Happy New Year Malaysia

This is it. I’ve had a completely fabulous year this year. Sure, somethings weren’t so nice. Burma, ISA, HINDRAF, Zakaria Mat Deros, the AG’s Report, the continuous oppression and marginalization, the decline of proper journalism, blatant rewriting of the Constitution, the disrespect for citizens of this country and their right to their freedoms, the arrests [...]

Too Long

I spent all day reading about the Subashini case today. I knew about it when it came out and followed it early this year. Then lapsed, and have been told it will inevitably be brought up again very soon. I think the two days I spent concentrating on work and chilling out were short lived [...]

votED – Exercise Your Rights

I’ve been a very busy busy bee. But, with something new and something helpful I hope.
For too long, the youth of my generation have been called apathetic, accused and berated for being apolitical, and said to be driven by pop culture and mass consumerism, materialism – instead of wanting to be educated and informed about [...]

Emergency Public Consultation on fake IPCMC Bill

 From Lim Kit Siang:
Will anybody come for the Emergency Public Consultation on the Special Complaints Commission Bill – the fake Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) Bill – at the Kuala Lumpur-Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall auditorium tonight, December 17, 2007 at 7.30 pm?
Or will there be an empty hall?
Half of me was telling me [...]

The Man Behind The Cause

I think this was probably the most uplifting thing I’ve read in days:
http://tonypua.blogspot.com/2007/12/v-ganabathirau.html
I hope to see justice served for these Malaysians.
Have a good weekend folks. Spend time with your loved ones, and cherish our freedoms, and be safe.

Screwed.

 As much as I like to start my mornings with pomp and happiness, these past weeks, it has been rather difficult. Day after day, blow by blow, I get even more saddened. But, do not mistake this sadness for inaction. These dark days have been to me, a light that is growing brighter as the [...]

Speechless

My Gchat, Yahoo, and phone has been going off the hook. Malaysiakini.com is down. The Star isn’t. How ironic.
Ladies and gents,
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/12/13/nation/20071213144228&sec=nation
Five Hindraf leaders detained under ISA (updated)
PETALING JAYA: Police said they have detained all five leaders of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) under Section 8 (1) of the Internal Security Act.
The five are P. [...]

Lost and Found

 
 
The words
and the phosphorescence
they tell me secret things
and so,
 
I sit night after night
with words for company
engulfing the self
in the power of the truth.
 
in front
of a screen
blurred with
salty tears
there are moving images
there are ones that are
still.
of beatings and water laced
with chemicals.
gasses that blind
and freedoms that are
lost.
the fan whirs silent,
and the leaves fall
while,
the city burns.
and [...]

Malaysia After Hindraf Forum (A Long Summary)

After the blackest day I have ever had the misfortune to experience in my adult lifetime, I really needed to take my mind off things and engage myself instead with other people as I have been sitting at home and moping for the past few days. So I went to a forum Not [...]

The Storm

I know most of you can’t access Malaysiakini.com due to heavy traffic congestion and the fact that they have run out of bandwidth at this point in time is awful. But here are a list of people who were arrested today at Parliament.
Arrested at Lake Gardens (11am)
16 of them were arrested near Lake Gardens, when [...]