Category: Malaysia

I’m disturbed tonight as I read about the late young Dally here in Mutilated body of 7-year-old girl shatters refugees’ dream and Stench leads to gory find. This was brought to my attention last night at one of our LiFE Group meetings by a member. And this morning I got an email with more news….

[click on the picture for more pictures] I got an SMS from one of my church members who’s in Australia right now on the day of heavy rain and flood. I was shocked to find out that his Grandmother and maid were trapped in the house when the whole town of Segamat was flooded. he…

[Sport’s Day Fun Video] This is one of my favorite videos. And I think it’s timely for me to watch it again and again. One of the things I like about Gareth’s previous kindergarten was the chance for him to interact with people from different backgrounds … the fact is as far as the children…

“I want to tell our children there are bright futures for all” I posted this picture I took at our chalet in Cameron on our National Day at the Star Online Blog. Feel free to comment there or here 🙂

Here’s some pictures to give a feel of some of the moments I managed to capture on my handy Canon A70 at the E06 conference where I took 4 workshops on the same topic. Overall the E06 conference is one of the most well organized and well thought through conference I’ve ever been part of…

Sometimes we miss something, and there are those who are kind enough to point it out to us. In regards to the serious matter in the previous post on Multiculturalism in Malaysia. A nice new friend pointed out a very important missing letter which (humorously) would change the meaning of the whole sentence and send…

I’m read this piece: Debunking multiculturalism the other day and was disappointed but was not able to write anything yet but happy to see this reply Multiculturalism – how can it be wrong?. Now the question is how do we move forward in a civil conversation on matters that concern us all. Read on and…

Today is the “maiden” workshop for my specific topic “LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR: NEGOTIATING THE TENSION BETWEEN DOGMATISM AND TOLERANCE” for the Young Adult Stream of the conference. It’s been some time since I’ve been part of event as big as this. I appreciate the trust the conference organizers have on me for the delicate topic…

Here’s a paraphrased breakfast conversation this morning.. Man 1: Sad isn’t it what happened yesterday the tragic accident where 11people died and the rest injured? Man 2: They were all dark skin people .. Man 1: (What the …?) It’s already sad to hear what happened to these sincere pilgrims .. it’s even sadder to…