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Erna Mahyuni
Erna tweets too much on @ernamh. Angry Sabah native, slave to her dog/cat and blogs at ernamahyuni.com
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Leave the racist diatribe in the gutter
APRIL 25 ― There's one thing I love about election season: my neighbourhood looks much better. I can expect potholes fixed, freshly tarred roads, cleaner drains and sidewalks as...
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The unusual appeal of dictators
APRIL 18 — It puzzles me that in countries where democracy is said to be practised, their citizens are still drawn to dictators — or dictatorial style. The thing about the...
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The best election ever
APRIL 11 — Twitter was, as expected, on fire once the general election date was announced. At first it was mostly people upset at the inconvenient choice of a weekday. But then,...
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Food: The great Malaysian uniter
APRIL 4 — The great rendang debacle was very amusing but also a bit tragic. Food, apparently, hits the kind of nerve that gets Malaysians all impassioned to fight and even make...
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How to use social media and not get arrested
MARCH 28 — My old childhood nemesis, sinusitis, has returned which means I am currently spending most of my time trying not to suffocate on green snot. Which leaves me with no...
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Prisoners of our data
MARCH 21 — As I’ve said before Malaysians have a lack of appreciation of the importance of data security. The notion that our personal data is floating around in various...
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The seasoned journo's guide to surviving the election
MARCH 14 — It is that time when Malaysian headlines become nearly impossible to tell apart from the Onion's. The time when even toughened crime beat reporters cry because even...
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Leaving education to the experts
MARCH 7 ― Ah, that madness is on us again. The fever called the general election. As usual we're hearing honeyed promises from all quarters but one thing I wish we could do is...
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Stop the obsession with how a person dresses
FEBRUARY 28 — “Tudung, mana tudung?” (Hijab, where’s your hijab?) It’s a common refrain you see on social media usually directed at any local Muslim/Malay woman who...
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Time to get a sense of humour
FEBRUARY 21 — It’s hard to be a comedian in this country or any kind of entertainer, really. Even performing a play requires a copy of the script to be vetted by local...
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When everything's fake news except when you agree
FEBRUARY 14 ― “Fake news.” What a catchphrase. Thanks to Donald Trump, it no longer means “news that is inaccurate” but “news that clashes with my currently held...
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Creativity is a Malaysian strength...and a weakness
FEBRUARY 7 — Malaysians, a friend of mine said to me, are blessed with a lot more creativity than we know what to do with. We were having a drink in the early hours; we talked...
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Divorce shouldn’t make victims of children
JANUARY 31 — M. Indira Gandhi’s struggle in court to get her parental rights recognised is something divorcees would find familiar. At the heart of it, what happened was the...
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The Sakai and Jakun are people, not insults
JANUARY 24 — It was sobering to read a recent op-ed on another news portal about the sad history of the Orang Asli and how they were preyed upon by slavers. Like Australia’s...
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Women can't say no because many don't know how to
JANUARY 17 ― Reactions to the Aziz Ansari date disaster have been varied ― but what bothers me is the notion that the woman involved was “playing victim.” “Why didn't...