Political Science

There's been a lot had happened to Malaysia's political arena recently. Starting from 12th General Election last March 2008 which have been a hot topic discussed at various levels, until recently few days back when the former PM denounced himself from UMNO. There's a lot of pro's and con's from the aftermath of all the events in the political arena. Well, lets not talk about the political scenario back home. I'm not an expert to address my gestures towards the political games, generally.

Anyway, one of the subject I'm currently enrolled for this trimester is NSP Issues in Research and Policy Analysis. It's basically viewing NS issues that drives domestics and foreign policies from a retrospective view of political science.

- Maxcy Hall, UNH main building where the Political Science Dept is located

The Political Science Department of UNH is among one of the highly regarded college in the States. The late Dr. Caroline Dinegar was behind the success stories of the department. Her vast experience when she serves as Foreign Affairs officer at the US State Department was remarkable. She served for two years as director of the Peace Corps in Malaysia in the mid 70's. Yes! In Malaysia after the May 13, 1969 incident. She was there assisting Malaysia to recover from the traumatic event.

What did really amazed me is what the late Dr Dinegar brought back from Malaysia, place it for display at the Department of Political Science of UNH. These 2 posters in Bahasa Melayu and Chinese was used during the 4th General Election 1974 that witnessed a 87.7% majority of Barisan Nasional with PAS as part of the alliance. To some these posters are just another political posters, but personally I was really touched by it. I can't really describe the feelings the first time I saw it. I really wished the unity spirit is still there within us Malaysian.

Deep down inside I still have faith that what ever the political scenario is in Malaysia, we are all still united as Malaysian, regardless the races, cultures or religions. That what makes us Malaysian unique from the rest of the world.

United we stand... together-gather we...

Birthday at school

This little man celebrated his birthday at school 10 days earlier. Got a memo slip few weeks ago from his teacher. Initially they would like to celebrate Harith's birthday on the 30th of May (his birthday is on 31st, tapi jatuh hari sabtu). We requested to do it earlier coz we won't be around on the 30th. So they celebrated his birthday on the 21st. Tercapai la hajat Harith nak birthday at school :D
















- memo slip










- chocolate chip cupcakes
* since org dok bertanya, yesss... cupcakes nie buat sendiri










- thank you card for his frens











- goodies for his classmates

Sudoku

Am back with Sudoku. Bought this book from Barnes & Noble. Btw, B&N kat sini senyap sunyi la. Tak riuh and penuh cam Borders. Maybe psl borders kat dlm mall kot, while B&N in its own building semata2, jauh dari other outlets. Tapi ia amat besar and luas... besttt!!!

Mula kenal Sudoku nie backed in year 2006. Time tu hampir semua budak webteam main bende nombor nie. Dok challenge saper berjaya settle paling cepat. Yg beria2 Kevin and Damien jek, siap screenshot results!!! hahaha... Rasernyer record Kevin yg pegang kot. Kevin and numbers, maner boleh dipisahkan!

Dulu main online, now main dalam buku je. Pernah gak main dlm my dopod, tapi cepat pening kepala. This is my 2nd Sudoku book. Yg 1st tak abis pun buat, tinggal kat m'sia. Skrg nie byk masa lapang, biler dah boring ngadap laptop main la dgn nombor2 nie plak.