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 7 — The first rule of watching English Premier League football: never write off Manchester United.

The second rule? Never write off Manchester United.

Sunday’s thrilling ...

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, ...

FEB 7 — I recently began my nine-week placement in psychiatry, and I have really been swept away by the complexity as well as the manifestations of disease of the human mind. This ...

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 ...

FEB 8 — A new Malaysia is dawning.

When I was in school, I learned of then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s vision for a new Malaysia. A vision whose ultimate objective would ...

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 8 — I still remember the 80s recession for all the things my family lost. My father lost his job. We lost the house. Gone, too, was the money I saved as a little girl in my ...

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 7 — Now as much as I’d like to continually heap more and more criticism on the prime minister and his spouse, there is one thing that we need to get straight. Datuk Seri Najib ...

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 ...

FEB 9 — It is entirely possible that Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil and her family are innocent of any wrongdoing in the RM250 million National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) ...

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. ...

5 FEB — Sukan bola sepak negara telah melalui beberapa transformasi yang membanggakan sejak dua tiga tahun kebelakangan ini. 

Bagaikan tidak diduga, segala yang diharap dan ...

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 9 — It was something she said. So I relented to view the January 29 debate between PKR strategy chief Rafizi Ramli and Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin on YouTube.

Why not ...

FEB 5 — Complete bewilderment washed over me when I read that a golf club had assigned a price tag to my skin colour. 

While I may  not care very much for golf, I could  not help ...

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 ...

FEB 9 — If that was the team in transition, then Chelsea, after their six-goal thriller against Manchester United, really do not need to change that much.

In that exhilarating ...

8 FEB — Berkata Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak di Kampung Kerinchi, Kuala Lumpur sehari sebelum Raya Cina: Malaysia miliki pekej terbaik dibanding dunia lain dari segi ...

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 ...

6 FEB — Sempena sambutan Thaipusam esok, baru-baru ini, saya diundang ke studio TV Selangor untuk berkongsi maklumat asas berkenaan sambutan keagamaan itu bersama khalayak ...

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 ...

5 FEB — Sudah beberapa tahun aku tidak menonton pertandingan akhir Juara Lagu, kerana tidak berada di dalam Negara. Selain menonton siaran langsung di TV3, aku juga pernah ...

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 ...

FEB 6 — “Malays have no problems embracing science when it supports their pride, but they won’t even acknowledge the theory of evolution,” a friend remarked after reading the news ...