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5th of May – the morning after.

6 May

Yeap, so incredibly sad. And angry. Am not angry because the opposition lost, to be honest I was’t even expecting an opposition victory but I really didn’t expect that it could get that dirty. Localised blackouts at places where opposition was expecting marginal wins followed by appearances of “new” ballot boxes, delible “indelible” ink, non-malaysian [...]

Musings of a first time voter.

30 Apr

I will be voting for the very first time. I stupidly missed out the last opportunity due to personal reasons. Okay, truth was I was afraid that G might get deported hahaha. Laugh now..it wasn’t funny then. Anyway, this year I have decided to cast my vote because well, a pair of sandals at Charles [...]

Hunger No More in Vietnam.

16 May

Hunger No More in Vietnam.

Many years ago when I was in college, I participated in one of World Vision Malaysia’s famous 30-Hour Famine events. At that time, my knowledge of hunger issues was sparse at best and was limited to pictures of emaciated African children covered in flies. It wasn’t nice to know that there were kids starving on [...]

What is LYNAS – perspective of an average dumbass.

26 Feb

What is LYNAS – perspective of an average dumbass.

A few hours ago, we were in a pub. G suddenly asked me if I knew what this “lynas” thing that was being mentioned so often on our Facebook and Twitter timelines. I said, “No. Can’t be bothered. Everyone’s protesting against something these days”. So he went on Google and then told me, “Oh, it’s [...]

TLC Promise Me Season 2 Recognition Ceremony.

24 Dec

TLC Promise Me Season 2 Recognition Ceremony.

The Truly Loving Company (TLC) threw a recognition ceremony for all the companies for participants involved in the TLC Promise Me Season 2 Campaign. There was a total of 12 Golden Wishes and ALL of them were successfully granted by all the participating corporations. # – 12 Golden Wishes. Like the previous recognition ceremony, it [...]