S.H.A

24th October 2004. That was the first and only time i met SHA in person. The venue was a flea market. I saw his books going for 10 bucks. So, while flipping through the pages, i heard the seller said "Yes! Written by S.H.A. You can get him to autograph it." Puzzled. I wasn't sure the seller was talking to me or someone else. But when i look at the man standing on my right, i heard him said, "You want me to autograph it?" That was when i realised that while i was holding his book, flipping through the pages and going through the decision-making process of buying it or not, the MAN himself was standing on my right, shoulder-to-shoulder (surprsingly, he was quite tall).

Boy! Immediately, i hand over the book to SHA, he asked for my name, he signed it and i paid the seller. All these happened magically fast. Inside, it was hard for me to believe i actually have the chance to meet him in person and have an autographed book from SHA. A rare intellect.
The book was "Thomas Stamford Raffles : Schemer or Reformer". Good bye, Syed Hussein Alatas (1928 - 2007)

A Reflection On 2006 M'sia

"I used to be proud of M'sia but now, i am only proud of Air Asia" - dilvin

This Is What I Get For A Lousy rm1.20 News! Duh..Star!

Nowadays, whenever i read some report referring Malaysia as one of the WORLD top 10, 12, 100 country with so and so capacity or ranking...my excitement was quickly shadowed by something else that tells otherwise.

Below was reported in DuhStar dated 10.Jan.07 For a moment there, i really believe the new species, 'Rana monjerai' has become instant fame and people is buying it like there's no tomorrow. The best part is the "suppliers" have advised that there will be increase soon of Rana monjerai! The 'sales assistant' (whoever that is) must have a calling from the ONE above.

Again, someone is zzz-ping on the job or could be closing one eye while carrying out his/her duty. For goodness sake! Anyone that can think would instantly know that whatever new species of any living thing discovered, would not be up for sales!

What does the title "New frog species found" got to do with the highlighted (in yellow) words!