FEB 4 — Last week I wrote about my reactions and predictions to the just announced Oscar 2012 nominations for the major categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best ...

JAN 3 — Dare we Malaysians dream that in 2012:

• Bersih 2.0’s eight demands will be implemented before Parliament is dissolved.

• the run-up to the elections will bring out the ...

4 FEB — Muncul lagi kes-kes “kepala babi” dicampakkan ke masjid. Mula-mula berlaku di Masjid Nurul Iman yang terletak di Rawang, Selangor. Kemudian Masjid Al-Hidayah di Sentul, ...

FEB 4 — Almost exactly two years ago, on February 5, 2010, Chelsea defender John Terry was stripped of the England captaincy amidst revelations of dalliances with the girlfriend ...

JAN 31 — I was in my university library when I heard that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (DSAI) was acquitted by the High Court of the charges associated with Sodomy 2.0. Truth be told, ...

JAN 10 — I think the time has come to ask ourselves the big questions about education.

What is the point?

What is wrong with how we are doing it?

How do we change?

I imagine that ...

JAN 1 — Last week I wrote about the the behind-the-scenes stuff related to giving birth that I never knew about, like the space-age sounding term, involution, a paralysing pain ...

JAN 30 — Running really is a low-budget activity. In this challenging economic climate, you might not be able to cough out the 150 bucks for the monthly gym membership or engage ...

NOV 9 — Following the setback that our national team suffered against Singapore in the World Cup 2014 qualifiers in July, I was asked this question — how crucial is the defence of ...

OCT 30 — The event was called “Fashion and Sense” but behind this euphemism necessary in a “conservative” country like Malaysia was the national beauty pageant for Malaysia’s ...

FEB 1 — Excerpt from Memali incident chapter:

Mak Su’s brother, Pak Andah, popped by for tea. There were always people coming in and out of the house for a chat or a meal.

Mak Su ...

JAN 10 — When I wrote about how “The law has truly become an ass” back in February 2010 on the battle of the two mentris besar in the Perak power grab impasse, I meant it.

I was ...

DEC 7 — Oxymoron.

That’s the word that has been on my mind of late. Why? Because that’s exactly what we, Joe Public, are being fed on a daily basis.

Etymologically speaking, the ...

FEB 1 — Think poor English standards aren’t a problem? Well, my sister almost wasn’t born… because our mother barely knew English.

It’s almost comic, the story. Our parents were ...

JAN 17 — Now that the verdict on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Sodomy II trial is in, the focus is on the next general election which is very important to both Barisan Nasional and ...

JAN 24 — Education, education, education. That, stated Tony Blair, was his government’s top priority when campaigning during the UK’s general election in 2001. Alas, the pledge, ...

FEB 3 — It comes as no surprise that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim got into trouble with the federal government and Umno when he came out stating that he would support a final ...

JAN 30 — Amid opposing positions, political centrists have the tendency to stake the middle ground. It is a compromise that appears sensible on the surface. Sometimes, it can be ...

JAN 1 — If I hear one more “Happy Holidays” I shall look the jolly greeter hard in the eye and blurt out: “It’s Merry bloody Christmas...okay?” 

Seriously, apart from the ...

OCT 7 — His passing will be missed by the whole world as his influence is everywhere.

Steve Jobs’ foresight led him to develop the first commercially viable personal computer in ...

NOV 14 — In Malaysia we seem to be often caught up in a contest of dominance. The question of which race rules or which religion is paramount is the lifeblood of our political ...

FEB 1 — Call it as you see it, Ibrahim Ali has a knack of keeping himself relevant. 

I don’t know what he was thinking when he merrily gave white angpows to elders during a ...

JAN 11 — We are a funny lot.

Just because of one acquittal, we claim to have an “independent” judiciary. Forget about Eric Chia, forget about the first sodomy trial, forget about ...

JAN 31 — If you have ever expressed a political opinion in public, taken part in a student demo, driven with an expired road tax disc, made out in public, agreed to overpay a ...

OCT 6 — It was a breezy Monday evening when I met up with an ex-schoolmate who was visiting from Los Angeles. The location was one of the trendy restaurants underneath the ...

OCT 18 — Nassim Taleb’s bestseller “The Black Swan” talks about a world shaped by highly improbable events. He argues that most of what that we take for granted after the event ...

DEC 12 — As a child, it was mandatory to obtain Mum and Dad’s permission before I could leave the house. It was also mandatory to inform them of my whereabouts at all times. ...

29 JAN — Dalam arena politik negara, kita sebenarnya tidak ketandusan parti-parti politik. 

Malah boleh dikatakan kita sebenarnya “spoilt for choice”. Bukan dua  tetapi lebih ...

18 JAN — Memecat ahli dalam mana-mana parti politik adalah suatu perkara yang lumrah kerana perlembagaan parti memperuntukkan satu bab penting iaitu tentang disiplin parti, ...

DEC 5 — In his speech at the 2011 Umno general assembly, Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir claimed that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Pakatan Rakyat are trying to topple the federal ...

DEC 3 — The leader of the Youth wing declared at the Umno annual general assembly held this week that the opposition parties had been vehemently opposing the Peaceful Assembly Act ...

FEB 2 — “Monkey man” went to jail. Through the use of basic technology and social media, the police identified the man who mimicked an animal to abuse Manchester United’s Patrice ...

DEC 31 — The last few months have been exhausting. Just the thought of picking up a pen to argue some sense against decisions made in this country made me want to crawl into a ...

NOV 4 — I had wanted to begin this essay by drawing attention to the disturbing death threat received by constitutional law expert Prof Aziz Bari for expressing an opinion ...

JAN 26 — It is always an exciting weekend when Mario “The Brat” Balotelli hits the headlines as it would likely to have been about the great goals scored on the weekend.

But ...

26 JAN — Tidak dipastikan Jeneral Jamil Khir Baharom dan dua lagi orang kuat JAWI telah memastikan, atas jawatan masing-masing mereka termasuk dalam asnab yang layak menerima ...

JAN 25 — There is an over-representation of articles and stories on the imminent general election and understandably so. But being the contrarian that I am, I thought I would ...

FEB 2 — I walked into the open hall and saw this black lumpy thing that looked like a Snicker’s bar that someone had trod on lying next to the stage. There were smears of what ...

30 JAN — Saya peminat filem. Akan tetapi, saya amat selektif dalam menentukan filem-filem yang saya tonton. Catatan mengenai beberapa filem yang saya tonton boleh dibaca di blog ...

4 DIS — Ketua Pemuda Umno YB Khairy Jamaluddin baru-baru ini mengatakan bahawa Umno kini dilihat sebagai lebih progresif dan lebih liberal. Jika ini benar, maka nampaknya masih ...

DEC 27 — Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you, the armchair. All hail the ingenious inventor who came up with the idea of affixing comfortable armrests to sitting furniture. ...Read More

JAN 6 — In Part 1 of our Special Report, we detailed the threats that threaten the Malays such that they were constantly feeling threatened from January to June 2011. Here in the ...

27 JAN — Sebaik sahaja enjin pesawat mula bergema tandanya bakal berlepas, saya terus memejamkan mata merenung perbualan di lapangan terbang sebentar tadi.

Semasa menunggu di ...

FEB 3 — When I meet people for the first time, I always introduce myself as such: “Hello! My name is Zan Azlee.”

But if the ruling government has its way, I would be introducing ...

23 DIS — Rasanya tidak salah untuk kita memperkatakan tentang sebuah filem yang walaupun ianya telah beberapa bulan lalu ditayangkan di pawagam. Apalagi apabila kita masih sedang ...

3 FEB — Minggu yang baru sudah negara kita terutama yang mendiami secara fizikal wilayah Lembah Klang dihidangkan dengan pelbagai program yang telah lama dirancang oleh para ...

19 DIS — “Saya perkenalkan, bakal Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Nurul Izzah Anwar....” kata Dr Abdul Aziz Bari ketika memperkenalkan anggota Parlimen Lembah Pantai dalam satu diskusi ...