Posted in Activities, Friends & Family, Party on Jan 17th, 2007 3 Comments »
I heard that Pak Lang has been sick for a while. The bad news is that his kidneys are failing.
Pak Lang’s real name is Ahmad Zaki. He is the brother-in-laws of Anwar. He married to Anwar’s younger sister. During the imprisonment of Anwar, he and Rozy vowed not to cut their hair. The two of [...]
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Dec 30th, 2006 No Comments »
My old house in Melaka was hit by flood too. I remember in the 70s, when I was quite small, we had a big flood. Our whole family had to be evacuated.
This time round, though it was not as serious, the psychological trauma for the residents was not less. Our family is no longer living [...]
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Dec 18th, 2006 No Comments »
Suara Keadilan’s graphic artist, Azwa got married over the weekend, December 17. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the wedding in his hometown Kuantan.
He met his bride, Nor Anis Ong Pei Pei from the days working in The Sun. Azwa was in the graphic department of the paper. When we were preparing to launch Suara [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Politics, Viewpoint on Dec 12th, 2006 No Comments »
Went to visit Yong Kai Ping yesterday (Dec 11). I was told he was hospitalized and had just undergone an operation. It was a surprise. I haven’t heard that he was suffering any illness at all. I became even more shocked with the additional details of his condition.
Apparently he had tumours in the entire roll [...]
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Dec 7th, 2006 1 Comment »
I received a wedding invitation 7 November last month. My friend Nadiah Bamadhaj will get married in January 6. Her to-be-husband, Arie, is an artist in Jogja.
The following is their invitation:
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Nov 14th, 2006 No Comments »
Went back to Melaka for a meeting yesterday. Have breakfast (on 13 Nov) with dad to catch up with the latest political situation.
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Nov 5th, 2006 3 Comments »
From Individuals
Umar Tan Soi Kow passed away on Thursday. Till now I still cannot accept he’s gone, he is not present in my life anymore. I still cannot believe he just disappeared from my reality. I lost not only a good friend, but a brother who guided me through these turbulent years.
The first time I [...]
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Nov 3rd, 2006 No Comments »
Reformasi activist Ah Tan passed away in Putrajaya Hospital 4am yesterday morning.
Tan Soi Kow or Umar Tan was the foremost reformasi fighter. He kept a position as an ordinary member of the party, contributing to the struggle as a simple concerned citizen. He was the first to face risk but the last to seek [...]
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Oct 9th, 2006 2 Comments »
Ginie Lim is one of our bright young activists, who will be the next generation of torch bearers for the struggle. She was a student activist in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). In 2004 General Election she got involved in my election campaign while in her final year of studies.
Ginie started working with me last year. [...]
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Oct 5th, 2006 No Comments »
Abdul Razak Khalifah, a veteran political activist since 1960s passed away at about 16:00hr today. Razak has been a staunch member of Parti Rakyat.
I first worked with him in 1996. In the Second Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET-2) held in Kuala Lumpur, he was arrested with the rest of us, including me.
Razak threw himself [...]