’nuff said.
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[1371] Of 45th Malaysia Day
September 16 2007 is the 45th Malaysia Day, marking the 44th year of the Malaysian federation.
And no. There is no mistake.
There are wonderful maps at Wikipedia and this is one of them.
The map approximates the situation in Asia at the turn of the 13th century. That is roughly 500 years after Jayavarman II declared Khmer’s independence from Srivijaya, about 300 years after the devastating raids by the Cholas on Srivijaya and less than a century before Majapahit sealed the end of one of the greatest maritime empires in Southeast Asia.
Through the New York Times, a beautiful quotable quote:
They swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose… [The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World. Alan Greenspan]
The article starts like this:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 — Alan Greenspan, who was chairman of the Federal Reserve for nearly two decades, in a long-awaited memoir, is harshly critical of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and the Republican-controlled Congress, as abandoning their party’s principles on spending and deficits. [Fed’s Ex-Chief Attacks Bush on Fiscal Role. New York Times. September 15 2007]
The statement by Mr. Greenspan must remind everybody of another quotable quote of old that has been allegedly made by Benjamin Frankin:
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
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[1368] Of BBC censored?
According to Jeff Ooi and an email I got from my colleague, Hard Talk was supposed to be aired at 22:30 on the BBC. In that program, the Malaysian Foreign Minister was drilled through and through by an interviewer. Sounds fun, eh?
So, I waited diligently for it but only to find out it was a program called the Extra Time instead, talking about soccer instead of politics. Therefore, I wonder, did somebody change the programming?
The program, Extra Time, came up nearly 4 minutes late. Instead of being punctual, the TV was filled with advertisements. At one time, one ads was cut short to be replaced with another ads. All that made me suspicious.
But I did check the programming online just one and this was what I saw:
Hmm…
Oh, well, the clip is on the internet anyway.