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Politics & government

[330] Of the new Resident of Federated Malaysian States

Scarily, Malaysia is becoming more and more similar to Singapore.

In the past few weeks, the former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir has been appointed as an adviser to two of the most prominent companies in the country. Namely, the two firms are Petronas and Proton. Despite resigning from Malaysia top political executive post, Mahathir seems to be able to find a niche inside Malaysia corporate structure.

In Singapore, Lew Kuan Yew still holds a considerable amount of power after more than a decade stepping down from the President post.

I simply hope Mahathir’s new job as an adviser is not the same as J.W.W Birch’s job was. I hope it is simply an advising job rather than an instructing job. Via Screenshots.

Somebody has to stop Mahathir, seriously.

And crap, because of bureaucracy and my procrastination, I might have to delay my planned internship in Europe for a bit of time. And worse crap, I HAVE to find some place to stay for the time being. Crap and a lot of crap. Too much crap makes you a piece of crap. Got crap?

p/s – Earth Day is coming! It’s on April the 22nd! Yeah!

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Sports

[329] Of Portsmouth The Devil Slayer

With the exams gathering around the corner, I have little time to update despite the fact that I have been reading up on a few interesting developments, namely China reassessment of its plan to dam the River Nu due to the environmental groups pressure, the latest EPA air quality report and what seems to be China’s economic bubble. And of course, the talk that inflation is coming back with a vengence.

And despite being busy, funnily, I still found some time to go to an AIESEC-organized “regression dinner”. Hmm…

However, one news stands valiantly among the noise – Portsmouth beat Manchester United by a goal. An era has passed – good luck on catching up Chelski, er, I mean Chelsea. HAH!

Finally, I see a rainbow at the end of the road. I wonder how Kerol is feeling. But for certain, I feel like singing:

Somewhere over the rainbow,
skies are blue,
and the dreams that you dare to dream,
really do come true…

Well, enough euphoria. It’s time to go back to buying and selling a call, and buying and selling a put.

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Economics Politics & government

[328] Of Ann Arbor and David Brooks’ Liberal Air

Today, Ann Arbor gets two spots in the mainstream media. One concerns the latest longevity progress done by the University of Michigan and the other is about a satire – the satire proposes a “direct flights between Madison, Berkeley, Ann Arbor and the New School for Social Research“. Via Ann Arbor Is Overrated.

Finally, somebody mentioned Michigan and in particular, Ann Arbor’s liberalness (if that is really a word) in a nationally circulated newspapers.
I have no doubt, Bush will not get Michigan for November, no matter how hard he tries.

Crossing the Pacific, in The Star’s words, “Malaysia is set to become the sole global manufacturer of two models of Steyr assault rifles with a joint-venture agreement signed between the National Aerospace and Defence Industries (Nadi) and Austrian weapons-production giant Steyr Mannlicher Holding GmbH”.

I am looking forward to see the Free Aceh Movement to use the Steyr assault rifle smuggled in from Malaysia against the Indonesian national army in the future. Oh, the joy of a second Konfrontasi!

Not…

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Environment History & heritage Photography

[327] Of Ghost Town

A site with a collection of photos, depicting the current state of Chernobyl. Via Seat of the Revolution.

Let’s pray the same terrible incident won’t happen again.

Say no to nuclear power; there are other better alternatives.

Say once is enough, twice is too much.

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Solar car

[326] Of UM Solar Car Team 2005

While I was wasting my precious time, I accidentally opened up my now-defunct diary. The entry was motivated by possibly, the most humorous experience I have ever experienced yet. It was about Mirai, Ivan, Jaz and me, to and fro Ann Arbor, Michigan and some place in Ohio.

The entry could be found here.

God. I miss those people. I missed Mirai. I missed Ivan. I missed Cole. I missed a lot of the others. I missed the days I spent with the team during the weekends at Ypsilanti. I don’t know why I’ve stopped attending the SCT 2005 meeting. I really don’t.

Recently, the car that I helped build, Spectrum, had a race against the solar car team from Western Michigan University. Proudly, Spectrum won, finishing 50 seconds ahead of its rival. Also, the team has updated their website. it looks better than the one that we had for 2003.

Wish the SCT 2005 all the best. May you guys recapture the champion title from Missouri Rolla in 2005 whereas SCT 2003 had failed.

I’ll never forget that 3 miles. I wonder what would have had happened if we didn’t make it. Oh, what fun!