Stories about Malaysia from October, 2005
Malaysia: Blogebrity?
“I heard you're a blogger so you must have lots of thoughts.” Curious non-bloggers corned Kenny Sia at an impromptu bloggers’ meet; our hero ends up in an awkward, beauty queen-related moment.
Malaysia: Thoughts on First Lady's Death
Malaysian bloggers share their thoughts on the Oct. 19 passing of PM Abdullah Badawi's wife Datin Seri Endon Mahmood.
East Asia: Bird Flu Fowl
Effect Measure is a blog run by public health experts and epidemiologists. They are very worried about what they call the bird flu iceberg.
Malaysia: Mack's Ramadhan
In this post, Mack Zulkifli muses on smoking, getting older, faith and fasting during Ramadan.
Indonesian blogs: Top blogs, taxpayer, reshuffling and acquisitions
Top 100 Indonesian blogs Indonesian blogosphere buzzing yesterday when Priyadi release his list of top 100 Indonesian blogs. Sorted by how many blogs/pages links to your blog, Priyadi showed 100 most popular Indonesian blogs from 460 blogs that he compiled. The list is not perfect but it's a start. He...
Malaysia: Sniffer dogs in KL
Jeff Ooi reports that police with sniffer dogs made an appearance at a commuter station on the Putraline of the capital's light rail system. Commenters to the post say this was a security exercise.
Malaysia: Quake debate
Jeff Ooi rounds up, from a Malaysian perspective, the relief effort in the wake of the South Asian earthquake.
Malaysia: Well done, son!
Jeff Ooi congratulates contemporary dance artist and choreographer Azizi Sulaiman on his scholarship to study dance in the South Korean capital, Seoul.
Malaysia: Fighting corruption
Brand New Malaysian posts an essay on corruption, which he says exists at every level in Malaysian society. “A good many Malaysians actually condone/contribute to it, and that is where the battle should lie. It must start intrinsically…”