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Sadistic Circus

Applegal says:

If you want a free crash course in the perverseness of mankind, take a ride and visit the court houses.

As long as you’re decently dressed, put your phone on silent mode, and respect the court, you can sit and watch the grittiest, most realistic and heart-wrenching show as perpetrators are paraded in the accused stand in chains and have their past sins read out loud, as their families look down in desperation and sob at the back of the court house.

If you’ve got nothing to do on a weekday.

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Miri International Jazz Festival 2006

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It was totally a blast last night and even I have my own dilemma, thinking which one is the best between Rainforest World Music Festival or International Jazz Festival. Last night’s performers are Quintento Mambo Jambo (UK), Shanghai Jazz Ensemble (China), Fra Fra Sound (Holland), and Lluis Coloma (Spain).

This is an experience I wanted to share with everyone regarding the Miri International Jazz Festival 2006 that just finished 2 days ago.

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The Observer: A dash of principle, anyone?

Oreos says:

Will someone tell the minister, please—illegal DVD shops operate in broad daylight everywhere. And his enforcement unit shouldn’t need a phone call from him to “discover” an illegal DVD shop operating from Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar, of all places.

And while they’re at it, they could point out to the minister the four (or more) shops that sell pirated goods, just across the road from the police station.

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Why is Lelaki Komunis Terakhir banned in Malaysia?

Amir Muhammad says:

It is, to put it mildly, horribly unfair for a movie to be banned based on comments by people who had not seen it. I am dismayed that a single newspaper (and a culturally chauvinistic one at that) could cause the Home Affairs Ministry to reverse the decision by the censors.

I’ve not seen Amir Muhammad’s recent semi-musical, but according to those who have (including the Censorship Board), it’s a harmless documentary. Read on to learn what the nation’s idiots find alarming about it.

My opinion of Berita Harian—rumourmonger, and official mouthpiece of the Third World mentality—cannot fall any lower than it already is.

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What To Eat During Exams

Boss Stewie and Boss Lepton says:

For those of us studying under the old fashioned and outdated British system… we’re all having exams now.

So the question now is:
What do we eat so that we can do better in exams?

Some people say, eat fish… some people say drink lots of herbal soup… but Boss Stewie and Lepton say that the answer is… “IT DEPENDS”.

Has the fast food giant paid them off? The bosses provide you with the funniest exam tips ever. You’ll never look at fish the same way.

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Saying No To Exams (And Yes To Dumb Ideas)

Benjamin Sew says:

“It takes 15 trees to produce the amount of paper that you use to write in one exam. Join us in promoting the noble cause of saving trees. SAY NO TO EXAM”

After I got over the fact that I have deforested half of my country and maybe caused the extinction of 10 or so species in my 20 years as a scholar, I decided to do absolutely nothing about it.

Anyway, I got that message the night before my fluids finals. Just goes to show that undergrads will come up with just about anything to avoid exams. For even more proof, I decided to take a stroll along my hostel corridor a day before the finals (Ben gains x-ray vision) Hilarity ensues

A parody of what undergrads would go through just to avoid exams.

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Machines II : Starbucks' Conspiracy Theory

Wan Yean says:

Through out my visits there, I realised a shocking fact. The Starbucks logo is actually inspired by the painting of Mona Lisa, where people claim that as you stare longer and harder into the face of the lady, you can actually see her gradually smile wider. And I can see her smile is getting wider day by day.

The writer’s opinion that Starbucks is taking over us coffee addicts and what the Starbucks logo has to do with it.

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Screw Self-Deprecation, But... (Part I)

Mareix says:

I was just pondering the existence of popular blogs that are more or less entertainment-based and just wondering what is the meaning of their existence. I call them ‘Twengers‘, because they’re always twenty-somethings bloggers with a readership of infinity, or slightly less. And then there’s the attitude. They pride themselves on being witty, and they attract truckloads of fans.

Funny take on how to be a popular blogger.

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It's Just Not About Payoffs

thesleepingdragon2k says:

Trust is not a commodity to be bartered – it is a blossom to be nurtured. Partha Dasgupta and other eminent economists have modelled trust in game-theoretic form, but I think such exercises only capture ‘low-brow’ trust, namely, a trust that is induced by incentives. The trust that my family had with Yee Poh and others with their Ah Sowhs cannot be modeled. Or to use economic jargon: ‘payoff functions are degenerate’. Such ‘high-brow’ trust does not arise from forward-looking expectations of incentives, but from history. It arises from the way we treat others. So trust takes time to build, but destruction can be swift.

An excellent piece of writing from a LSE postgraduate!

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For some, the myth of �happily ever after� remains a MYTH

Antonia says:

Seriously, I think an intercultural marriage involves more than just appreciation for pop culture and superficial success. It requires a profound understanding of each culture’s thoughts, actions and words, as well as deep social and historical knowledge. Of course, the most important factor is the personal understanding and communication between the couple involved. They must have the initiative to keep the relationship going, not let their differences come in between like a silent third party. They need to confront these differences and find common grounds in order to live in harmonious matrimony.

Simple advice about intercultural marriage. But maybe harder to follow?

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