Author: Hafiz Noor Shams

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Sports

[237] Of tense sporting Saturday

Today is a very intense sporting Saturday. First of all, although Michigan won against Michigan State, Michigan somehow gave up two unbelievable touchdowns and the final 66 seconds was crazily heart thumping. The next opponent, Northwestern should be easy on those with heart problems.Ajax on the other hand was down 1 – 2 at halftime and it took a penalty by Tomas Galasek to help Ajax not share the crown with AZ Alkmaar anymore. Gasalek penalty made the Arena turned wild beyond description. At the same time, PSV won with a blast against NAC Breda and thus, capitalizing on AZ unfortunate loss to Ajax.
Later this week, Ajax will once again be up against Celta Vigo. That will be a very tough match up. Also, I will be praying for some Belgian magic in the Club Brugge – AC Milan game.

p/s – It feels weird. Whenever the press talks about Malaysia’s Prime Minister, I always thought it was Dr. Mahathir but in reality, it’s Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. I guess, I need some time to get use to it.

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Politics & government

[236] Of thank you Dr. Mahathir

After 22 years, Dr. Mahathir’s retirement is fast approaching. In fact, he will step down from the leadership post in less than 12 hours from now.

Though there are a few things that I don’t agree with him, I nevertheless must thank him for everything he had done for Malaysia. Without him, Malaysia wouldn’t be one of the most properous and modern nations in Asia. Without him, Malaysia would have possibly shared Indonesia and the Philippines’ fate.

A tribute to Malaysia’s fourth Prime Minister and perhaps, the best Malaysian leader yet.

p/s – My name will be included in UbiSoft and Cyan Worlds‘ credit list as one of the Uru beta testers. The best thing is, my name will be listed for public viewing on a major game developer’s site. Talk about 5 minutes of fame! FYI, the game that I was involved with is Uru, a sequal to the famous Myst.

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Economics Politics & government

[235] Of restricted military aid due to the “Jews rule the world by proxy”

Due to Dr. Mahathir’s “Jews rule the world by proxy” speech, the US Senate has agreed to restrict a total of $1.2 million in military aid.
Just a point here, Malaysia’s GDP is measured in billion.

And guess what, ball pen does work in space. Apparently, the “Russian used pencil story was a hoax”. However, the million dollar pen, known as Fisher pen, does exist. Read all about it here.

p/s – Anybody that plays with fire alarm should be amputated.

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Sports

[234] Of four-match suspension for van der Vaart

The KNVB has handed Rafael van der Vaart a four-match suspension and I expect van Bommel to receive the same punishment too. With the suspension, if accepted by Ajax, van der Vaart will miss a top of the table match against AZ Alkmaar, an easy game with ADO Den Haag, a home game against Heerenveen and a match against traditional rival Feyenoord Rotterdam.

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Environment History & heritage

[233] Of Californian forest fire

California is suffering one of its worst forest fire in 50 years and major cities such as Los Angeles and San Diego have been put on alert.