Sheep City

I have to pee, my body was telling me repeatedly. It was midway through the film titled One Nation under Lee in the Tulip Room of the Peninsular Excelsior Hotel yesterday afternoon and boy, my bladder ached. Meanwhile the cops and the MDA friendly folks were at the door, arguing with activists why the show must not go on. These gatecrashers had barged into the private event like members of the Gestapo and tried to strut their stuff but got ejected as quickly ... Read More

I was sitting down at a bar the other day after a hard day's work and I overheard a conversation from the people behind me. They were discussing about Mas Selamat the alleged terrorist who is famous for his jailbreak over at Whitley Road. A younger man was telling his drinking buddy that Mas Selamat no longer existed on this planet and the other, a ruddy-faced plump drunkard was vehemently refuting his claims. "No lah, bro," the drunkard waved his hand. "That bugger ... Read More

Dear Aidil, In the face of impossible odds, your thousands of letters made a huge impact last week. On May 1st, Sami al Hajj was released from Guantánamo Bay prison after six and a half years in detention. Al Hajj was a focus of our write-a-thon in December and was adopted by Amnesty groups across the country. Sami was a journalist for the television station al-Jazeera. In 2002, he was assigned to cover the conflict in Afghanistan. While traveling in ... Read More

Sheep City expresses deep condolences to the families of those who have lost loved ones when the terrible cyclone struck Burma on last saturday. But the one thing is left me seething is the fact that the junta is unwilling to allow international aid and emergency teams into the country. Apparently these despotic generals did not want international agencies anywhere near the referendum. If I must be blunt, the cyclone Nargis should have battered them senseless and swept every one of those ... Read More