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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.

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History & heritage Sports

[232] Of Ajax – PSV

Two days after the retirement of Concorde, life’s still the same. Nevertheless, it is an end to an era – the end of the supersonic era for the transatlantic journey.And Ajax drew with PSV at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven. For almost a full game, Ajax played with 10 men without van der Vaart and still survived the onslaught.

p/s – Just saw the PSV-Ajax match 20-minutes highlight and I’ve found somebody to hate – van Bommel. That bitch… Anyway, courtesy of ajaxfanclub.de, I am hosting a match highlight of Ajax-Celta CL match, in Dutch. Also, I have the 20-minutes, 44 MB hightlights of the PSV-Ajax match. Mail me at mnoorsha[at]umich[dot]edu for the file if you are interested.