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With the recent news of a change in UK visa regulations for Malaysians, this couldn’t come at a better time. A one page guide of visa requirements for Malaysia passport holders. Pretty complete too with 125 countries in the list!*Disclaimer: Please note that visa restrictions change regularly so it is extremely important that you check with your travel agent or preferably direct with the embassy.Read more here…

via The Evil Mischievious Kitten:

I looked out the window.
And I saw

Thousands and thousands of Malays in the Bersih Rally. They were fighting their own kind for a cause they believed in. And they risk being ostracized by their Muslim brothers. And they risk much.

I looked out the window.
And I saw

Thousands and thousands of Indians holding the picture of Gandhi in the streets. All were teargassed and many beaten with batons. At Batu Caves, they were locked in, pumped with tear gas and sprayed with chemical water. 80 are awaiting trial. 31 are charged for attempted murder of a policeman that attacked them. All their leaders are under ISA. The one that got away fled the country.

I looked out the window.
And I saw

Thousands and thousands of Chinese closing their doors. Minding their own business. Watching the soap operas. Playing mahjong. Going to the gym. Planning for holidays. Eating bah kuet teh. Enrolling their children in private schools. Going for line dancing. Changing to a bigger car. Perming their hair brown. Going to the movies. Shopping.

The Chinese. They don’t look out the window.
Their houses.
Have no windows.

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It has become a tradition that each year in late August we start to see PMR, SPM and STPM candidates discussing about these exams in their blogs and forums. Some candidates are so desperate that they pay RM150 to RM200 to buy the so-called ‘Tips Kena Tepat’ or 100% actual SPM tips. I believe the buyers are actually the “kiasu” parents since most candidates don’t have that much money to order the expensive tips.

I was a SPM straight-As scorers and what I am still very proud of is, I didn’t buy or rely on the so-called SPM tips. There are still two months left so make good use of your times to do revision.

Why buy when great lists of PMR, SPM and STPM 2007 exam tips are available for free?

I’ve been living Ipoh for all my youth - 23 years already and still counting. I still know the tales of the Toupee man from Sungai Siput - Samy Vellu. Incidentally, when I read a bit of Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange, I came to understand that the story was based on the his own experience of his wife being a rape victim in Sungai Siput as well! Coincidence.

The newspaper man who would always come to our house to collect the monthly bill always shows his disdain of this guy. Not on the job thing but the fact that he remains the only big race leader to yet hand over the leadership to the younger generation. People have praised Ling Liong Sik, Lim Keng Yaik and even Mahathir for handing the mantle of leadership over to the younger leaders.

But not him.

My 85-year old man too had a disdain of him. Every moment when he sees Samy in the papers he kept saying to me…”That bloody bastard!” That phrase keeps ringing in my head whenever I see a paper article even from the mainstream media that features our guy

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No wonder I kept saying that this guy is a prime example of dinosaurs in the government who don’t even give damn thing to understand the global changes that are affecting Malaysia as well.

The one thing he said that gave me an idea to write this post is (correct me if I am wrong):

(referring to the man making trouble) “Sack that guy who is also from Kedah!”

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