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Garispanduan No. 47C Pindaan 2013 : Tatacara Mengundi di Pilihanraya Umum Ke13

. Jabatan Kebudayaan, Rekreasi dan Innovasi Monyet (JAKRIM)Garispanduan No. 47C Pindaan 2013 : Tatacara Mengundi di Pilihanraya Umum 1.Perutusan dari Ketua Jabatan Jabatan kami telah berusaha...

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Help, the Banglas are coming

. Apparently 30,000 Bangladeshis and 40,000 China dolls will be voting in our elections this Sunday. The factory and brothel owners are giving them the day off so that they can vote. If you don’t want...

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Spare a thought for the pengundi hantu

. Phantom voters demand more phantom-friendly conditions URGING EQUAL REPRESENTATION: PHAK president Minah Jelir KUALA LUMPUR — Phantoms, ghosts, demons and other Malaysian supernatural beings across...

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Say no to ugly Malaysians

.  Elections are supposed to be the beacons of democracy. But today (and during the past few weeks), I have witnessed acts and events that make me cringe. It is as though most Malaysians have lost...

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Some thoughts on the outcome of GE13

. Here are some random thoughts, written in a sleep-derived mental condition. 1. First, the voter turnout was over 80%. Wonderful. In the US and many European countries, they would be happy to get...

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GE13 : Keep calm and eat cekodok pisang

. At times like this, when our society appears sharply divided and the chasm seemingly unbridgeable, it is important that we remember that we have many things in common. We all have a shared heritage....

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Apa lagi orang India mahu ?

. Orang India mahu cekodok pisang Orang Dusun pun mahu cekodok pisang Orang Iban pun mahu cekodok pisang Orang Melayu pun mahu cekodok pisang You see folks. If you care to look carefully, all of us...

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We crossed the line against the Bangladeshis

. In the current brouhaha about Malay and Chinese tsunami, Utusan's headlines, and other so-called racist statements, most people have conveniently forgotten that we went through one of the saddest...

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PEMBODOH : Membership application is still open

. Automatic membership for all those people who think that if something is on Facebook or twitter or the internet, it must be true. Caution : you can join anytime you like but you can never leave.

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A breakfast at the Mamak place

. An old Chinese man sits nursing a kopi O Beng, Two Banglas discussing things back home, Three Malays talking about kenduri, And then there was me. A bearded Sikh on the phone, Two Chinese devouring...

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The greatest temple

. I was at a wedding in Ipoh today. An Indian Hindu wedding Tamil songs were being repeated played. One of the songs had these lyrics Thaiyai siranthe kovil illai Thanthai siranthe manthiram illai...

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What really happened on May 13?

. . What really happened on May 13, 2013. Nothing much really. Woke up at 6.15 a.m. Sent my kids to school. Had breakfast at home. Bread and coffee. In fact, this was the highlight of the day. After...

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Orang Dusun bukan orang Malaysia ke ?

. In the past weeks, many have been trying to tell others that they are not racists. We must move away from race-based politics, they say. We must shun racism, they shout. We are all Malaysia, they...

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Cabinet : Where did all the women go ?

. Of the 30 ministers named today, only 2 are women. Rohani Karim (MP for Batang Lupar) was named as the Women, Family and Community Development. Nancy Shukri (MP for Batang Sadong) was named as a...

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The people who taught me

. My primary school teachers ACS Lumut. A long time ago. The school had only 12 teachers (the other three in the photo are support staff). But I think the school did a great job of educating my...

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GE13: How did Malaysians with disabilities vote?

. Here is an interesting article by Anthony Thanasayan on how Malaysians with disabilities voted in the recent GE13. A welcome change for disabled voters Wheel Power by Anthony Thanasayan The STAR,...

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Cool & Committed Malaysians 2013

. Last year, in conjunction with our Hari Merdeka and Hari Malaysia, Planet of the Monyets featured 17 Malaysians (or group of Malaysians) who have served or are serving our country or made it proud...

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Return KL to Selangor ?

. Today some jackass politician said KL should be returned to Selangor. After all, KL was once part of Selangor, he said. (read more here) If we used the same logic, shouldn't Penang be returned to...

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Will GST cause inflation ?

.  GST And Inflation Economics Malaysia (22 May 2013) My rant for the day. Here are the facts: Malaysia is one of the last countries in the world to implement a full fledged value-added tax. The only...

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Has justice failed or prevailed ?

A Whenever the court rules in your favour : you scream "justice has prevailed",  you praise the judge for being brave,  you smile, cheer and kiss; and you applaud the system for being fair. B Whenever...

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Kotobian Tadau Kaamatan

.When we sit to eat our rice, we do it with reverence. To the Kadazandusun, rice is more than a simple grain. I’ll tell you the story. We start where the world began with Kinoingan, the Creator, who...

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60 years ago

. Sixty years ago, on this day (29 May), Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Climbing from the south (Nepal side), the duo...

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To blog or not to blog

. . I am going to take a month's break from blogging I have been blogging since 2009. I have enjoyed it. In recent months however, I have been frequently asking myself (a) whether I should continue...

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Anwar: PR to take Cyberjaya if Putrajaya bid fails

. KUALA LUMPUR — With the general election date looming, Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today said that Pakatan Rakyat’s drive to take over Putrajaya is in full swing. However, he stated...

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King unhappy with indelible ink, recommends more secure method

.  King unhappy with indelible ink, recommends more secure method Latthalilat Thamplom, Monyet News Network, 1 May 2013 Putrajaya, 1 May. The proposal by the Elections Commission to use indelible ink...

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