Archive for December, 2006
Friday, December 29th, 2006
Archives
Not an update as such - just letting you, dear reader, know that I’ve finally started putting up the posts from the original orangjauh blog. So far I’ve put in entries up to August 2004, which is six months’ worth of posting. And you know what? My head hurts from all the copying […]
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Selamat Hari Raya Haji, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Apart from one major blip in the life of someone close to me, this year hasn’t been too bad. We managed to get married without too much fighting between the two of us and without upsetting my parents too much (particularly my dad … seating plans! Ugh! Pain in the arse!). I got myself a […]
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Thursday, December 21st, 2006
The Communist Bogeyman
What a country we are. We’re so focused on the race issue that even a relatively minor issue becomes a full-blown us against them one. I’m referring, of course, to the monument being built in Nilai.
On the one hand, we’ve got our Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin (Zam) asserting that building such a is […]
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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
Khalwat laws
I feel in two minds about the tightening of the khalwat (laws regarding close proximity between non-married Muslim men and women) laws.
On the one hand, I feel that this is timely. It’s about time our khalwat laws, or rather, the enforcement of such laws, are tightened up so that a) only the correct people are […]
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
The Perils of Looking Good
Boy, talk about suffering.
It was the division Christmas party last night, and you know how it is … you spend the year in jeans and a tatty top (OK, I admit, since I got this job, I’ve tried my best not to dress like a typical techie, but sometimes I do lapse!), and then come […]
3 Comments » - Posted in London Life, Being a Woman by oj
Monday, December 11th, 2006
A Quick Summary
So, here’s where I’ve been. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday last week: at home, feeling very sorry for myself due to a bad cold.
You mention a cold symptom, I got it. The full works.
Feverishness? Tick.
Headache? Tick.
Sinus pain? Tick.
Runny nose? Tick.
Sore throat? Tick.
Chest pains? Tick.
Phlegmy cough? Tick.
Fortunately I wasn’t so far gone that I couldn’t read. […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Misc, Navel-gazing by oj
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
To merge, or not to merge?
I was tickled to read that there were quarters back home who were against the New Straits Times/Utusan merger because it could mean that Malay viewpoints could be sidelined.
Hahaha. That’s priceless.
Malay viewpoints could be sidelined?! How is that possible, when we’ve got keris-wielding politicians and cabinet ministers who constantly brandish their ketuanan Melayu credentials, just […]
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
Alamak
Got back from the Big Apple yesterday. My god, I’m old - I feel so tired today, even though I had an afternoon snooze for just under two hours yesterday as well as almost nine hours’ sleep last night. At the moment my shoulders are aching and my head feels all wooly and […]
