I expect that most Malaysians at home and overseas must know what’s been happening in and to this country in the past few weeks. They must be aware of, perhaps, the first giant steps we’ve taken towards giving ourselves a shot at installing a ‘new’ government to administer this country. Well, the cries of “INI KALILAH” (THIS TIME) and “UBAH!” (CHANGE) rose to the skies from thousands and hundreds of thousands of throats at Pakatan Rakyat (Peoples’ Coalition) rallies all around the country, in the run up to our 13th General Election. We feared reactionary responses by Barisan Nasional‘s (National Front) minions and supporters. It is not a joke, as we feared the worst. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Barisan Nasional’
Gangnam Backfire – Daching Upset!
Posted in Off-the-Cuff, tagged Barisan Nasional, BN, campaign, Chinese New Year, gangnam, Malaysia, Najib, Najib Razak, Penang, Penangite, Psy on March 4, 2013 | 13 Comments »
The 2004 Asian Tsunami disaster at Tanjung Tokong, Penang (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
PSY – the mop (Photo credit: Joybot)
Following up from my last post on Psy‘s dilemma, it looks like the BN’s sneaky tactic to lure votes, backfired instead, when thousands turned up just to enjoy Psy’s performance. A few incidents took place starting with the ‘yee sang’ fracas… (more…)
A Gangnam Dilemma
Posted in Off-the-Cuff, tagged Barisan Nasional, Chinese New Year, Malaysia, Pakatan Rakyat, Penang, Psy, Putrajaya, Roman Empire on February 12, 2013 | 20 Comments »
English: The Penang Bridge was the first expressway in Penang. Penang Bridge. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Psy (Photo credit: Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer)
Psy, the world-famous K-Pop star performed in Penang today (11th February 2013). He was called, in a last desperate attempt by the ruling Barisan Nasional (National Front) to re-take Penang state, which was wrested from them by the Opposition Pakatan Rakyat (Peoples’ Coalition) at the last general elections on 8th March 2008. (more…)
Talking Back – Listen, listen, listen!
Posted in Off-the-Cuff, tagged Barisan Nasional, K Bawani, Malaysia, O-Level, Sharifah Zohra Jabeen, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Wanita, YouTube on January 18, 2013 | 4 Comments »
No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Wee Meng Chee (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
After my last post about the changing images of youth, I apologize for entertaining rather middle-aged thoughts about them, but am quite happy that they, in their exuberance, proved me completely wrong. Thanks, to my favorite niece, who opened the window on youth thinking, wide for me to have a good look outside. (more…)
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