No tail wagging this Chinese New Year
Malays are, though indirectly and inadvertently, dictating the kind of environment in which the rest of society should be living in.
Category Archives: writing
Talking Edge – Why wait tilll New Year?
I have recently started writing a column for The Edge’s pullout Options. It’s their Talking Edge page where I answer all kinds of questions submitted by all kinds of people!
Social mobility needs to be more equal
If you are born in a higher social class, the chances that you will stay there or move up is higher. If you are born in a lower social class, then chances are you will be stuck there.
Did Malaysia erase the last 20 years from its political history?
The country has returned to pre-1998 when Mahathir was the prime minister and Anwar was his deputy.
The Asrama Anthology – I’ll be editing a book of non-fiction stories
The Asrama Anthology is to be a book filled with non-fiction stories that are related to boarding school. And I’ll be curating and editing it for Matahari Books.
Zahid Hamidi followed me on Twitter!
I received a notification on my phone. Someone had just followed me on Twitter. I looked at my phone and it was Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the deputy prime minister of Malaysia.
Malaysia in restrospect
I’d like to take a look back (or as many would call it… a throwback) at some of the developments of 2017 that I feel really impacted Malaysia.
Taking a stand against corporal punishment in schools
The only reason an adult would resort to corporal punishment on a child is when they lack good parenting or teaching skills.
A Christian-Muslim Christmas in Malaysia
In Malaysia, where religious and racial friction is commonplace, cultivating social cohesion remains a great challenge.
The different versions of honesty
People generally understand what honesty is. But whether they actually believe in it is a different matter. Most people instead, would try to define the concept in accordance with their own personal context.
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