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  • MJ And ME

    Posted on Saturday June 27th, 2009 at 22:18 in entertainment, around the world, just human

    So, Michael Jackson is gone. So too has another part of me.Growing up in the 80s, Michael Jackson was one of the leading artists for my adolescent days. Days that were my most carefree, when food on the table and roof over the head appeared magically...

  • Great Reflex - Greater Composure

    Posted on Tuesday December 16th, 2008 at 10:23 in around the world

    Everyone knows President Bush of USA was attacked by a shoe-thrower, with two size-10 shoes, one left and one right, at a press conference in Iraq on his secret trip there. If you haven't, under whatever circumstance, here's the news. And here's the ...

  • Change. Good Luck!

    Posted on Sunday November 9th, 2008 at 06:46 in around the world

    George, John, Thomas, James, Andrew, Martin, William, Zachary, Millard, Franklin, Abraham, Ulysses, Rutherford, Chester, Grover, Benjamin, Theodore, Woodrow, Warren, Calvin, Herbert, Harry, Dwight, Lyndon, Richard, Gerald, Jimmy, Ronald, Bill, Barrac...

  • One Step Forward. Two Steps Back?

    Posted on Thursday October 16th, 2008 at 01:52 in around the world, inflation

    I still have very fresh memory of the deafening ring in my ears the day my wallet yelled out of pain. It was the first time I pumped petrol after the fuel price had gone up by 78 cents per liter. Ever since, I’ve been thinking of ways and means to ...

  • 51?

    Posted on Wednesday September 10th, 2008 at 04:03 in around the world, negaraku

    51.At the risk of over-simplification, that's how many people are required in a democratic society with a population of 100 to change its government. Or 51%.(Following is nothing more than an observation of a current event and a resulting thought tha...

  • Tears of Joy and Sorrow

    Posted on Tuesday May 20th, 2008 at 05:05 in around the world, just human

    Stories from aftermath of Sichuan Earthquake from a local Chinese daily, Nanyang Siang Pau on 17th of May: After the 43-years-old police officer, Lee, emerged from the rubbles caused by the earthquake, he rushed to his quarters to rescue his colle...

  • 1 x 1,000,000 =/= 1,000,000

    Posted on Thursday May 15th, 2008 at 04:27 in around the world

    I took my little boy to the hospital a few nights ago. He woke up during sleep, groaning with stomach pain and his face reddened with high fever. Without hesitation, my wife and me brought him to the emergency department of the nearest hospital at 3 ...