Archive for September, 2008
Monday, September 29th, 2008
Selamat Hari Raya
Sempena kedatangan bulan Syawal, oj ingin mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya and Maaf Zahir Batin kepada semua.
I’m feeling extremely nostalgic at the moment, plus a little (a lot?) wistful as well. I’ve been youtube-ing (I know, I know, desecration of the English language, but if we can google I don’t see why I can’t youtube!) raya […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Misc, Away from home by oj
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Work is Tiring
I am tired. I think the meeting excesses, coupled with the drama that was going on on Monday and Tuesday, have just left me shattered.
Yesterday I had three huge meetings, one of which involved doing a presentation in front of … ohh, about 50 people. Plus parts of the presentation was to […]
No Comments » - Posted in London Life by oj
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
What the hell?!
Another blogger arrested. What the hell is the government playing at?! ISA for someone who supposedly incited “the public to fly the Malaysia flag upside down”? What is this? Since when has it become a detainable offence to say this? Under the ISA, no less!
Somebody told me the other day they wished Dr M was […]
No Comments » - Posted in Malaysia by oj
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Bad Banks
I know a lot of people will be thinking “serves those bankers right” now that Lehman Brothers has been brought to its knees. Me, I can’t help feeling sorry for the people who’ve lost their jobs.
Imagine that - you turn up at your office on a Monday morning, only to be told that this is […]
No Comments » - Posted in Britain, The World by oj
Friday, September 12th, 2008
Free Raja Petra
Well, it looks like we’re not quite ready to grow up and hold honest debates about things that really matter to our country like race and religion.
I checked the news just now and fount out that Raja Petra has been arrested for the age-old uniquely Malaysian “problem” of “disrupt(ing) and threaten(ing) security and public order“. […]
No Comments » - Posted in Malaysia by oj
Friday, September 12th, 2008
Life Questions
It’s just one of those days. You get some not-quite welcome news, and then a certain nugget of information in that news makes you wonder about where your life is headed right now. Is this all there is to it? Should you be doing more? Are you really happy, at the end of the day? […]
No Comments » - Posted in Navel-gazing by oj
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
The Sacking of Datuk Ahmad Ismail
So Datuk Ahmad Ismail has been suspended from UMNO after claiming that the Chinese are penumpang in this country of ours.
Well, serve him right, is what I say.
Truth be tell, I’m in two minds about this affair.
On the one hand I’m heartily glad that Pak Lah has finally seen sense and started disciplining UMNO members […]
No Comments » - Posted in Malaysia by oj
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Make Spelling Easier?!
According to John Wells, an accademic at University College London, we should allow students to “free up” spelling rules for the English language.
Now, this comes up every so often in the papers, and when I read or hear of this issue, my gut feeling is always a firm No. Why should we relax rules […]
No Comments » - Posted in Britain, Thinking about stuff by oj
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Woman at the (near) top?
I know I’ve blogged previously about how I wish the US elections were over because it felt like it had been going on forever, but I have to say, when John McCain announced that Sarah Palin would be his running mate my interest suddenly perked up again.
What does one make of this woman? I mean, […]
No Comments » - Posted in The World by oj
Friday, September 5th, 2008
Lovely People
Honestly, I love my colleagues.
One of them is going on holiday for two weeks and we were pondering about what she should bring back from her holiday. I said I don’t like American choccies (she’s off to the US) and she asked: “But will you be eating when I come back?”. So I said no, […]
