Sybreon Ones Nought

There has been recent suggestions by the government that all muslims should go for mandatory pre-marital HIV screening. I would go further and actually suggest that everyone, muslim and non-muslim, go for pre-marital HIV screening. In fact, I would suggest that we do not stop at HIV screening but to screen for a whole host of diseases and genetic anomalies, anything that may cause problems in the marriage ...

This article in TheStar made the most interesting reading today. It is about the final round-table meeting that was held yesterday concerning the use of English in teaching Science and Math in schools. I am actually really curious to find out what language the meeting was conducted in. Regardless, the most revealing information provided by the article were the statistics (I abhor statistics). From an earlier article, the number ...

According to a MalaysiaKini article today, Lim Kit Siang claims that, "Umno Youth chief aspirant Mukhriz Mahathir had committed sedition in calling for the closure of Chinese and Tamil primary schools. He pointed out the Constitution Amendment 1971 had imposed absolute prohibition on Malaysians from questioning the four issues, which includes anyone who propose the closure of vernacular schools." Does this mean that my previous blog entry might be ...

Okay, this topic keeps coming back again and again. So, I thought that I'll try to put down a more cogent argument on what it is that I think is wrong with our vernacular schools, Chinese ones (SJC) in particular. I was out at Ace Hardware shopping for some stuff for my car when I heard on the radio that Mukhriz has called for the closing down of ...

Looks like there might be a fight brewing between our estates on the issue of the yoga fatwa. According to the news articles, the Sultans of Perak and Selangor have both stepped in on the issue. So, there may be a small battle brewing between our different estates. This is something unique about our Malaysian system of monarchy and democracy. While the separation of powers between our various ...

According to MalaysiaKini, Wee Meng Chee (aka NameWee) is once again embroiled in another stupid saga. However, I personally think that he is acting like an idiot now. I think that his touch with fame has gone to his head and he is now attention hungry. It speaks volumes of his musical talents if he has to resort to constant controversy in order to sell his music. According to ...

It is always interesting to hear about Malaysian news through foreign news channels. However, it is even more interesting to find it as one of the top stories on Reddit. According to the BBC, "The Islamic authorities have issued a ruling, known as a fatwa, instructing the country's Muslims to avoid yoga because of its Hindu roots." Personally, I have nothing against the practice of Yoga nor JAKIM. ...

As part of my recent adventure into buying cars, I had to take into account the total cost of ownership for each car. This was where I had to make assumptions about the price of fuel. A lot of people kept telling my that Korean cars have bad engines that will makan minyak (eat fuel) as compared to Japanese ones. However, the Japanese ones were also priced slightly ...