https://www.blogged.my https://www.blogged.my Malaysia's Blogging Community https://www.blogged.my/images/bloggedmybutton.gif https://www.blogged.my/ https://www.blogged.my/ping-905307-so-i-got-caught-by-the-singapore-customs.html Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:37:19 +0800 The duty and tax I had to pay turned out quite paltry the tortourous part was waiting one and a half hours for them to calculate it and endure lectures on why students shouldnt touch alcohol . But on the other hand, the libertarian part of me cries out injustice. Alcohol duties in Singapore... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905307-so-i-got-caught-by-the-singapore-customs.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905306-what-gaza-needs-now-most-is-symbolism-i-guess.html Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:48:29 +0800 Marina Mahathir blogs about a 250 vehicle convoy from London to Gaza being stuck in Aqaba, Jordan, awaiting Egyptian permission to transit through Egypt to Gaza several Malaysian vehicles are part of the journey, all overland. Which is odd and dumbfounding Shipping the goods to Israel or Egypt and... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905306-what-gaza-needs-now-most-is-symbolism-i-guess.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905305-merry-christmas.html Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:11:31 +0800 Let us all remember the time of the year we all look forward to. Until it gets close, of course, then we just hope it all just ends fast. Heres to the holidays, may they make it a once in two years event https://www.blogged.my/ping-905305-merry-christmas.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905304-8tv-sucks.html Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:59:19 +0800 I was watching LOTR The Return of the King on 8TV earlier, and there is only one way to describe it potong stim. They cut off the last 45 minutes they cut to Quickie a 45 minute cringe inducing show that used to be a nice 15 minute . Just that, at least according to Astro, https://www.blogged.my/ping-905304-8tv-sucks.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905303-diversity-baby.html Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:22:33 +0800 The Malaysian Insider consulting editor Leslie Lau was rather dissappointed at Pakatans inaugural platform I was too, but for quite different reasons . What PR needs to understand is that it needs to present a clearly define choice to voters as to what a vote for them will mean. Will there be higher... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905303-diversity-baby.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905302-parliamentary-debate.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:12:56 +0800 From New Zealand The interesting bit is that in the Malaysian Parliament, any such response will be greeted with jeers of tarik balik take it back . And my old time favourite William Hague was arguing against the Lisbon Treaty in a way that could have caused him his parliamentary privileges... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905302-parliamentary-debate.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905301-educational-assessment.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:57:19 +0800 School assessments, usually through examinations in Malaysia and most of the world serve two purpose external signalling tool and quality assurance. In Malaysia, both are combined into three, terminal examinations four if you count STPM . The United States, through the No Child Left Behind Act, does... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905301-educational-assessment.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905300-productivity-vs-efficiency.html Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:43:10 +0800 Mohammad Ariff of the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research writes In the absence of the massive influx of foreign workers, wages would have risen and employers would have resorted to labour saving technology to boost productivity to rein in labour costs . Malaysia would then have automated and moved... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905300-productivity-vs-efficiency.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905299-zaid-ibrahimrs-pakatan-platform.html Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:38:40 +0800 I was just reading Zaid Ibrahims platform, presented at Pakatan Rakyats inaugural convention. Its rather vague, if disappointing a lot of goals are crouched in deliberate, I think ambiguous words Defend the role and responsibility of the institution of... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905299-zaid-ibrahimrs-pakatan-platform.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905298-indians-not-allowed-in-indiars-first-haagen-dazs.html Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:42:52 +0800 This is odd. Preview for international travellers Uhm, I dont need to go to India for H agen Dazs. Perhaps the preview should be for those who are less likely afforded the chance of trying out the New Jersey ice cream Indians. https://www.blogged.my/ping-905298-indians-not-allowed-in-indiars-first-haagen-dazs.html