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Alwyn Lau
Bookworm. Contrarian. Proud Malaysian. Or thereabouts. Tweets at @alwyn_lau
More from Alwyn Lau
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Hiding our defects vs hiding our qualities
APRIL 27 — If we’ve been hiding our defects over time, we will break eventually. Someone who is more restrained with her qualities is better placed to avoid catastrophe....
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Open letter from a Grab driver
APRIL 15 — (A few days ago, I had a long chat with a friend who’s a Grab driver. What follows is essentially what he shared with me about the hardship faced by people working...
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Good Friday: The healing/vaccine perspective
APRIL 10 — Today is Good Friday. It’s a day when Christians may look extra gloomy; it’s also an evening where you’d be wise to avoid roads next to huge churches...
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Three ways Malaysians can respond faster in high-impact scenarios
MARCH 24 — I hope by now most Malaysians would agree that this “movement restriction” slash quasi-lockdown slash closure-of-almost-everything should have happened earlier...
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We need a conversation about risk and uncertainty
MARCH 20 — About 90 per cent of the people who criticised the wisdom of allowing the tabligh convention at Masjid Jamek Sri Petaling would have just last week — barely 10 days...
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Are you still using ‘flu analogies’ for Covid-19?
MARCH 14 — So many Malaysians continue to “not worry” about Covid-19 by saying things like, “Oh, c’mon lah, flu also kill thousands of people ― why don’t you panic?...
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Covid-19: Why schools, malls, etc should be closed temporarily
MARCH 9 — In responding to the threat of Covid-19, there are two things a society must avoid. The first is outright panic, manifested in panic-buying, which helps no one....
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When personal ambition leads to democracy’s downfall
MARCH 2 — The last week of February 2020 will be always be remembered as the day New Malaysia was dealt a near-fatal blow because many of the people whom the rakyat trusted to...
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Malaysia’s ignored hazard: Trucks with bad tyres
FEBRUARY 17 — Forget Covid-19 for a second. You know what’s really dangerous? Huge vehicles on the road. Because at any given moment, a lorry or bus whose driver who...
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Malaysians must say ‘no’ to panic buying
FEBRUARY 10 — Imagine for a second your children suddenly hoarding food and supplies in their rooms: What would that say about your household? About the environment of trust and...
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Surviving those crazy long festive traffic jams
JANUARY 20 — So it’s Chinese New Year season again. ‘Tis the time when families reunite and usher in yet another year of good luck. And everybody’s happy and prosperous...
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What the Bible missed about Christmas
DECEMBER 24 — Each time I step into a mall in late December, I wonder if the Bible left out important things. Because it’s Christmas season and the book Christians hold as...
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Liberals own social media, Conservatives own reality #UKElections2019
DECEMBER 18 ― If you need proof that you shouldn’t equate your social media feed with what the world is really like, look no further than last week’s UK election results....
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Why chess is definitely a sport
DECEMBER 9 — First of all, congratulations to Yeoh Li Tian for taking the chess gold medal at the 30th Philippines SEA Games. As a guy whose school team couldn’t even get to...
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So is it Pakatan Harapan or Pakistan Harapan?
DECEMBER 2 — Four guys caned for having gay sex. A radical preacher from overseas remains protected. Child marriages remain legal. The LGBQT community remains threatened. A...