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Stupid adults living in la-la land…

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Glenda LarkeMarch 13, 2021
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And just to make sure that no one accuses me of picking on one particular country or culture, I am featuring one US example, and one Malaysian example. If I had the time, I am sure I could extend that … Continue reading →

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Malayasia has a maintenance problem…

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Glenda LarkeMarch 13, 2021
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…you know, take your kids to the nearest playground and probably half of the equipment will be lying on the ground, broken or vandalised. This is why panic-stricken Malaysians — who are certain that Lynas Corp over in Pahang is … Continue reading →

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Puzzled

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Glenda LarkeMarch 13, 2021
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I have a spam filter on the comments, and it catches most of the rubbish. What puzzles me is what some of the spam actually is. There is stuff in Chinese, Japanese and Russian. How many people reading my blog … Continue reading →

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Coincidences…

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Glenda LarkeMarch 13, 2021
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You know how the conversation goes, “Oh, you’re from Australia? Do you know X? He’s from there too.” And you carefully explain that no, you don’t know X. (And is it any wonder, when the population of Australia is over … Continue reading →

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How to be in instant bestseller

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Glenda LarkeMarch 13, 2021
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Washington (CNN) — The Department of Defense recently purchased and destroyed thousands of copies of an Army Reserve officer’s memoir in an effort to safeguard state secrets, a spokeswoman said Saturday… …at least one seller on the online auction site … Continue reading →

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A day with redtape

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Glenda LarkeMarch 13, 2021
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.This morning and part of the afternoon was spent at the Immigration Department today. I have no complaints about the department, especially when I remember what it was like all of forty-one years ago, in the old British colonial buildings … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged Malaysian life, weird stuff | 8 Replies

No wyverns, but…

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Glenda LarkeMarch 13, 2021
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Drove down to Devon to meet my agent today, which involved transversing darkest Somerset. So Cheryl Morgan, Somerset resident, warned us to look out for wyverns – but maybe Somerset has left the dragon age behind and entered the era … Continue reading →

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When religious leadership says outrageous things

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Glenda LarkeMarch 13, 2021
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The personal preacher to the Pope has “likened accusations against the pope and the Catholic church in the sex abuse scandal to ‘collective violence’ suffered by the Jews…” WHAT? Criticism of an organisation that covers up horrendous child abuse by … Continue reading →

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On idiocy…

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Glenda LarkeMarch 13, 2021
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.When a hate-fueled mob of religious idiots start to demonstrate, what do you do to counter their vicious idiocy? Here’s a young guy who found the perfect answer. You work it so that the bigots unwittingly are instrumental in donating … Continue reading →

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Malay medium education…where has it got us?

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Glenda LarkeMarch 13, 2021
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My husband has worked most of his life to bring opportunities to students in the national language of this country, and to keep standards high. At ten years of age, he knew four words/expressions in English (yes, no, all right, … Continue reading →

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