The Kuala Lumpur Traveler

I was reading this piece from Malaysiakini titled ‘Khairy, look who got buried‘ (go on to click on the link, you need not be a subscriber to read this piece) and I am particularly attracted to an entry by one Dr SK, which I though should be known not just to the people of Permatang Pauh, but also to the whole world.
Dr SK: To all of you who voted for BN, your man Arif and none of the BN big guns or supporters had the grace to attend the announcement of the results of the Permatang Pauh by-election. ‘Thank you’ …read more

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Wan Azizah Wan Ismail won the seat with a 13,388 majority at the March 8 general elections.
By-election 26th August 2008, Anwar got 31,195 votes, Arif Shah, 15,524, Hanafi, 92.
Anwar won, with a majority of 15,671. Lower turnout and yet Anwar won with a much bigger majority.
Pak Lah, Najib, Arif Shah and the BN guys were saying even less majority for Anwar would have meant a moral victory for BN. It must have been another tsunami for Pak Lah and Najib but who know the guys were still fast asleep.
Did someone by the nick name of KJ a.k.a …read more

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It’s 3:28am in Singapore and I am still facing the laptop screen, mixing work and personal things to do. OK I admit I am sleepless maybe due to the fact that I had gone to bed a bit earlier today after finishing my official duty.
But the fact that two significant events had happened while being far away from home left just a little bit of regret in myself but then, life has to go on no matter what.
Me and my wife (and a couple of my kids) had been going back to my hometown in Kota Bharu every weekend for …read more

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It’s not that we should be complaining about the new lower petrol and diesel prices just announced by the ‘people-caring’ (notice the inverted quotes?) Flip-Flop BN Government… but its the flip flop decision-making from the flip flop BN Government lead by Mr Nice-Flip-Flop-Guy that we all should worry about.
Didn’t Mr Nice-Flip-Flop-Guy’s BN Government say that any new fuel price will only be effected from September 1 and that no new price will be announced prior to September 1? The decision do effect new prices only on September 1 (or I assume on every 1st of the month for that …read more

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To the people of Permatang Pauh, wherever you are… remember this date 26th August 2006.
This is going to be one of the days you will want to remember for the rest of your lives, and possibly by many generations to come.
Please do not forget to apply leave from your busy work schedules and make sure you return to Permatang Pauh on this day, 26th August 2006, and liberate yourselves (hence all Malaysians) from this new way of colonialism inflicted upon all of us not by our consents…. by you-know-who.
PERMATANG PAUH FOLKS…. IT IS GOING TO BE 26TH AUGUST …read more

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It’s interesting to see how MSM now is joining the band wagon in adopting blogs as the new communication media.
I am not sure if NST had something similar to Star Online called Citizen’s blogs, but for the upcoming Permatang Pauh by-election, NST had come up with a new blog called Blogging Permatang Pauh to give latest development on the mother of all by-elections where Arif Shah Omar Shah will take on Anwar Ibrahim.
There are six faces displayed on the front page of the blog whom I assume are the bloggers for NST.
I hope the blog will not be …read more

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I just did a simple google on the net for “PhD entry requirements” and were presented with a long list of results.
Now let’s take a few examples from this results…
General PhD entry requirements in Australia:
The usual prerequisite is that the prospective student has completed a Bachelor’s Degree with an Honours component and has honours of class I or IIA. Completion of a higher degree, such as a post graduate Master’s Degree by research or a Master’s Degree by course work is also a commonly accepted pre-entry requirement.
It should be noted that whilst the above holds true in most cases, specific …read more

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As a matter of fact, the mother of all by-election is also not about BN-candidate, who ever that unlucky guy is, loosing.
Permatang Pauh by-election is (in my humble opinion), among others, all about (in no particular order):

Whether or not Malaysians believe the second sodomy allegation against Anwar
Whether or not Malaysians really meant it when they delivered 5 Malaysian states to the Pakatan Rakyat in the last general election
Whether or not Malaysians really believe in Pakatan Rakyat
Whether ot not Malaysians have had enough of Barisan Nasional
Whether or not Pak Lah is still fast asleep despite landslide loss in the recent …read more

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It looks like we have a new definition for jihad, or holy war, as defined by, of all persons, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.
Wanita Umno has reportedly declared a “jihad” or holy war to prevent opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim returning to Parliament in a by-election this month.
It is a jihad because this individual should not be given the chance to destroy the country’s political stability and prosperity,” women’s wing deputy chief Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said according to The Star newspaper.
Source and photo credit: : Malaysiakini
Read here, here and here for more thoughts on Shahrizat’s style of jihad or just go here for …read more

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It is now confirmed. Anwar Ibrahim will be charged in court tomorrow, 7th August 2008, for sodomy offence. It will be a much awaited event as Anwar is now expected to contest in a by-election for the parlimentary seat of Permatang Pauh.
The seat had been vacated by his wife Wan Azizah who had been holding the forte there since Anwar was sacked, also for sodomy allegation by Mahathir, way back in 1998. The nomination date for the by-election had been set on 16th August 2008 and if there is a contest, the by-election will be held on 26th August …read more

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