eid mubarraq 1429

happy eidul mubarraq 1429!

'bon voyage, Lyana

have a nice & pleasant trip/stay in LSE, Lyana!

round table conference on the future of malaysia

Yasseef,

Yes. The round table conference will take place on Nov 10th, 2008 at Concorde Shah Alam. The conference is organised by the Faculty of Communication & Media Studies UiTM. I will be one of the participants. The format is quite simple & straight forward: every participant/thinker will pen in their thoughts on the issues to be deliberated. Each of them will come up with an article. All articles - written by 40 participants - will be put in booklet form.

Generally, participants are expected to discuss issues pertaining to this basic question:

"Are the basic structural features of democratic Malaysia weakening?"

Let me know if you are interested to attend the conference. Alternatively, you can let the Centre (Centre of Media & Information Warfare Studies, Faculty of Communication & Media Studies, UiTM Shah Alam) know if you are interested to come and listen - out of your academic endeavour. The Centre can be contacted by calling Munis Paran (Senior Fellow) 03-55225568; 03-55225325; 03-55225327/5328.

See you there!

munisparan & osman

1.

Met munis, an old friend of mine, this morning at the tower. He is such an ethusiastic reader and thinker. Talked a bit on the coming seminar in October which is scheduled to be held at the Concorde Shah Alam, organised by the Communication & Media Studies Faculty, Shah Alam. Munis will be talking about constitution; I will be touching on policy, i supposed? I will reflect on the issue after the Kota Kinabalu's seminar also in October.

2.

Osman looked good and healthy... what a pleasant personality! Good day Osman!

where can i get this book?

Im looking for a book - "The Merdeka Book" - which was published by Straits Times in 1957 (the price when it was first published was $1).

That book covers stories of Malaya from early times to full nationhood, the achievements of the past, and also problems of 1950s and the hopes for future. The author - i could not recalled his name - was a journalist. The book was published in three separate editions - English, Rumi and Chinese.

Where can i get it, anyone?

magic, miracle & ...

This is for Di.

I dont think its magic because we did not intervene in natural processes; but it has no scientific basis. Everywhere, magic is the strongest in situations of uncertainty... and you ought to be happy, extremely happy.

Nuzul Qur'an

Glorious & blessed days ahead, every moment, every day, always.

breaking news

Zaid, minister in the prime minister's department today resigned due to his public remarks that ISA was only appropriate for terrorists...

Mahyuddin on the other hand stated that he was only voicing out what the people wish to convey to the leadership.

EMA716

Dear all, I will be taking over Dr Posiah's slots for this weekend. We will be reviewing the last 2 set of slides plus as many current issues as possible. Ive already informed Azhar about this. See you there! Selamat berbuka puasa.

transition

The issue - transition of leadership - remained to be the prerogative of the PM. Mahyuddin is not losing anything..

the tower

The Tower

Why do we have to think twice - or more - whenever it comes to giving the best ever for it?