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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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All I want for Christmas is a better approach to tech in Malaysia
DECEMBER 25 — I got my honours degree in IT two decades ago and back then, IT was seen as a field full of potential. We even had our national sweetheart Datuk Siti Nurhaliza...
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Straws aren't the answer to fixing our natural disasters
DECEMBER 18 — I spent most of Sunday sleeping; it was cold and the sky was heavily overcast. It was cold enough that I kept checking if I'd left the air conditioning on by...
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Get arrested for the right reasons
DECEMBER 11 — One interesting development after the last general election is more Malaysians being ridiculously vocal on social media. I thought I got more brickbats thrown at...
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Dear politicians, governing isn’t a moneymaking scheme
DECEMBER 4 — It isn’t Malaysian politics if there isn’t infighting though one political party seems determined to win that category in the Malaysian Politicking Olympics....
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When your country doesn't love you back, you look for love elsewhere
NOVEMBER 27 — I angered quite a few people from a certain minority race in Malaysia with my last column. Truthfully it was not my intent but neither do I have regrets. Can you...
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Of Malaysians and their strange solidarity with China
NOVEMBER 20 — It’s a day like today where I need reminding that not everyone shares my worldview. Yet I cannot help but be disturbed by the comments I’m seeing from...
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About the disabled heroes who taught me how to live
NOVEMBER 13 — I don’t like poverty porn. If you haven’t heard of it, it is just the depiction of poverty to a level that is exploitative and dishonest. It also wearies me...
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Malaysia’s troubling love of monopolies
NOVEMBER 6 — For all the talk we hear from politicians about making Malaysia more conducive for business, we are doing very little to enforce the anti-competitive legislation we...
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Keeping our kids safe at night
OCTOBER 30 — In 2017, eight teenage cyclists died after being hit by a car at 3am. As predicted, because the driver and cyclists are of different races, it has become a prime...
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A love letter to the people who don't feel like living anymore
OCTOBER 23 — With skies of grey and days of constant rain, it's not hard to see why many people are getting a case of the blues. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a real...
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Let the poor have nice things
OCTOBER 16 — It is funny how Malaysians can get worked up when poor people show any sign of being less than materially destitute. Take recent events, where a college graduate...
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Where we’re getting it wrong about youth employment
OCTOBER 9 — There was once a time where I thought the spiel about “university courses not reflecting industry demand” was a reasonable one. Then I remembered what...
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We can’t expect Malaysia to get ahead by keeping our people poor
OCTOBER 2 — I wonder if there is a copy of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged in every ministry official’s desk. My pet theory is that it might even have been there before the last...
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Bubble tea — Kryptonite in a cup
SEPTEMBER 25 — The long lines at bubble tea shops seem ludicrous to people who don’t have a sweet tooth. If you like dessert, however, and you don’t mind it in liquid form,...
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The Sedition Act must die, Pakatan
SEPTEMBER 18 — What is alarming about the Pakatan government is the short memory of its politicians. Too many have forgotten the fear and panic caused by middle-of-the-night...