Military
Finally, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has responded after a series of attacks from Mahathir Mohamad, who happens to rule the country for an astonishing 22-year. In a normal circumstances, it would be easier to get a hamster to sing “Billie Jeans” than to get Mr Najib to respond to various scandals and allegations under […]
... written on Apr 10 2015Najib administration’s purchase of a new private jet for the prime minister’s own use has attracted great attention. And former premier Mahathir has shortlisted this issue as part of his bullets, and unleashed it in his latest attacks. Of course, UMNO-paid bloggers justified that the aircraft is for the country’s King use as well. The […]
... written on Apr 04 2015Were you frustrated with those pickup trucks – Ford Ranger, Mitsubishi Triton, Toyota Hilux, Nissan Navara – for acting such a bully during parking or hogging lanes? Well, the market of the bullies is set to get merrier (and more crowded) with a new kid on the block soon. Believe it or not, Mercedes Benz […]
... written on Mar 29 2015The deliberate crashing by Germanwings Flight 9525’s own co-pilot, 27-year-old Andreas Lubitz, is creating tons of debate and forcing global airlines to rethink about existing SOP (standard operating procedure). In the incident, the Germanwing’s Airbus carrying 150 people was smashed into an Alpine mountainside. Needless to say, there was no survivor. Is there any relation […]
... written on Mar 27 2015When you were told to get ready for US$30 a barrel of oil price 4-months ago (December 2014), you probably had freaked out. By last month, however, you might have had laughed off the idea, since the crude oil (WTI) rallied from roughly US$44 to US$54 a barrel. Today, you may kick yourself, if you […]
... written on Mar 16 2015ISIS is known for their barbarism. But when they up the ante by showing a Jordanian pilot they were holding hostage being burned to death inside a locked cage, all hell breaks loose. The new level of brutality shown in the murder of First Lieutenant Muadh al-Kasasbeh shocks every single Jordanian, so much so that […]
... written on Feb 24 2015Bill Gates is Microsoft, and Microsoft is Bill Gates. Despite being one of the most generous philanthropists, Bill Gates is still synonymous with Microsoft. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given away US$30 billion since 2000. If he would’ve given that amount of money equally to 30 persons, that’s 30 new billionaires in this […]
... written on Jan 30 2015Last month, we told you to mark your calendar for this year as there would be abundance of movies coming to you. One of them is of course, “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens”, from a franchise that made George Lucas a multi-billionaire. Scheduled to be released end of this year, one can […]
... written on Jan 29 2015Say what you like about American war films or movies, but they’re really good in telling stories about good guys, who happen to be Americans, killing off bad guys, who most often are non-Americans. Who can forget the 1960s television longest-running World War II drama – “Combat” – where the good guys U.S. platoon fighting […]
... written on Jan 27 2015After Malaysia Airlines (MAS) lost two commercial planes last year – MH370 and MH17 – it seems the company is losing its website as well. The company’s IT team must be having the bluest of Monday Blues today, when its website is hacked by what appears to be hackers linked to ISIS or IS or […]
... written on Jan 26 2015
