Monthly Archives: December 2006

the floods

The floods are bad, and the situation isn’t getting any better.

Friends in Kota Tinggi and Segamat tell me that waters aren’t receding, and one week after the fact, the government is finally gearing up and treating this as a national disaster. It’s pointless to accord blame, anyway, so I won’t. The people need help. ...Continue


malaysia, future-proof

Maybe it’s the incessant rain and the news that most of Johor is under water. Or maybe it’s because the sun’s been missing for the past twenty-four hours. The gloom is infectious, like mold on bread; my descent into depression began last month and hit the very bottom today. It is the weather, I tell myself. It appears that mos ...Continue


freedom of expression means freedom to engage, too, khairy

Dear sir,

The fact that you’ve slammed the hammer down on toes rather than preferring a route more in congruence with this so-called “open atmosphere” is most telling on you.

I’m quite certain a trained mind such as yourself will recognize the merits of disputation and debate to get at the root of dissent. The ...Continue


Time’s person of the year: You.

And it’s about time.

It’s about time traditional news media, or in fact traditional anything, sat up and paid attention to a growing phenomenon. We’ve all read theories about hive minds on a global network, or the birth of a sentient, ...Continue


another update

In other news, I’m now a happy camper. iTunes has been screwing up my podcast downloads, so I’ve been doing it manually for ages. I test-drove Juice for a bit, then pondered over the use of yet another podcast downloader thing messing up my files (I like it neat and ...Continue