Letters from the Equator

A BusinessWeek article titled, “The World’s Most Influential Companies” was published very recently, but this particular section of the article caught my eye.
Firstly, because I didn’t realize Unilever was so influential, and secondly, the photo they used shows Dove shampoo tagged with a Mydin price sticker. Anyone from Malaysia knows Mydin is a local hypermarket [...]

Why so CACAT ONE!?!?!??!
Webmaster: madsalleh@btconnect.com ????
“Photographer Service Availabled” ????

Sunshine, originally uploaded by Soffia Gisladóttir.
I launched a career-related blog. I’ve decided to come out of the dark that I care a lot about work enough not to do too much of it or too little. While that makes me go crazy, some of it makes sense.
Like, there are so many better ways to run [...]

I must admit it isn’t quite wrong to reach new heights of retail utopia - but a ‘beach’ atop a shopping mall has got to be one of those things that makes me wonder if someone was just getting ahead of themselves.
The landscaping is done very nicely, I must say. It makes for walking around [...]

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Tun Dr Mahathir, originally uploaded by wazari.
Part of Malaysiakini’s interview with Dr. Mahathir:
Malaysiakini: Can you comment on Zam (Zainuddin Maidin)?
Mahathir: He won or lost? Oh, he lost. Well, [...]

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BN in the drain, originally uploaded by jaremfan.
I stayed up till 2am until I exhausted all my anticipation of finding out the juiciest details regarding the Malaysian 2008 [...]

Merdeka
Originally uploaded by ted adnan.

Independence day is just around the corner, and the elections is slated to come soon after, though when exactly “soon” will be is anyone’s guess.
The heat is increasing on several local blogs, and more bloggers have become more conscientious about political awareness and Malaysia’s state of affairs. No thanks [...]

Paper Umbrella Flowers
Originally uploaded by outnbout.

I had a few young people over the apartment tonight, for a farewell gathering of one of our youth group members who will be furthering his studies in Michigan soon.
I like opening up my apartment to this group of people, particularly because our home is an extension of [...]

Originally uploaded by Michael Czeiszperger.

My mom only ever thought me one real lesson on cooking - you can cook anything as long as you know how to improvise. By that she meant the art of knowing what, how and when an ingredient goes into place.
Tonight, I decided on yet another random creation for dinner. My [...]

pancakes
Originally uploaded by terri_tu.

I invited my cell group members over last night for a meal of beef stew and garlic pasta. We had a really good time, and it was a first for them since we moved into our new place. We played pass the pigs and one round of puerto rico and had ice [...]