Posted in Festival, Politics on Nov 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Both my workplaces—Brickfields and Sentul—have high concentration of Indian residents and businesses. Traffic jam, congestion, crowded shoppers have been part of the annual feature for Brickfields and Sentul during the Hindu festive season.
The narrow streets of Brickfields were extremely congested. The stalls would play loud Tamil and Hindi musics all day and made great Deepavali [...]
Posted in Activities, Anwar, Festival, Party on Oct 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
Anwar Ibrahim and Dr Wan Azizah held their first Aidil Fitri Open House at the new residence in Bukit Segambut.
Nonetheless, many people missed the historical house of Reformasi in Damansara Height. For 8 long years, Damansara Height had been a gathering point for tens or hundreds of thousands. The ‘hill’ was a place where political [...]
Posted in Festival on Oct 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Eid Mubarak
Greetings to all our Muslim sisters and brothers in Malaysia and throughout the world.
With the grace of Almighty, justice prevails. May Humanity eventually eliminate all exploitations of men by men.
May Peace be blessed upon Earth.
Posted in Festival, International, Personality on Oct 9th, 2007 2 Comments »
October 9 is the anniversary of Che Guevara’s death. He was murdered by the imperialist in 1967. This year we commemorate the 40th anniversary of Che Guevara’s martyrdom.
Che Guevara has become a symbol of dignity, rebellion and the struggle for justice. Malaysian youth today have been deprived of our progressive history. The present repressive atmosphere [...]
Posted in Crackdown on internet, Current Issues, Festival, Human Rights, Party on Jul 14th, 2007 16 Comments »
This note has been passed to Nat last night, clandestinely.
Nat was brought to court this morning. Apparently he was transported to Jalan Duta court complex at about 11:00hr. However the police did not inform our lawyers or his family. Luckily Utaya Kumar, a lawyer who is heading an NGO Police Watch, was in the same [...]
Posted in Activities, Festival, Friends & Family on Feb 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Chinese New Year is my annual escape from politics. It is not easy to find time to catch up with family members and friends. My friends in hometown are mainly school mates from primary and secondary schools.
Interestingly most of them are not staying in Melaka anymore. Quite a few live in KL. We never see [...]
Posted in Activities, Festival, Friends & Family on Feb 18th, 2007 No Comments »
The dinner of Chinese New Year Eve is a solemn affair for the family. It is the time for reunion of the whole family.
My family was much larger when I was young. In my childhood, CNY Eve dinner was the reunion of the entire extended family. Family members from all my (paternal) uncles sat in [...]
Posted in Festival, Politics, Viewpoint on Feb 18th, 2007 No Comments »
CNY Deco in the street of Melaka
Happy Lunar New Year!
Welcome to the year to golden pig! I was reminded to be mindful this new year as some of our Muslim friends might feel uncomfortable with the Zodiac sign this year. In Melaka, some MCA leaders requested all signs representing pig should be removed from the [...]
Posted in Activities, Festival, Friends & Family, Party on Feb 18th, 2007 No Comments »
After attending wedding reception in Hutan Perca, we went over to visit an old comrade in Machap Umboo.
Sun San-pao (å™ä¸‰ç‚®) was a party activist since the Labour Party days. In the 50s and 60s, Machap council was dominated by the Socialist Front. He joined Parti Keadilan Rakyat in 1999. He was the only one who [...]
Posted in Activities, Festival, Parliament Batu on Feb 12th, 2007 No Comments »
On the Sunday (11 February) before of Chinese New Year, I and a team of activists from Batu Service Center visited Sentul market. We distributed mandarin oranges to the residents and stall owners of all races as a gesture of friendship and harmony. We were warmly received. The festive atmosphere was shared by all among [...]