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My current office, well, one of my two current offices, is located at the top floor of a building in Kuala Lumpur. The view is lovely. I could see the Parliament, the Tugu Negara, Bangsar, Genting Highlands and the city itself, among other things, from the office.
The sun was setting when I took the shot.
The Trojans lost to the Bruins. I didn’t expect that:
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Southern California’s dejected players trudged off the Rose Bowl field, oblivious to the celebration going on around them.
Their national championship hopes had just ended with the biggest upset of the season.
UCLA knocked No. 2 USC out of the Bowl Championship Series title game with a stunning 13-9 victory over its crosstown rival Saturday. The Bruins did it with a vastly improved defense and a quarterback starting on three days’ notice.
With the Trojans completely out of the picture as far as national championship is concerned, we have only two teams to pick and match against Ohio State: Florida and Michigan.
I obviously prefer Michigan but let Michigan and Florida duke ’em out! Let’s have a playoff just to determine who should be up against the Fuckeyes.
And at the NYT:
The Bruins won despite just 235 yards of total offense and not completing a pass of more than 21 yards.
“I’m not going to sleep tonight,” Markey [Bruins tailback] said, smiling. “I’m not going to sleep for days.”
Much like folks in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Gainesville, Fla., but for very different reasons.
Word.
p/s – this is tragic:
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza (Reuters) – Hussein Kafarneh is a muezzin without a mosque.
For nearly 30 years he led the traditional call to prayer at Beit Hanoun’s al-Nasser shrine, one of the oldest mosques in Gaza, climbing the twisting steps to the top of the white stone minaret five times a day.
His father did the same for 40 years before him.
Then, on November 3 this year, as Israeli forces pursued an offensive in Gaza, they clashed with Palestinian militants holed up inside and nearby the mosque, using it as cover.
A dramatic stand-off ensued, with Israeli tanks aiming their barrels toward the shrine and around 60 well-armed militants firing rounds back toward the Israelis.
I blame both sides.
It’s 2 AM on a Sunday. I just got back from a dinner event at Istana Seri Menanti.
To those that organized the sketch, I salute thee. It takes courage to stage it in front of the King and the Chief Minister of Negeri Sembilan. Thanks goodness that we still have some freedom of expression in this country, despite daily erosion.
If this is the kind of quality play held at every annual MCOBA dinner, I wouldn’t mind attending the next edition. And the next too. Great job guys.
And, haha, thanks to Project Sayong for sponsoring my ticket. But I wonder, would this play hurt the project? LOL!
p/s – Nik Nazmi describes the play.
I have a feeling that some people think I’m a Liberal Islam because I call myself a green libertarian. Allow me to reiterate, I’m not part of Liberal Islam school of thought. I would like to clarify that the green in “green libertarian” is environmentalism. One way or another, typically, it’s free market environmentalism.
I hope that clears the air up.
On one fine fall evening, a hopelessly bored Michigan freshman started blogging.
Five years later, he is still blogging.
Thank you all.
Now, take my hand.
Take my hand and together, hand in hand, we shall turn libertarianism into an awesome force in Malaysia. Or, you could buy me dinner instead.