You have read the news. Amidst the public backlash for not preserving a historical site is the need to solve a different public need – road widening – that I’m sure people who drive through that road knows very well (I pull my hair every time I am forced to use that road).
But are [...]
Browsing Malaysia™
Pudu Jail Demolished – are we any smarter?
Andreas Bocelli in Singapore 2010
Didn’t / couldn’t publicize this earlier coz apparently all 12000 tickets were gone instantly, but what a night at the Botanic Gardens, save some confusing unrehearsed bits, but overall enchanting on a hot and humid night.
During sound check after the rain:
Audience streaming in with their goodie bags:
Unfortunately as part of the contract there isn’t any [...]
Olahraga Malaysia
For a recent combined choir item – enjoy!
(Scorch score – please install plugin)
八打灵精武小学校歌 SRJK(C) Chen Moh school song
Looks like a few things has changed since I left primary school in 1992. The school is now SJK(C) instead of SRJK(C), whatever happened to “R”endah? And someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but in the past I always thought the lyrics at the end was 马来小国民, but it has been changed to 马来西亚国民… [...]
ReCom is geared up for this year’s scholarship season
Calling all young and aspiring students in Malaysia! Join ReCom today!
ReCom has recently undergone yet another migration. You would have noticed a marked improvement in access speeds and site responsiveness. Since 2003, ReCom has grown from a university dorm PC into commercial web hosting space (with some necessary evil of online ads) into a 15,000 [...]
Malaysia Forum 2010 New York: Harapan
For Malaysians and friends around New York City:
Hi all!
My name is Suet Li and I’m writing on behalf of the Malaysia Forum Conference Committee (MF Conference NYC 2010). Some of you may already know this but we’re organizing another forum this year and this time around it’ll be at Columbia University, New York City! [...]
This is my home. I care. I want to make it better.
Nice video clip by Ambrose for iPoh roadshow.
For more information about SABM, see sayaanakbangsamalaysia.net.
How to renew your Malaysia Passport via KIPPAS
Here’s the summary:
Before you go
Make a photocopy of your I/C, front and back, on the same side
Take passport sized photo – that is, dark cloths, blue background, visible ear lobes etc.
Get a pen (blue or black)
To Bring
Old passport – chip based
MyKAD I/C – chip based
Photocopy of I/C
One passport sized photo
RM300 in RM50 or RM100 denominations [...]
SABM T-Shirts and Car Stickers for sale
The Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia movement has a small but growing following in the southern part of western Malaysia, currently known as ABM-Selatan, and is in the process of lining up a series of activities along the lines of the roadshows that’s happening all around the country.
In order to raise a small amount of money [...]
Soul Bossa Nova (Brass Quintet)
Thanks for a fun trip guys.
Recorded on a great camera, average sound sampling.
Or watch on youtube. Now I need to find that better recorded official video with the entire concert…











Ong Jiin Joo is a Business Development Manager in SingTel Innovation Exchange. Much of his life thus far has been straddling the technology world and the music world, and nothing in between. He pretends that a lot of people read his blog, and is thus only partially frank in his writing. To get the full blown view often involves contacting him for coffee (he doesn't like alcohol). 

