News update: Malaysia

Three months after the general election, Malaysia hits BBC headlines again…

Malaysia’s Anwar seeks sanctuary

A party official said Mr Anwar had received death threats

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has sought refuge in the Turkish embassy in Kuala Lumpur.
He told the BBC he had gone to the embassy because he was afraid of being arrested [...]

After Dark

…any single human being, no matter what kind of a person he or she may be, is all caught up in the tentacles of this animal like a giant octopus, and is getting sucked into the darkness. You can put any kind of spin on it you like, but you end up with the same [...]

smiling faces

This is a non-original inspiration.

Happy memories

My friend said that people love photos because they capture happy moments.

Times when we were babies and learning to crawl for the first time; moments when we close our eyes and blow the candles in hopes that our birthday wishes can be granted…

Smiling faces.

They bring people out of darkness.

I am [...]

Ghost story

I can’t remember anymore…

Times without them…

Nobody treats them seriously, but I’m dying because of them…

‘They can’t be that bad’

They are wrong

**

I am alone in my room.

No cars can be seen on the road. This is nothing unusual. 2.40am is the loneliest hour. Clubbers call it a night and businessmen stay [...]

Roots

Roots grow deeper into the ground so that trees can reach higher to the sky.

They never fight to be seen. They work silently, without the slightest complains, at the lowest level of the earth so that their branches and leaves can enjoy the breeze of wind and the warmth of sunlight.

Hidden in a world [...]

Michael Buble (1)

Music is a form of escape.

In relaxation rooms, soft and soothing instrumental music will be played in the background. You are encouraged to close your eyes and enter a fantasy world where green grassland seems neverending and butterflies circle around you.

In clubs, you drink a shot (maybe two, or three… ok, [...]

They are part of Melbourne

Lost in heaven

Words that judge people

Words that society uses to define ’special needs’ people have the power to single them out.
They’re all ‘dis’ words- ‘disabled, dystonic, diseased’- words that set them apart, at best turning them into beggars- handi(n)capped- and at worst negating them as people- invalid!
These words steal humanity, reflecting views like those towards Jews in Holocaust, and those [...]

Higher risk, higher return??

My sister cries hard these days.

She is having an exam.

She feels she is not ready for it.

The stress is too much for her to bear.

They say that when you put yourself out there, you expect return.
As finance calls it, ‘higher risk equals higher return’. That’s human nature.

Does effort naturally equal success?

I think perfection is not [...]