Let us repeat this again. The President of the United States (POTUS) is not the most powerful man on planet Earth. The man who controls the news media is. News media, be it the print, electronic or social media, can make or break a president. Although traditional print and electronic media have been ganging up […]
... written on May 13 2016If social media creativity is an indicator, Malaysia should have had many Steve Jobs or at least some international brands such as Samsung, if not better. Government’s policy of racism, discrimination and systematic degradation of national education system, however, has produced a society with poor critical thinking skills. The Government of Malaysia, dominated by […]
... written on Mar 10 2016Politics and business make lousy bedfellows as do politics and sports as well as politics and family matters. But in a cowboy town like Malaysia where everything is mixed like “Rojak“, it doesn’t really matter. The family of Razak has done it, again, after the senior Prime Minister Najib Razak shocked the world with the […]
... written on Mar 08 2016After more than a year in development and testing, Facebook has expanded its popular “Like” button to include other “reactions”. Four days ago, people can see and choose “love,” “haha,” “wow,” “sad,” and “angry” gesture. There’s no “Dislike” button as requested because Facebook claims that the new mix of reactions has proven popular with users during […]
... written on Feb 28 2016Germany survived two world wars but it can’t survive Merkel. That joke is slowly becoming a reality as frustrated Germans have taken to the Facebook, forming “Dusseldorf is Watching” group, and so far has recruited 4,000 members, and counting. Their slogan – “One for All, and All for One”. Their mission – “To Protect Our Ladies Future”. […]
... written on Jan 08 2016Dubai, with a population of roughly 2-million, is the largest city of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) and has worked tirelessly to build itself as a major financial hub, investment destination and major tourist magnet. To be precise, it weren’t the people of Dubai but the lowly paid foreign South Asian workers, mostly from India, […]
... written on Jan 02 2016The threat to the Christianity must be very real for the Archbishop of Canterbury to issue a warning on Christmas Day that the religion is facing “elimination” in the Middle East at the hands of an Islamic State (ISIS) “apocalypse”. The Most Reverend Justin Welby called the Islamist extremists as “a Herod of today” – a reference […]
... written on Dec 27 2015Will the world see technological breakthroughs next year in the consumer products? Sure, there was the fingerprint sensor on iPhone and Android smartphone. But they’re already so yesterday and boring before we unleash fireworks for the New Year celebration. Besides, there’s only so much you can do with the fingerprint recognition. What else could […]
... written on Dec 25 2015Christmas is just around the corner and stock markets have already started its yearly window dressing. Now is perhaps the best time for you to take some money off the table, if your portfolio is making good money. However, there’s one very prosperous country in ASEAN which disallows people from celebrating Christmas. Oil-rich Brunei has […]
... written on Dec 23 2015You may be forgiven for mistaken this airline as an Irish airline. After all, “Rayani Air” does sound like “Ryanair”, an Irish low-cost airline founded in 1985 and has since grown to become the largest European airline, operating over 300 Boeing 737-800 aircraft serving 31 countries in Europe, Africa and Middle East. Perhaps inspired by […]
... written on Dec 22 2015
