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Native Sabahan Erna is (not) Malay but loves Malay literature. Her hobbies: cats/gaming/blogging at ernamerin.com/Tweeting at @ernamh.

Malaysia: Moving forward while walking backwards

May 22, 2013

MAY 22 — Reform. Reconciliation. Those are the words our government throws out and yet beneath all that still simmers other words. Resentment. Regression. Repression.Fifty years … Read More

The time for raging has passed

May 15, 2013

MAY 15 ― Help! The armchair political analysts have staged a hostile takeover of my social media feeds.The nation, I think, needs a break from thinking about the last general … Read More

Don’t blame the East Malaysians for your mistakes

May 08, 2013

MAY 8 — Again, some people on this side of the country have been blaming Sabah and Sarawak for Barisan Nasional winning the election.Someone on Facebook said this: “There must be … Read More

Sabah 2013: Where everyone’s a loser

May 01, 2013

MAY 1 — Sabah voters will have quite a headache on May 5 what with all the multi-corner fighting.“Sepa bah ni urang?” (Who is this?) I can imagine many a native Sabahan going … Read More

Sabah 2013: Opposition making same mistakes

April 24, 2013

APRIL 24 — Sabah politics is, as I keep repeating, complicated.But as the next general election comes around, Barisan Nasional’s “fixed deposit” seems secure as the Opposition has … Read More

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