarawak's elections yesterday was not so clean after all. The opposition won 8 seats this time round. This is surely a waker-upper for the coalition government. They must either … Continue reading →

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CEDAW

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Tricia

Some friends are going to New York to attend the CEDAW conference. More women should know about this! You can read more about it here:  The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by … Continue reading →

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Interesting, interesting…

Posted on May 17, 2006 by Tricia

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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Youth Day

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Tricia

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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