This year Merdeka is arguably being drowned out by the Hari Raya celebrations, which is why we’re not officially celebrating Merdeka until Malaysia Day on 16 September. But on 31 August next week, let’s take a moment to remember it’s Malaysia’s birthday. It’s been a rocky year folks, in more ways than one, but when [...]
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The OWC takes to the air
On 6 July, the Evening Edition on radio station BFM aired an interview with reps from the Obedient Wives Club, Sisters in Islam and the Islamic Renaissance Front to discuss the OWC. Clips of the interview have made the rounds on Facebook and several other blogs already, but we are belatedly adding it here in [...]
I love my Blackberry but…
I won’t go so far as to say that I bought my Blackberry Bold 9700 under duress, but if work had not demanded it, I wouldn’t have gone the way of the smartphone. I had already banned landlines, the Internet and even the TV from my apartment, but becoming a BB owner meant doing an [...]
How much CO2?
We’re inundated by warnings about how we’re burdening the Earth with our awful, polluting ways, but it can be difficult to quantify the damage that we do. One website – knowledgeisbeautiful.net – attempts to do just that with an application that visualises the level of carbon emissions for things that we do, eat, buy or [...]
An ode to “s” spelling
When it comes to spelling, those of us who make a living through the English written word generally fall into two groups: we are either “s” or “z” fans. At Salt Media, devotion to “s” spelling is absolute and mandatory if you don’t want your monthly paycheque to be held back. That means “civilization” gets [...]
