Perlantikan Pangkat Kehormat ATM - Keperluan atau Sekadar Demi Kedudukan Politik?

Hari ini (23 Julai 2019) telah diadakan Majlis Pemakaian Pangkat Kehormat Brigadier Jeneral Askar Wataniah kepada Menteri Besar Selangor, Amirudin Shari dan Ketua Menteri Melaka, Haji Adly Haji Zahari di Wisma Pertahanan. Pemakaian pangkat tersebut dilakukan sebagai memenuhi kedudukan mereka sebagai Menteri Besar/Ketua Menteri merangkap Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pendukung Askar Wataniah. Perlantikan mereka telah mendapat sokongan daripada Majlis Angkatan Tentera dan perkenan Yang DiPertuan Agong.

Is Face App really Dangerous?

A US Senator made quite a bit of noise about the Face App, an app which change your appearance so you would look old.

Is it really dangerous? How does it affect you personally?

Quite a few websites claimed that you would lose your rights to your own image and the company can use your image for commercial purposes. Considering that you obtained and used their app for free, that is actually a good trade-off.

Teaching Conundrum

Other than military and police, another career path that have a special place in my heart is teaching. Not a surprise as I came from a family of teachers. Many in my family are teachers and according to my late Grandma, Grandpa himself descended from teachers from olden days in China.

Humbly Proud

Yesterday, one of my kids made my eyes moist.

No, no, no. He didn't make me sad. But humbly proud.

Demi Kepentingan yang Segelintir

Saya tidak terkejut dengan berita ini apabila dilaporkan oleh media arus perdana Malaysia. Sebenarnya, kejadian ini sekadar menunggu masa untuk berlaku.

Apabila Parti Warisan yang dipimpin oleh Ketua Menteri Shafie Apdal memenangi negeri tersebut bagi pihak Pakatan Harapan, antara dua langkah terawal yang diambil oleh mereka adalah dengan membatalkan pengharaman ke atas perdagangan barter dan pengharaman ke atas bot pam biarpun langkah tersebut dibantah oleh pengurusan ESSCOM.

For the Needs of Few

I was not surprised when Malaysian mainstream media broke the news. In fact, it was waiting to happen.

When Chief Minister Shafie Apdal's Parti Warisan won the state as part of a larger Pakatan Harapan's coalition, two of their earliest moves was to uplift the ban on barter trade and the ban on pump-boat, despite the protest from ESSCOM.

Unsung Hero

Every few times I drive to work, this man would be standing in the middle of the road, directing traffic. I've seen him at 2 locations; in front of Setiawangsa traffic light and near Jelatek junction.