April 17, 2007 |
A gunman killed 32 people in Virginia Tech before killing himself on Monday morning (April 16); it’s the deadliest mass shooting in US history ever.
I will never understand why US has taken no action against their gun law since Columbine years ago; how many school massacre would need to happen before their leaders are convinced to take some actions.
School is supposed to be one of the safest place; you won’t know what places are safe when the schools aren’t… it’s pure tragic.
My condolences to the victims’ family.
Read the news here and here.
April 11, 2007 |
Underlining its seriousness in wanting greater unity, the government yesterday ordered school administrators to speed-up integration-related programmes. [NST]
I doubt that the government is working on the right spot. You see, when I was in primary school, there are no racial issues in my thinking… Ali, Ah Kau and Mutu are all good friends. It applied in my real life; I made friends with all people regardless of races.
My thinking got a bit confused when I got into high school. We were required to study Tamadun Islam for one or two years. Fine, if it’s to learn other Malaysians’ culture and religion… but I always wondered why Muslims are not given the chance to learn other Malaysians’ origin as well?
Read the rest of this entry »
April 5, 2007 |
When I was a kid, I had some fantasy about high speed trains… like the French TGV and Japan bullet trains; I actually thought that those trains could reach a destination faster than an aeroplane.
The fantasy kinda shattered when I took my first train journey to Kuala Lumpur from Ipoh (or Ipoh to KL, can’t remember correctly) when I was around 9 years old… and it took around 4 hours to reach the destination, as fast as a car could be.
I am still interested in trains though, and I always believe that a good train network is an important factor to build a modern country. I was more affirmed about the idea when I visited London for the first time 5-6 years ago, when I saw how good their Underground (sort of like our LRTs) system was.
Read the rest of this entry »