I know that this year people’s lives revolve around COVID-19 and the economy. Some have made it, some have not (my deepest condolences to those affected). As for me, I’ve gained a lot of opportunities to be directly involved in…Read more
According to the UNCHR website, Malaysia currently has a total of 101,010 Rohingyas [1]. They have been here since the 1980s but issues surrounding their existence have just come onto the surface during recent years – thanks to social media.…Read more
In the midst of the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Asians, no matter in what region (in Asia or in predominantly non-Asian communities), are now being stereotyped as bat-eaters, even when not all Asian communities have the habit of…Read more
Last week I got into an online discourse with a random stranger on Twitter. My tweet was about free speech. I was criticising of how race, religion, and royalty are issues which are liable for punishment if they were being…Read more
In a typical Malaysian school setting, you’ll see posters on anti-bullying plastered around the corridors of schools. They serve to create awareness on how bullying negatively affects people. Teachers will also once in a while talk about how bad bullying…Read more
How many of us Sabahans feel annoyed at the sight of migrant children walking around the city? If you live in Kota Kinabalu, you might have sighted a few of them here and there. At first thought, you might be…Read more
I was first aware of this aversiveness that the Indonesian have towards us Malaysians when I was 17. I stumbled upon a website which was an anti-Malaysian website which had ‘Malingsia’ displayed as its banner on the home page. The…Read more
For some of us, religion serves as the foundation for us to use as a reference to how we live our lives and as a guide to our social conducts. Many of us have been conditioned into a religion since…Read more
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