Most of your would be unaware of it but there is a relentless race between two neighboring and competing nations Malaysia and Indonesia. It is a race to the bottom of the IQ ladder by its religious wallah. You know the type, using the name of religion to to impose their stupidity on others. …
Category: Malaysia
A Malaysian newbie in Jakarta
What would you make of Indonesian working life and the people in general if you’re a Malaysian, newly graduated and looking for some work experience? Andrew Seow took the plunge and tried his hand in public relations at Maverick and this is this story: Time passes when you are having fun. So after what…
Surprises in Malaysian Health Care
My impressions about public health care in Malaysia were shaped at last three decades ago. Then, it was the choice you made if you could not afford to be treated elsewher This was because the hospitals were run like government bureaus with the civil servant acting like the rest of us were servants. Many were incompetent,…
The Bomoh’s back with five watermelons to keep things cool
The Malaysian bomoh(shaman, medicine man, con man whatever you call them) Ibrahim Mat Zin, who won notoriety for his antics involving a magic carpet, several coconuts and some nuts serving as acolytes in the search for the missing MH370 is now back. Never mind that his methods did not yield any results in the search for MH…
The incredible silence and welcome to China’s effrontery to Malaysia
Something incredible, unprecedented and potentially dangerous happened in Malaysia last Friday that most Malaysians do not seem to have paid much notice to. In fact many of the Malaysian Chinese actually welcomed it, fed up as they were by Malay hooligans trying to stir up Malay supremacist and anti-Chinese sentiments in Malaysia. Photo from Free…
Light at the End of the Road for Bersih?
Then commentary in Malaysiakini by Neil Koh headlined End of the Road for Bersih? is great food for thought. Unspun agrees with the author that by allowing the Bersih 4.0 rally to go on Najib has let the steam out of the pressure cooker. Part of the allure of the Bersih 4 rally was that…
The talk about Chinese-Malay participation in Bersih 4
As a Malaysian who has lived overseas for most of his adult life, the last two decades spent in Indonesia, Unspun cannot help but marvel at the racial divide in Malaysia, even during a unifying event such as Bersih 4, that took place over this weekend. For those not familar with Malaysian politics Bersih 4 is…
The Mt. Kinabalu tragedy: what are schoolchildren doing there?
Last year a group of us decided to climb Mt. Kinabalu. We weren’t the fittest 40-50 somethings but we weren’t slouches either.We had in tow a 12-year old. a member of the group, Unspun, for instance, is in his mid-50s but hits the gym at an average of three times a week chalking up 40…
When you try to PR the un-PR-able…
This is what happens. Told’ja so here Nowhere2Hide: Dr M’s man blasts Kok Wing FMT Reporters | June 6, 2015 Najib’s PR team in tatters, says blogger, and warns image man Lim that his own legacy in danger KUALA LUMUR: Najib Razak’s new image consultant, Lim Kok Wing, has been urged to beat a “quiet…
Najib’s March of Folly
In 1985 Pulitzer prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman wrote the book The March of Folly which was a fascinating study of why leaders from Troy to Vietnam acted against their own self-interest. If she were updating the book today, Unspun thinks she would certainly consider not only adding Malaysian Premier Najib Razak but perhaps promote him…
How to cover your flaws on MH370
The Malaysian Government has roundly been criticised by one and all for its dismal handling of the MH370 incident. It was in denial, it did not have the proper facts at their command, often it didn’t know what to do and it was miserable in being open, transparent and accountable throughout the futile search for…
The shameless lament of Rosmah
There used to be an old joke at the expense of Indonesians and it goes something like this: Q: What’s the difference between corruption in Indonesia and elsewhere? A: None, except that in Indonesia there is an absolute lack of sense of shame associated with the corruption This still holds true in Indonesia, where Military…
