http://www.fflonkl.org/blog The Trials and Tribulations of One Malaysian Life in London Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:34:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I hope Obama gets it.  I can't imagine another four years with the Republicans in charge again. http://www.fflonkl.org/blog/us-elections/ I know, I know.  I've not blogged for a while.  This was mainly due to the fact that I went back to KL just after Raya (it was brilliant! I went to various open houses and ate LOADS, and basically just hung out with my brothers and cousins), and then ... http://www.fflonkl.org/blog/214/ 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 ... http://www.fflonkl.org/blog/selamat-hari-raya-2/ 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 ... http://www.fflonkl.org/blog/work-is-tiring/ 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 ... http://www.fflonkl.org/blog/what-the-hell/ 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 ... http://www.fflonkl.org/blog/bad-banks/ 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 ... http://www.fflonkl.org/blog/free-raja-petra/ 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 ... http://www.fflonkl.org/blog/life-questions/ 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 ... http://www.fflonkl.org/blog/the-sacking-of-datuk-ahmad-ismail/ 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. ... http://www.fflonkl.org/blog/make-spelling-easier/