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Syabas Imam Muda

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Muhammad Asyraf Mohd Ridzuan, the winner of the Program


Syabas or congratulations to the winner of the "Iman Muda" reality program and also the producer. It has proven to be a success and well received by Malaysians and the global community as reported by the international media such as CNN and other others. The  show has been able to reach millions of viewers and they had been able to  catch  glimpses of the Malaysian Muslim life. 



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"Seven men in uniforms caught trespassing co-ed school"

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Came across this piece of news in one of the mainstream media this morning and could not help myself feeling uneasy with it. Just cant help questioning the motive of the writer for giving such title to that piece of news. Was it purely popularistic journalism to attract readers or was there any malicious intent to malign the uniformed civil service. Why the need to put the word "uniform" in the title when in reality the case refers to former students of the co-ed school entering the school in school uniforms? 



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Truth, half truth, lies and fabrication.....

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As a creature of habit, one would generally reach for the morning papers over a cup of coffee or perhaps open up the laptop to get the news. But over times, the pleasure is no longer there because what is being churned out by the mass media could no longer lay claim to be the truth. Now, the pleasure in the morning is merely in reading the news without the serious need to comprehend because we could no longer accept what is being written as the gospel truth.

The advent of technology and the internet has further amplified the situation. All news and reports are now slanted or tainted with personal perception, views, motives and agenda only known to the writer. In the past, the general public accepted the mainstream media - be it local or international - to be partial and only writing the truth. But of late, this is no longer the case. We now come across different versions of news depending on the writers and the media with the objetive of changing perception of the people. So are news that comes from the alternative media. One would really have to scrutinize over and over again to know the real truth.



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Remembering Srebrenica and People of Palestine

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Sunday 11 July marked the 15th Anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, the worst mass murder in Europe since World War II when Bosnian Serbs militias and Serbian paramilitaries overran the United Nations designated "safe areas" for refugees from the Bosnian War. The militias separated the men from the women and transported them away where they were stripped and deliberately and methodically killed solely on the basis of their identity. The dead were first buried in mass graves and later dispersed in smaller graves in a bid to cover up the evidence of of the massacre. Over the years, forensic experts have exhumed the remains of over 4500 victims in order to identify them and the final 775 bodies were buried in conjunction with the Anniversary. 



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All Nations Festival - Berlin

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Festival Pass
Malaysia once again participated in the 'All Nations Festival' organized by the Berlin Association for International Exchange (BGiB) on July 10, 2010. The annual event, which began in 2001 is in its tenth year, provides a platform to the participating embassies the opportunity to welcome the locals in an informal manner to catch a glimpse and experience bits and pieces of the culture and cuisine of the respective countries. Interested locals are given “passport” by the organizer where they will visit the participating embassies and get the “passport” stamped.



Despite the sweltering heat, visitors from all walks of life came streaming to the embassy. It was indeed an interesting and enjoyable experience for me, being new to Berlin. Malaysia should consider having such event. It would helps to expose Malaysians – the young and old – to others’ cultures and cuisine.



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Animal psychic and World Cup 2010

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The World Cup 2010 reaches its penultimate game this evening exactly a month after the first South African – Mexico match on 11 June 2010. Lots of issues were raised among which included the proposed banning of vuvuzelas, questions on the “Jabulani” Adidas ball and many more which will continued to be discussed in the coming days and later kept as chronicles of the World Cup. 

But one thing that I found most interesting is the proliferation of animal psychic to predict the outcome of the games especially as the end of the World Cup 2010 comes to the end. Aside from the infamous German Octopus, Paul, we now have predictions from the South African Octopus, Jabulani as well as the Singapore parakeet, Mani. These are the three animal psychic that I have come to know about though perhaps there are many more in other parts of the world that were not reported. I am not certain though how the football bookies have used the animal psychic oracles to their advantage.



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