Erm, hope you can read Malay as I have no time to translate to English.
http://www.geocities.com/ummahonline/wawancara/050427uolteam-fathi.htm
Read an interview with Fathi Aris Omar on liberalism vs fundamentalism (or should it be read as extremism?) and about the man himself.
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Thursday, April 21, 2005
A day for crime
In between reading Lacan, I decided to listen to some music on the net. In powering up my
Realplayer , I came across an ad for a new movie about the infamous madame, Heidi Fleiss. Which of course led to some googling (not that I don't know about her already), which brought me to the crime library and an afternoon spree of reading through all the stories on criminals. This is not the first time I've been to this site, the last time being last year and an entire night spent on going through all the historical scums of the earth. However, after reading the brief story on Fleiss (what a coincident that a psychoanalyst mentioned by Lacan in his Ecriture I was reading is a Dr Fleiss, I decided to look at a few on child criminals, and one which caught my mind was one who used to be labelled "Long Island Lolita". However, she is now a far cry from the wild and troubled teenager, and has her own column. It is always heartening to read how someone who has fallen to the lower most pit of darkness has risen up and made something of her life, and now fight for causes that most people can't be bothered with. Here was a former juvenile murderer, a victim of statutory rapes (read her story in the Crime Library) and an unrelenting press who could not get enough of demonising her. Her column is defnitely NOT trying to vindicate herself of her follies, unlike the memoirs written by many adult criminals.
I wonder in a small country like Malaysia, would you have a chance to escape your demonic past?
Today is a public holiday in Malaysia. I am supposed to be home relaxing. I am home, relaxing (whenever I fall asleep) but reminding myself that I've got many deadlines. Sometimes I feel so very alone. Sometimes I feel sad. Sometimes, I just want to leave everything and disappear, to write and create without all these problems I am faced with. Give up all my responsibilities.
Realplayer , I came across an ad for a new movie about the infamous madame, Heidi Fleiss. Which of course led to some googling (not that I don't know about her already), which brought me to the crime library and an afternoon spree of reading through all the stories on criminals. This is not the first time I've been to this site, the last time being last year and an entire night spent on going through all the historical scums of the earth. However, after reading the brief story on Fleiss (what a coincident that a psychoanalyst mentioned by Lacan in his Ecriture I was reading is a Dr Fleiss, I decided to look at a few on child criminals, and one which caught my mind was one who used to be labelled "Long Island Lolita". However, she is now a far cry from the wild and troubled teenager, and has her own column. It is always heartening to read how someone who has fallen to the lower most pit of darkness has risen up and made something of her life, and now fight for causes that most people can't be bothered with. Here was a former juvenile murderer, a victim of statutory rapes (read her story in the Crime Library) and an unrelenting press who could not get enough of demonising her. Her column is defnitely NOT trying to vindicate herself of her follies, unlike the memoirs written by many adult criminals.
I wonder in a small country like Malaysia, would you have a chance to escape your demonic past?
Today is a public holiday in Malaysia. I am supposed to be home relaxing. I am home, relaxing (whenever I fall asleep) but reminding myself that I've got many deadlines. Sometimes I feel so very alone. Sometimes I feel sad. Sometimes, I just want to leave everything and disappear, to write and create without all these problems I am faced with. Give up all my responsibilities.
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
car batteries
I was just wondering today how to top up the electrolytes for my car battery, which is the flat-top Yokohama type.. And I found this site
http://www.tkyoko.com/eng/modules.php?name=products&file=yokohama-automotive_battery-flat_top
Looks like I don't have to use them saline watter anymore. :P
I think I should always ask about specs whenever I try something new. But I keep forgetting. :( Thank the good Lord for the Internet. :)
I appreciate comments from my car-geek readers out there.
http://www.tkyoko.com/eng/modules.php?name=products&file=yokohama-automotive_battery-flat_top
Looks like I don't have to use them saline watter anymore. :P
I think I should always ask about specs whenever I try something new. But I keep forgetting. :( Thank the good Lord for the Internet. :)
I appreciate comments from my car-geek readers out there.
women's careers and slate
I feel the need to share this article
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/04/08/summers_displays_new_understanding_of_womens_careers/
And I suppose some of you might already have encountered slate.msn.com? I think it is a cool way of utilising blog-style to create an online magazine. There is a vibrancy and cutting-edge feel to it.
What salon.com used to be like
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/04/08/summers_displays_new_understanding_of_womens_careers/
And I suppose some of you might already have encountered slate.msn.com? I think it is a cool way of utilising blog-style to create an online magazine. There is a vibrancy and cutting-edge feel to it.
What salon.com used to be like
Monday, April 11, 2005
A weekend to remember
Despite being tired out for most of the weekend (perhaps due to a grueling schedule of work and dissertation), I wasn't entirely in the mood to meet people. However, I was glad that I did and dragged my bum out to a nice little watering hole in KL to see some of the coolest women in town, some old friends, some new to me. It was a great night with much camaderie and fun. Though there were 2 men present, it didn't spoil the bond with women have with each other (sorry guys).
As someone coming from an all-girls school, I used to detest the site of coteries of the female sexes, not because I detest women, but because I had to put up with cattiness and pettiness from some members of my sex, an inevitable consequence of spending most of your mornings and a small part of an afternoon, 5 days a week, with members of your sex, except for the welcomed vacations. Hence, I often preferred the company of the other sex (not for reasons of boyfriends/partners) but because I found them a refreshing change. But, I soon discovered that boys (especially those in an old boys school) do have their form of prejudices and are not above belittling members of their own sex in front of the other sex.
Hence, all that we've learnt about the real world begun at school, if not from home.
But, I am glad that there were no exhibition of malicious behaviour in this gathering I attended, and everyone was supportive of one another. One to the girls (and the two guys)
Off-topic, the deadline for my dissertation is nearing, so you might find me posting here even less than I do now. Plus, I've got some other projects ongoing.
Take care, y'all
As someone coming from an all-girls school, I used to detest the site of coteries of the female sexes, not because I detest women, but because I had to put up with cattiness and pettiness from some members of my sex, an inevitable consequence of spending most of your mornings and a small part of an afternoon, 5 days a week, with members of your sex, except for the welcomed vacations. Hence, I often preferred the company of the other sex (not for reasons of boyfriends/partners) but because I found them a refreshing change. But, I soon discovered that boys (especially those in an old boys school) do have their form of prejudices and are not above belittling members of their own sex in front of the other sex.
Hence, all that we've learnt about the real world begun at school, if not from home.
But, I am glad that there were no exhibition of malicious behaviour in this gathering I attended, and everyone was supportive of one another. One to the girls (and the two guys)
Off-topic, the deadline for my dissertation is nearing, so you might find me posting here even less than I do now. Plus, I've got some other projects ongoing.
Take care, y'all
Friday, April 01, 2005
Dance Music
I am not much of a club goer but the following site entices me enough to want to go to such a club should I be near a place with such a site. (:
http://www.soxan.co.uk/about.html
More later. Back to work
http://www.soxan.co.uk/about.html
More later. Back to work
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