Category: My Thoughts
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Semangat Inkuiri
Menurut sejarah, zaman Renaissance yang bermula di Itali telah membangkitkan semangat inkuiri. Semangat inkuiri ini telah melahirkan ramai cendekiawan seperti Francesco Petrarch, Niccolo Machiavelli, Giovanni Bocaccio, Galileo Galilei, Leonardo da Vinci , Raphael (bukan Ninja Turtle) dan Michelangelo (juga bukan Ninja Turtle). Di Malaysia, semangat inkuiri masih membara apabila ramai rakyatnya sibuk tentang perihal artis-artis,…
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Glass And Water
I’m sure by now many of us have heard the question: is the glass half full or half empty? And I’m sure the same lot knows the ‘right’ answer to this question. Just in case you haven’t heard this question before, if you answered ‘half-empty’, it means that your view of life is kind of…
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Why I Didn't Watch Remp-it and Bohsia
Translated from here. I have a confession. Durign my secondary school days I have read pornography novels or literatures. I didn’t bought those, and I don’t remember whose it was, but I definitely have read them. In fact, I was caned once when somebody intruded my locker and took a friend’s porn comic that I…
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I Have A Question…
Recently the National Fatwa Council issued a fatwa banning all Muslim women from wearing manly clothing (and maybe vice versa, but I’, not sure). The question is, is there any globally agreed guidelines of how dressing up as a certain gender is like? I mean, if wearing an earing is considered as womanly, how about…
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The Human (vs) Nature
The Nature is based on check and balance. The vast amout of insects are kept in check by their short lifespan and small size, and predators such as anteaters and birds. The relationship between herbivores and carnivores seems harsh, but it ensures that a herd have only the strong and healthy, as the slower ones…
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Dude, Where's The Raya Mood?
I’m wondering. Is it just me or this year’s Raya is waaaaay too laid back? less than a fortnight to go and the festive feel is still not there. I just came back from AEON Jusco Bukit Tinggi, and the only Raya-ness view are teh simple structure at the centre court, some decorations, and a…
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Unemployed No More
After almost a week of being unemployed, I’m starting my new job at an MNC in Damansara. The unemployment was actually planned, as I want some time off off work. It was a miscalculation on my part for doing it on fasting month, before Raya. I don’t really have problems with the ethnicity of my…
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You Don't Need To Trust The Government…
…but trust the country instead. – George W Bush, Harold And Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay After reading this, this, and this, I am feeling lost in my own backyard. Why is someone else being punished by the stupidity of others? And quite incidentally, I came to watch Harold And Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay, when the…