FEB 18 — Despite having the privilege of studying in the United Kingdom for three years when I was pursuing my degree, I’d never managed to attend any of the famed music festivals ...

JAN 3 — Dare we Malaysians dream that in 2012:

• Bersih 2.0’s eight demands will be implemented before Parliament is dissolved.

• the run-up to the elections will bring out the ...

13 FEB — Tiba-tiba nama bekas Menteri Pelancongan, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir kembali dalam persada politik negara.

Veteran Umno itu pada mulanya menyertai Angkatan Amanah ...

FEB 21 — Money has been making headlines in the British footballing world again. Or, more specifically, a lack of money.

Firstly, Glasgow Rangers concluded a long period of ...

JAN 31 — I was in my university library when I heard that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (DSAI) was acquitted by the High Court of the charges associated with Sodomy 2.0. Truth be told, ...

FEB 7 — I recently began my nine-week placement in psychiatry, and I have really been swept away by the complexity as well as the manifestations of disease of the human mind. This ...

JAN 1 — Last week I wrote about the the behind-the-scenes stuff related to giving birth that I never knew about, like the space-age sounding term, involution, a paralysing pain ...

FEB 13 — Change. It can be a terrifying thing.

Most of us find it to be unsettling, distressing and unwelcomed. The idea that what was once certain, expected and dependable ...

NOV 9 — Following the setback that our national team suffered against Singapore in the World Cup 2014 qualifiers in July, I was asked this question — how crucial is the defence of ...

OCT 30 — The event was called “Fashion and Sense” but behind this euphemism necessary in a “conservative” country like Malaysia was the national beauty pageant for Malaysia’s ...

FEB 1 — Excerpt from Memali incident chapter:

Mak Su’s brother, Pak Andah, popped by for tea. There were always people coming in and out of the house for a chat or a meal.

Mak Su ...

20 FEB — PM Najib sekali lagi tersilap membuat congakan politik. Kenyataan beliau tentang 30 bilionair seperti didedahkan dalam Majalah ‘Malaysian Business’ disangkanya adalah ...

DEC 7 — Oxymoron.

That’s the word that has been on my mind of late. Why? Because that’s exactly what we, Joe Public, are being fed on a daily basis.

Etymologically speaking, the ...

FEB 22 — Whenever a celebrity dies, along with the public outpouring of grief comes the vampires of empathy.

This special group specialises in belittling the public for caring ...

14 FEB — Dah tiba bulan Februari, bulan yang sentiasa hangat setiap tahun. Hangat bagi pasangan kekasih yang menyambut hari kekasih, hangat juga bagi yang cukup menentang sambutan ...

JAN 24 — Education, education, education. That, stated Tony Blair, was his government’s top priority when campaigning during the UK’s general election in 2001. Alas, the pledge, ...

FEB 18 — Let me start by stating some things that will be a repetition to most, so you can all just skip this paragraph if it annoys you. I drink alcohol, I am a liberal and I ...

JAN 30 — Amid opposing positions, political centrists have the tendency to stake the middle ground. It is a compromise that appears sensible on the surface. Sometimes, it can be ...

JAN 1 — If I hear one more “Happy Holidays” I shall look the jolly greeter hard in the eye and blurt out: “It’s Merry bloody Christmas...okay?” 

Seriously, apart from the ...

OCT 7 — His passing will be missed by the whole world as his influence is everywhere.

Steve Jobs’ foresight led him to develop the first commercially viable personal computer in ...

NOV 14 — In Malaysia we seem to be often caught up in a contest of dominance. The question of which race rules or which religion is paramount is the lifeblood of our political ...

FEB 1 — Call it as you see it, Ibrahim Ali has a knack of keeping himself relevant. 

I don’t know what he was thinking when he merrily gave white angpows to elders during a ...

FEB 22 — The people at the Home Ministry should do a bit of travelling and broaden their horizons. 

Instead of focusing on deporting foreigners against court orders while letting ...

FEB 9 — It is entirely possible that Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil and her family are innocent of any wrongdoing in the RM250 million National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) ...

OCT 6 — It was a breezy Monday evening when I met up with an ex-schoolmate who was visiting from Los Angeles. The location was one of the trendy restaurants underneath the ...

OCT 18 — Nassim Taleb’s bestseller “The Black Swan” talks about a world shaped by highly improbable events. He argues that most of what that we take for granted after the event ...

FEB 12 — Japan was not at the top of my “must-see” list but when I found cheap tickets to Tokyo recently, my friend Sally and I put together a travel plan quickly. In addition to ...

19 FEB — Ketua Publisiti Pilihan Raya DAP, Hew Kuan Yau barangkali bukanlah pemimpin politik pertama yang melontarkan kenyataan kurang enak kepada golongan wartawan di negara ...

21 FEB — Kalau bulan Februari khusunya pada hari ke 14 dikenali sebagai hari kekasih, ramai yang tidak tahu pada minggu pertama Februari pula diisytiharkan oleh PBB sebagai Hari ...

DEC 5 — In his speech at the 2011 Umno general assembly, Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir claimed that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Pakatan Rakyat are trying to topple the federal ...

DEC 3 — The leader of the Youth wing declared at the Umno annual general assembly held this week that the opposition parties had been vehemently opposing the Peaceful Assembly Act ...

FEB 16 — The Gandhi line, of a world — in this case Malaysia — not having enough for everyone’s greed rings truer by the day, as growing numbers discard their blinkers within ...

FEB 15 — When the idea of a national health financing mechanism came up in the mid-2000s, the question of how the funding scheme would be implemented caused much concern.

As a ...

NOV 4 — I had wanted to begin this essay by drawing attention to the disturbing death threat received by constitutional law expert Prof Aziz Bari for expressing an opinion ...

FEB 21 — The weekend’s FA Cup action has thrown up two replays, one warranted and the other a total shambles. The talk is all about Andre Villas-Boas’ (AVB) future at Chelsea but ...

22 FEB — Apa jua baru dan kecenderungan tulisan Raja Petra Kamarudin dia adalah seorang penulis yang seboleh-bolehnya tidak dirasakan memihak ke situ atau memihak ke sini, menjadi ...

FEB 21 — I count myself blessed to have been able to attend Projek Amanat Negara 2012 in London recently. It never occurred to me that such an event, stimulating though it might ...

FEB 2 — I walked into the open hall and saw this black lumpy thing that looked like a Snicker’s bar that someone had trod on lying next to the stage. There were smears of what ...

20 FEB — Thangamalar peramah orangnya dan senang diajak berbual.

‘Selepas ini nak ke mana?’

‘Maksud Malar?’

‘I mean, universiti mana yang jadi pilihan?’

‘Universiti Malaya ... ...

4 DIS — Ketua Pemuda Umno YB Khairy Jamaluddin baru-baru ini mengatakan bahawa Umno kini dilihat sebagai lebih progresif dan lebih liberal. Jika ini benar, maka nampaknya masih ...

DEC 27 — Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you, the armchair. All hail the ingenious inventor who came up with the idea of affixing comfortable armrests to sitting furniture. ...Read More

JAN 6 — In Part 1 of our Special Report, we detailed the threats that threaten the Malays such that they were constantly feeling threatened from January to June 2011. Here in the ...

FEB 17 — This is the story of a man who became prime minister not very long ago.

This man had not, however, been elected into the premiership, and consequently never earned his ...

FEB 17 — The sight of poop has never been so beautiful as when your 11-month-old baby finally releases a load after a week of uncomfortable constipation.

The relieved look on ...

5 FEB — Sudah beberapa tahun aku tidak menonton pertandingan akhir Juara Lagu, kerana tidak berada di dalam Negara. Selain menonton siaran langsung di TV3, aku juga pernah ...

19 FEB — “The world is the best education you could ever have!” — Jade Ferriere

Jade Ferrierre adalah “voluntourist” yang telah menghabiskan masa selama 7 tahun berkeliling dunia ...

19 DIS — “Saya perkenalkan, bakal Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Nurul Izzah Anwar....” kata Dr Abdul Aziz Bari ketika memperkenalkan anggota Parlimen Lembah Pantai dalam satu diskusi ...

FEB 6 — “Malays have no problems embracing science when it supports their pride, but they won’t even acknowledge the theory of evolution,” a friend remarked after reading the news ...