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Does anyone still remember Mr Samy Vellu? Looking back in time, 30 million Malaysians should have missed this comedian a bunch, well, at least I do. As a former Works Minister, he was instrumental in finding the root cause of landslide along the North-South Expressway (PLUS) near Gua Tempurung in Perak more than ten years […]
... written on Sep 13 2015Born on the 21st of April, 1926, British Queen Elizabeth II is an 89-year-old great-grandmother. She’s 1-year younger than 90-year-old Mahathir Mohamad, the longest-serving Prime Minister of Malaysia. You may call her Queen Elizabeth, Your Majesty or simply the Queen. But her official title is a mind-boggling 176 characters long. Here’s her full title – […]
... written on Sep 08 2015Technical analysis says the U.S. stock market is about to melt, thanks to China. Unlike fundamental studies, investors who believe in technical studies have everything to worry because of “Death Cross”. It seems the epidemic of bearish “death cross” is spreading and affecting every single market segment, even to those supposedly insulated from foreign factors. […]
... written on Sep 02 2015By 5:30pm the organisers of Bersih 4.0 rally claimed there were 200,000 participants. Malaysiakini put the figure at more than 100,000 at about 4pm. However, KL police chief Tajuddin Md Isa estimated the number at 25,000 as of 3pm. But when you were in the middle of a massive crowd, it makes no difference, whether […]
... written on Aug 30 2015Humankind cannot live without games. The gaming industry is estimated to worth about US$88 billion this year (2015) and is expected to skyrockets to US$110 billion by 2018. Apple iOS developer made an impressive US$10 billion in revenue for the fiscal year 2014, although not the entire figure goes to game developers. Still, games such […]
... written on Aug 24 2015Dow plunges 530.94 points on Friday. With more than 1,000-point drop this week, this was the largest weekly drop since Oct 10, 2008 for Dow. Crude oil prices briefly dropped below US$40 a barrel on Friday, the lowest seen since the financial crisis. The effect of devaluation of the Chinese Yuan has finally reached the […]
... written on Aug 23 2015Are you ready for Bersih 4.0? Or should we ask if you’re going for the Bersih 4.0 (although I’m not sure why Johor has been left out)? Regardless whether this round will be a huge success, or flop miserably big time, the fact remains that Bersih was a huge success, based on how its past […]
... written on Aug 21 2015A total of 5,270 Yazidis women and girls were abducted last year, and at least 3,144 are still being held. Amazingly, the Islamic State has developed a detailed bureaucracy of sex slavery, including sales contracts endorsed by ISIS-run Islamic courts. It has become a very effective tool to lure men from Muslim societies around the […]
... written on Aug 15 2015You’ve read about the prospect of Johor declaring Independence and how the remote possibility of UMNO losing the state is actually very real. Now that desperado Najib son of Razak had axed his former deputy Muhyiddin, a Johor warlord, the chances are even higher that UMNO would lose its fortress for good. There’re reasons why […]
... written on Aug 11 2015Have you upgraded your old Windows to the latest Windows 10? You should have had reserved your Windows 10, free of charge, by now. If you’ve reserved the operating system but yet to upgrade your machine simply because you want to wait and see how others hit problems, then you’ve one heck of a smart […]
... written on Aug 05 2015
