It’s been a week, and Good Friday’s service was tiring. I expected it to rain, as it’s always rained on Good Friday, at least over here. Yesterday, I encountered a few drops of rain, and that was it. As I was leaving – I left slightly early – I heard the rumbling of thunder. That was it. I big, whole, anti-climax, mostly ...Continue
In the aftermath of the LKS debacle, I’ve been wondering what’s been going on with Barisan Rakyat - I’ll keep calling them that till they show unequivocally that they can’t work together at all. I was chatting with my friend from Singapore again, and we both agreed that the component parties have really not gotten down to organizing themse ...Continue
It’s now become clear that BN’s pursuing that whole defection strategy with earnest - so much so that Hadi Awang’s come out strong and has called for unity. He’s done the right thing, even though PAS has won the least number of seats in Perak. The rumours, most ...Continue
Well, yeah, so BN’s resorted to tried and true strategies - defections. At least, one can infer such a move on BN’s part from the report on Malaysiakini. A short reproduction:-
...ContinueI just caught Jacqueline Ann Surin’s phone interview on ChannelNewsAsia, where she described an information landscape that remains outside the grip of the government machinery.. and I think I should say here: thank you, Malaysiakini! Last night’s coverage has justified my subscription to Malaysiakini many times over, although I know th ...Continue