The Sound of Silence
And in the naked light, I sawTen thousand people, maybe morePeople talking without speakingPeople hearing without listening…Silence like a cancer grows… – The Sound of Silence, Simon & Garfunkel – The haunting Simon and Garfunkel 1964 hit may not have been written with whistleblowers – and certainly not Malaysia – in mind. But recent troubling events concerning the […]
Suffer Little Children
Last year, we read with disbelief as news broke of how the Trump-era US gomen had forcibly separated hundreds upon hundreds of defenceless migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border via the stupid “zero-tolerance” policy. You don’t have to be a parent to imagine the agony of having your child ripped away from your arms […]
Parliament Hanging In Limbo
It’s a beautiful building, our Parliament building. Built between 1961- 1963 at West Folly Hill near Tasik Perdana in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, it has stood the test of time and been the point where our elected MPs have assembled for close to six decades. Parliament first assembled on Malaysia Day, Sept 16, 1963. Side note – you know who […]
The Great Immunator
Khairy Jamaluddin’s the man with the beard. And now, he’s the man with the plan – the vaccination plan. That’s right, PM dearest Muhyiddin “just gotta go Indonesia” Yassin has officially appointed Kay “look out, pothole!” Jay as the minister in charge of coordinating the nationwide Covid-19 inoculation plan. This means the science and tech minister’s gotta ensure […]
Let’s Face It, Things Aren’t Working Out
Guys, we aren’t doing so well. Malaysia isn’t doing too well. At a time when we were expecting Covid-19 cases to start coming down, we’re instead hit with a staggering 5,725 new cases in a single day. Not only is that an unwanted new record, yesterday’s numbers mean we’ve crossed the 200,000-case mark. That puts us in the 56th spot […]
#SiGomenKauDengarSini
Listen! Listen! Listen! Take escalating pandemic fears, a second round of lockdowns and a babble of confusing standard operating procedures. Now, minus restaurant operating hours and add a horde of hangry Malaysians and you get one of the most profound, impassioned hashtags Twitterjaya’s seen in a long time. #SiBodohKauDengarSini (You listen here, stupid) may have begun as the first five words of […]
Umno & Bersatu: Love Story Or Friends With Benefits?
Well, well. The year has indeed begun with a crap tonne of political drama, hasn’t it? If the Perikatan National coalition can be likened to the human body, then surely Umno is its asshole rumbling belly, gurgling into action every time it starts to get hungry for attention, power or influence. And if we’re holding to that […]
Shhh… Big Brother’s watching
“I always feel like, somebody’s watching me…” It may well be a mere line from Rockwell’s 1984 hit song. But after having a look at human rights organisation Suara Rakyat Malaysia’s (Suaram) recently released report, it’s hard to not think of those lyrics. You see, the country doesn’t come out smelling too good in the report – investigations under […]
Perak: Fall Of The Silver State
Just when you thought the news cycle was all about Budget 2021 wrangling, Covid (Santa, make it go away please) and idiots forcing non-halal sections in supermarkets to close (go pull this stunt in Langkawi if you dare la bro), up popped Perak to give us something else to stress about. Here’s the skinny: Perak head honcho Ahmad Faizal Azumu (side […]
Anwar Ibrahim’s Bungled Budget 2021 Gambit
One day, should Netflix release The Anwar Gambit series (we’re calling it!), we’ll look back upon last Thursday’s Budget vote at the Dewan Rakyat and, depending on how this ultimately plays out, laugh or cry. So after all that hue and cry over Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s Budget 2021, and threats of rejecting it, Pakatan Harapan reps barely lifted […]