tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325520150530369032011-12-28T02:46:25.393+08:00There can never be a single story. There are only ways of seeing. Arundhati Roy, Come September, 2002.薛霏noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632552015053036903.post-7787914378836441692008-11-20T18:23:00.015+08:002008-11-21T18:50:21.489+08:00

I had a chance to interview Professor Kevin Boyle from Essex University UK Human Rights Centre when he came to Malaysia on the 11th Nov, to talk about Race Relation Act in UK and anti discrimination initiatives in other countries.Although he mentioned that he didn't know well about the real situation in Malaysia, but drawing from his experience and extensive research, he shared some important

薛霏noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632552015053036903.post-20438908312147031602008-01-11T22:56:00.000+08:002008-01-11T23:25:28.827+08:00

When I 'm falling into some kind of book-buying fever, that indicates that I am bored and feel like shut down from the outside world again. I don't know why, all I can think of is buying book to fill up the black hole inside me.Called this book fetish if you like. Or Shopaholic.It has been like this for almost two weeks. I bought books, pile them up within my reach, gaze at them, touch them,

薛霏noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632552015053036903.post-44190139510984187292008-01-09T13:42:00.000+08:002008-01-09T15:04:56.551+08:00

She gripped my arm tightly, I felt her fear from her grip.I met her around Masjid Jamek, when both LRT stations closed to block the people from going there and away from there. She didn't know anything about what happen that day. She took her ordinary path to the station to take LRT back to Wangsa Maju, that's the only way to home she knew.When she sensed the tension in the air, with policemen

薛霏noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632552015053036903.post-15544787307479631732008-01-06T15:20:00.002+08:002008-05-04T22:25:08.882+08:00

Some 300 people participated in a solidarity Vigil that held at Dataran Merdeka last night, though the crowd gathered peacefully, police took harsh action to dispersed the crowd by using the water cannon.The vigil was held by Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA to tender support to the ISA detainees in Kamunting detention centre, Perak. including the Hindraf 5. The police had warned the public not to

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I was away for quite a long period of time since my last post. I took a break and went back to my little reading pleasure as another new year approaches.I guess I've reach a point of time when I would like to catch up with some reading again, although my working life consumes most of my time nowadays. I finished Anita Amirrezvani's The Blood of Flower before New Year and am reading Imre Kertesz's

薛霏noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632552015053036903.post-9673613414943092532007-12-29T12:54:00.000+08:002008-01-06T15:19:23.473+08:00

Another week had passed. It's Yellow Saturday again. I haven't blog about the solidarity vigil I hold at my house last Saturday. Well, nobody turned up. Neither my friend nor my brother's friend turned up. My brother told me, they are afraid. Again, fear is in the air with the arrest of people who participate in assembly. It never occurred to me people shadow by a cloud of fear even to

薛霏noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632552015053036903.post-65962368594759351442007-12-18T10:53:00.000+08:002007-12-18T11:53:31.349+08:00

Oh, I missed out an important point. The attempted charge itself is already a political gesture and a purely punitive one. The gov is trying to tell the Indians and Chinese: look, you don't walk on the street, or we charge you attempted murder, and you'll end up in jail.The mass arrests and charged them in court is also an effort to comfort the Malay, that the gov had worked hard to restore the

薛霏noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632552015053036903.post-2194442855403767702007-12-17T19:40:00.000+08:002007-12-18T12:21:24.659+08:00

Yes, I know, the title is a bad imitation of Stein's a rose is a rose is a rose.Today, the AG had decided to drop the attempted murder charge of the 31 people, all charges for 5 students dropped, but 25 OKT pleaded guilty for 2 charges, participated in an illegal assembly and created mischief.It's a deal, I can smell it, so that the KIND AG can step down from the altar, and the OKT can go home

薛霏noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632552015053036903.post-12481609906192724282007-12-16T10:34:00.001+08:002007-12-17T18:44:57.603+08:00

Although the Ops Free Banana initiator Wong Chin Huat is out of town, and two other banana gang couldn't make it, Weisee and I called off the OUG Plaza's Ops Free Banana and decided to explore new venue.You can read the Ops Free Banana I and II hereWe went to the Taman Aman to spend a healthy morning with the exercise-lover by giving out free banana and disseminate the yellow message.We went

薛霏noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632552015053036903.post-45695295749342466742007-12-13T20:43:00.000+08:002007-12-13T21:14:46.178+08:00

Just as I participated in a public hearing commemorating the 20th anniversary of Ops Lalang on 27th Oct, and all the attendants agree unanimously that we should repel ISA. The government didn't held any inquiry to look into Operasi Lalang, yet, we are facing with another episode of detention of dissidents under the draconian ISA.According to The Sun ,five key members and leaders of the Hindu

薛霏noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632552015053036903.post-82981474028329930222007-12-12T18:13:00.000+08:002007-12-13T18:07:52.544+08:00

I'm feeling disturbed and unrest with the current situation in Malaysia.I'm off to Sibu for 4 days to attend the Sarawak Central Friendship Association's 10th anniversary celebration, ACFA formed by a group of Sarawak's former left-wing leaders and members (maybe some of them are still supporting left-wing thinking). The event is a huge one, with nearly a thousand "old friends" from all over the

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