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Kim Swee’s Words Of Wisdom

"They don't respect you, they don't respect our flag, they don't respect our King and they don't respect your parents. If you allow this to happen, then you are cowards. You must teach them what being Malaysian is all about." - Ong Kim...

Innity Ads, Malware & TransMY’s Red Curtain

TransMY, who is the publisher of Innity ads was treated with an extra 'curtain' (courtesy of Google) on it's entrance on Monday, the 20th. The red curtain is one of those nasty stuff you often came across when you stumbled upon dodgy site. Does that mean TransMY has became dodgy as well? Hell no. The culprit is actually down to Innity's ads. Maybe some sites have been an unfortunate target of hijacked Innity ads or Innity did not update their scripting to the latest making it vulnerable to...

Merdeka, Merdeka!, Merdeka?

Merdeka. Merdeka! Merdeka? Hmm.... Just like every year August is the month of the most 'un-merdeka' thing can happen to Malaysia. Seems like more and more unpatriotic stuff seem to fall on this fateful month rather than happening in other month. Is the month of August jinxed so bad? Early we had tussles between headteacher vs parents in the 'go back to your land' sermons. What escalated then was the authorities kept mum about it and gave those headteachers an 'honourable' (should be...

Anjing Buka Puasa: Google’s ‘Answer’ To Malaysian Premier?

Being a person who is heavily involved in search engine optimisation (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM), Google search engine (SE) is no stranger to me. My everyday research deals with Google  from resource searching, keyword analysis and many more interesting stuff that this SE can do for me. However, as for today, some smart-ass discovered something funny that you will be stunned  -an SE surprise! Try typing 'Najib Buka Puasa' in Google (regardless of geo location), and walla, the...

Pimping For “Tiger Beer Regional Online Influencer Challenge”

This is a pimping post for a fellow TransMYian, Wilson who called about us getting mutually pimped but with a condition I must be part of his influencing campaign. The campaign is about  "Tiger Beer Regional Online Influencer Challenge", a contest run by Tiger Beer for selected bloggers who participated in a capacity as an 'influencer'. I am not really sure how that works but it seems like participants who joined must form a fictitious football team as a proof that they have 'influenced'...

Pudu, The Pulverized Jail

Pudu jail was smacked down today to give way to development. What an excuse. Why not just reutilise the facility to cage more offenders who are littering the streets of Malaysia these days who fearlessly instil terror among Malaysians? Traffic is one issue but it is nothing much to compare to the deteriorating security in Malaysia. Along other penitentiaries that is still operational, Pudu can provide better (bitter?) lessons as the dark tale embedded within it's chilling air might as well...

Malaysian First, Not?

Malaysia's No.2 just stated that it was okay to be one's race first rather than being Malaysian. Then the first, who was the mastermind of 1M also reiterated his deputy's claim that being one's race first is okay. When we were abroad, I was once 'told' that it is unwise to say that we are being one's race first followed by our nationality. I understood them very clearly even without the advice I am more than proud to say that I am a Malaysian first rather than being a Chinese. During my...

Selangor Science Park 2 Gets A New Name, Soon

Today, I can't help by not looking at the contents of this email that TMNet sent me. It was a competition organised by PKNS. Surprised eh? The competition is all about playing with our creativity in coming up with a new name for an upcoming township of Selangor Science Park 2 (SSP2) located in Bukit Baja, Sepang. To join this competition is peanuts. No slogan and no fees needed. All you need is lots of names, lots of them in a single participation! Just put your brilliant mind behind the...

Why PR Fail In Bagan Pinang?

Even before the results was released, I already anticipated that PAS had only a good 50% chance of winning. My instincts say it ain't going to be a smooth ride because Bagan Pinang was indeed a hardcore stronghold for BN. Although it was a landslide win for Isa Samad, still any logic thinking person would smell something fishy within those 5000+ majority that he garnered. Well, a lost still a lost and there's nothing much we can do about but to reflect to ourselves for the mistake that had...

Malaysian Most Annoying Road Habit is Tailgating

According to an online poll conducted as part of the Malaysians Unite for Road Safety (MUFORS), aggressive tailgating and drivers who don’t use their car indicators are some of the most annoying habits on Malaysian roads. Out of 1,000 participants to date, 11.2 per cent felt that tailgating, which includes forcing other drivers to make way and flashing of headlights, annoys them most while another 11.2 per cent have a problem with drivers who don’t use their indicators. Mat Rempit (9...

Pakatan Rakyat Dinner in Bidor

I attended the Pakatan Rakyat dinner today with my uncle and aunts who were staunch supporters of Pakatan Rakyat and big fans of YB Nizar, YB Nga Kor Ming and YB Gobind Singh Deo. This was my 3rd political ceramah in one month ever since touching down in Malaysia from the UK. This dinner is to celebrate the victory of Pakatan Rakyat in Bukit Gantang. The ticket was already 'booked' exclusively by my uncle 2 weeks before the event, and guess what, we are the early birds who booked the...

Perak Crisis: Assemblymen ‘Ensemble’ Under the Tree

Pakatan Rakyat Perak made history today. YB Sivakumar and the Knights of Silver State brave through the thugs, the likes of PEKIDA, UMNO Youths and UMNO special branch - the FRU to the State Assembly building. As usual, BN-UMNO -ed machineries via the shameless police with absolute cowardice managed to lock the building down and barred entrances to stop the assembly. Mob tactics were used against the PR ADUNS to harass and intimidate them. Surprisingly, the police on guard did nothing but...