Anwar made me believe in something
“Go listen to Anwar speak at a ceramah, and I guarantee you’ll be convinced,” my friend told me almost 10 years ago. Even in a crowd of hundreds of thousands, Anwar has the magical ability…
What makes the people of the poorest state, Kelantan, so happy
To understand why Kelantan, Malaysia’s poorest state in terms of income per capita, ranked so high (fifth) on the Malaysia Happiness Index, we need to first look at a strange statistic. In 1991, an average…
How RM5 made a grown man cry
This was what happened to me last Thursday. I left home for work earlier to beat the rush-hour traffic, and made a detour to the petrol station. I came out of my car with the doorsunlocked when a man in a motorcycle…
How Ismail Sabri’s premiership may play out
Decades from now, when people read about Ismail Sabri’s biography, they would think that his premiership was scripted. His political career was orderly, progressing smoothly almost without a blip, as though his ascendency was predestined…
How Azalina understands power
In a country of leaders who would rather stay in power forever, having two resignations in one week must be disorienting. However, the resignations of Muhyiddin Yassin and Azalina Othman were not the same. There…
How Azalina understands power
In a country of leaders who would rather stay in power forever, having two resignations in one week must be disorienting. However, the resignations of Muhyiddin Yassin and Azalina Othman were not the same. There…
How Azalina understands power
In a country of leaders who would rather stay in power forever, having two resignations in one week must be disorienting. However, the resignations of Muhyiddin Yassin and Azalina Othman were not the same. There…
500 days of Abah politics
Muhyiddin took 17 minutes to end his 17-month government. With a breaking voice, he told the nation, for the first time, that he has lost majority support in Parliament. He pointed the finger at others…
Pay durians and you’ll still get monkeys
Durians, like government MPs, are high in demand and low in supply. Because of the 60% drop in production yield, durian prices have gone up. The Malaysian favourite, Musang King, are now selling for up to RM96…
Young people gave us an Olympic medal, we gave them the worst Malaysia
After being trapped at home in the 17-month long battle against Covid-19, Malaysia desperately needed something to celebrate. Our badminton men’s doubles pair consisting of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik were not favourites to…