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Pak Lah and Malaysia

While switching on the TV awhile ago, I was shocked to find out that famous blogger, Raja Petra will appear live on RTM1 tomorrow night, Sunday 27th April. I just feel that he should just stick to his Malaysia-Today blog. To me it is just a waste of air time to watch him on tv. Frankly speaking, if we look at the trend of what is happening now, Pak Lah's so-called reform agenda is actually paving the way for the opposition to win the next general election. The trend is already there. Sadly, this is a government with no clear sense of direction. More than a month have passed on since the disastrous election result for Barisan Nasional and yet I still don't know where Pak Lah is heading. It's as if business as usual for him. It has now come to the point that even when Pak Lah does something good, the people just don't have faith anymore in him. I hope that he won't be re-elected at this year's UMNO party election. Pak Lah's so-called reform agenda reminds me t...

Hishamuddin Rais's latest book!

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[image source: Malaysia-Today] According to Malaysia-Today , filmmaker/writer/activist Hishamuddin Rais will be launching his new book, entitled ' Keganasan, Penipuan & Internet: Hegemoni Media Daulah Pecah '. The book will be launched by the author himself, on 1st of May at the Annexe Central Market, KL. Even though I never believe in his socialist ideals, I've always been a big fan of his writings, be it in Bahasa Melayu or English and been following them consistently since the days of his 'DotMai' column in Malaysiakini during the height of ' Reformasi ' and now on Off The Edge magazine and his 'Dari Jelebu' column in MT . I actually have been waiting for years for him to publish a book and am glad that finally the waiting has now ended. I don't really have to agree with all his thoughts and ideas to admire and enjoy his writings and to me, Hishamuddin Rais, is one of the few Malaysian writers whom I would categorize as - 'one of a ki...