I find this picture rather amusing and thought it would go along well with my wishes in the year of the ox. This picture depicts a young boy getting a piggyback ride by the activist of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in their campaign in Manila, Philippines. I’m not particularly fancy of [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Darn it! PAS did it again, by protesting against Rihanna’s concert (malaysiakini)
Posted: January 20, 2009 in Life & Rants, Music & Celebs, PoliticsI rooted PAS when they won the KT by-election, and now they are protesting for the Rihanna’s concert over the Palestinian cause. From Malaysiakini: Federal Territory PAS Youth chief, Kamaruzaman Mohamed, said that the concert “does not match with the local culture” and having Rihanna in Malaysia is a “disgrace to Asian culture” In a [...]
Of Political East Coast Monsoon and Moral victory for Pakatan…(official result malaysiakini)
Posted: January 17, 2009 in PoliticsMalaysiakini have released the official result for the Kuala Terengganu by-election. My prediction was that PAS will always be in the upper hand, but my guess was a mere 1,000. Nevertheless, I’m still happy knowing I was wrong. They won convincingly in the tough battle KT by-election. It wasn’t easy. Top leaders from both camps [...]
Interesting fact about the Lunar Chinese New Year Part 1
Posted: January 15, 2009 in Culture & Customary TraditionsIf you noticed my banner, Yes, these are ox, bull and cows or whatever you call it. This year is the year of the ox. The second year of the whole 12-year cycle in the Chinese zodiac horoscope. If you happen to be a Chinese of the Min Nan origin (Fujian province) you would definitely [...]
Okay, I haven’t been following this by-election closely unlike the previous mother of all by-elections of Permatang Pauh, but here is still my random guess and sedikit-act-pro-but-no-pro predictions. I say that PAS might win by a simple majority of not more than 1000. Personally, I would prefer if Mat Sabu was field as a PAS [...]
Rihanna’s Showdown at KL on Feb 13 – to go or to not?
Posted: January 11, 2009 in Music & Celebs, Penang & MalaysiaAiyo. I dunno lah whether wanna go or not. Being a fan of Rihanna since her second album, I’d really like to at least take a bow and echo ‘ella-ella-eh-eh-eh’ with her, note that this is her first ever visit to Malaysia and one of her Girl Gone Bad Tour stops. I really don’t wanna [...]