The author shares his encounter with a liberal muslim society in Bandung, Indonesia. I have had an opportunity to visit Bandung earlier this year, the capital of West Java province in Indonesia. It is the 3rd largest city in that country with a population 7.4 million. Located in a river basin surrounded by volcanic mountains, [...]
My heart goes out to Japan for the catastrophe that took place on March 11, 2011, when an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 – 9.1 on the Richter scale struck on the north-eastern coastlines, triggering a 23-foot Tsunami with an estimated power of 1.3 petawatts that battered Japan’s coast, annihilating thousands of people, sweeping [...]
It all happened so sudden, in Godspeed, no prior warning whatsoever. Let me give you an idea. Here’s the rainfall data I compiled for the past 4 weeks, for the area of Kg. Gajah, Kluang, Johor, from the 3.1.2011 till the 30.1.2011. Date Rainfall (mm) Date Rainfall (mm) Date Rainfall (mm) Date Rainfall (mm) 3.1.2011 [...]
Pets need to be trained, not abused. And beating, throwing your toy poodle around and slamming it on the wall are definitely not the right ways to train your pet. Watch this and you tell me. Toy Poodle Video from Jonathan Fun on Vimeo. If you have trouble watching this, try the link below. Toy [...]
If you’ve missed some of my recent tweets under the hashtag of #irony or #Funrony, here’s some lessons for you. Feel free to copy and RT On Life and Self Development If your father is a poor man, it is your fate. But, if your father-in-law is a poor man, it’s your stupidity. I always [...]
Women’s Rights Activists, please help spread this message. Dear Friends, Tomorrow, Iran could execute Sakineh Ashtiani. Our global outcry stopped her unjust stoning sentence in July. Now we have 24 Hours to save her life. Iran’s allies and key UN powers are our best hope. They could persuade Iran of the serious political cost of [...]
As published on LoyarBurok.com on the 29th October 2010 and The Malaysian Insider on the 31st October 2010. A tribute to the men and women working in palm oil mills. They are heroes in their own right – living in remote areas, toiling in harsh conditions – the work they do, help feed the world.
Here are a collection of random photos I’ve taken and edited with the Lomo Effect on my iPhone using the LOMO App downloaded from iTunes. Due to a long collection of photos, I’m going to divide this entry into 2 parts. This is Part 2. All these photos are closely related to what I do in [...]
Here are a collection of random photos I’ve taken and edited with the Lomo Effect on my iPhone using the LOMO App downloaded from iTunes. Due to an long collection of photos, I’m going to divide this entry into 2 parts. This is Part 1. All these photos are closely related to what I do in [...]
Everyday, thousands of Malaysian twitterers unite and gather on Twittersphere to share, discuss, and even debate, about everything under the sun; from places of interests, politics, food, to even people’s wives’, erm… Hairstyle This Malaysian virtual community that promotes Freedom of Speech (and more often than not, kepochi-ism), is known as Twitterjaya. On twitter, the hashtag [...]
This morning I came across a surprising news that Telekom Malaysia (TM), our country’s largest, and self-claimed “one of Malaysia’s most dynamic and innovative telecoms brands“, has just inked a 5 year sponsorship deal with the club I support the most : Manchester United. The deal will make TM the official integrated telecommunications partner of [...]
I have absolutely no mood for Chinese New Year this year. Except, only, that I manage to take a break from work, and spend some time with family and friends. Faded Tang Long Perhaps it’s due to the fact that we are all grown ups now and the excitement for the celebration we once had as children [...]
Malaysia is a Funny country. We are a nation with a potpourri of healthy, tolerant, understanding, harmonious, polite, and hospitable people. At the same time, we also have a pool of hideous, insensitive, selfish, moronic, rude, and extreme bastards. Here we have a group of people trying to uphold the constitution and the law. These [...]
Here’s an article from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia on the Legal Implications of Conversion to Islam. I feel everyone in Malaysia, irregardless of whether you are or you are not Muslim, should clearly know the implications in order for you to make a clear conscience choice if you do decide to convert into [...]
I discovered a video released online depicts the deceased King of Pop caught in an explosion caused by misfiring of the fireworks during the filming of the a Pepsi commercial in Los Angeles in 1984. This video was never released before and reports are saying that since this accident, which resulted him going through a [...]
This morning while having my morning coffee, I came across this piece of news from cnn.com regarding “Virginity Tests” being conducted on brides-to-be during mass weddings in the Madhya Pradesh state of India, which prompt me to come up with this entry.
According to this article from CNN, “…some 150 brides-to-be, mostly tribal women, were subject to “virginity tests” before their mass wedding on June 30 as part of a state government scheme.” If found otherwise, they will be rejected from the mass wedding and left to fend for themselves…
China is a fascinating country. If you ask me, I think it’s a country where the best of the both extremes can be found. For example, Great civilization. And Not-so-great-civilization. But to me one of the best things to notice is the command of English of the Chinese there. Despite the Chinese government’s [...]
Recently you may have seen an advertisement from Guinness Anchor Berhad (GAB) anywhere from newspapers to local restaurants that looks something like this. So since the deadline of this program has already passed (9th Feb 2009), I shall pen down some of my views about this program. I can’t help but feeling a bit [...]
