I love lists. I don’t know about you but I still have notebooks with lists scribbled from decades past! In university, the lists were pretty mundane — books to read before writing the poli-sci essay, points to make at the dreaded class discussion and, at the end of my studies, steps to take to find [...]
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Celebrate IWD with SIS
A note from our friends at Sisters in Islam: Mark International Women’s Day 2011 tomorrow with ٍSisters in Islam and the Musawah Young Women’s Caucus! Join us at Taman Jaya Park from 6pm till 8pm to pay tribute to courageous women from Malaysia and across the globe who inspire us to fight for justice and [...]
When democracy actually means dictatorship!
So much has been said and written about the march of events in the Middle East in recent weeks. For the most part, the reports have been deadly serious and worrying. But in the swirl of articles, letters, columns and blogs, you can sometimes stumble upon rare gems – like this blog entry posted on [...]
The bane of bad handwriting
Scientists say that writing, as opposed to typing, stimulates your brain, forces you to pay attention, and allows for better retention of facts. This sounds plausible — but what if your writing is like mine? A peep into my notebooks will reveal all the marks of a scrambled brain rather than a wise and clever [...]
“Clunk” is the word…
Is written English becoming clunky? Prof Ben Yagoda, an English professor at the University of Delaware in the US, would say “Yes”. In his article titled “The Elements of Clunk” which appears on The Chronicle of Higher Education website, he plucks out a short paragraph from a student’s essay to demonstrate why writing skills have [...]
