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After the first UAE female top gun – Major Mariam – took to the sky bombing the barbarian ISIS, denying the fake jihadists of their supposedly 72 virgins reward in heaven, another woman is taking to the sky for the same purpose. But instead of flying F-16 fighter, this woman is using cyberspace to fight […]
... written on Jun 15 2015These two Johns represent Philippines at the 2015’s 28th Southeast Asian Games, Singapore, which otherwise is also known as the SEA Games. John Elmerson Fabriga, 21, and John David Pahoyo, 17, were supposed to bring back medals in a 3-meter springboard event. But not only there was no medal, they spectacularly score a big “Zero” […]
... written on Jun 14 2015Mahathir Mohamad is perhaps the luckiest person on planet Earth. Besides being the longest-serving Prime Minister of Malaysia, stretching from 1981 to 2003, he also had the luxury experiencing the country’s currency under attack by speculators during the infamous 1997/98 Asia Financial Crisis. Ten years later, during his retirement, he had the second opportunity to see […]
... written on Jun 12 2015Ronald Reagan ruled the White House from 1981 – 1989. Prior to his presidency, very few in their right mind believed the former film actor could become the 40th President of the United States, let alone a two-term great president. But Reagan was so good that when he left office in 1989, his approval rating was […]
... written on Jun 08 2015Two months ago, DAP has ended its ties with PAS’ president Hadi Awang, but not with the political party PAS itself. The reason for such an arrangement was due to Hadi’s stubbornness and betrayal in pushing for “Hudud Law” implementation, without consulting the other two party components of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) – DAP and PKR. […]
... written on Jun 08 2015Six months ago, Facebook (Nasdaq: Stock, FB) decided to test Facebook Lite, a new version of Facebook stripped down of all the bells and whistles. Today, Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of the app, built to be faster, more reliable and very data efficient, for Android phones around the world. The Facebook Lite app is […]
... written on Jun 05 2015Bollywood storylines were, and still are awesome and predictable. Typically, you would have a hero, in his attempt to impress a chick, beat hundreds of bad guys and suffer no scratch. Heck, the hero and his newly acquired chick could even run, sing, jump, dance and whatnot after the fight, not to mention instantaneous shifts of […]
... written on Jun 05 2015A rare Hermès bag has set a new record for the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction – going for HK$1.72 million (US$221,846; £146,000; RM817,225). The luxury crocodile skin 2014 Hermes Birkin bag, in fuchsia, features 18 karat gold detailing encrusted in real diamonds. The previous most expensive Hermès Birkin was sold for US$203,150 (£133,000; RM748,353) […]
... written on Jun 03 2015FIFA has finally been given its long overdue “Red Card”, after nine FIFA officials and five corporate executives indicted for racketeering conspiracy and corruption. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a 47-count indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging the 14 defendants with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies. […]
... written on May 29 2015Horse-trading, money changes hands, contracts finalising, projects reviewing and the list goes on. That’s what is happening now, as the mother of all scandal – 1MDB – about to enter another new month this year. Bets are on the table that by hook or by crook, prime minister Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor […]
... written on May 26 2015
