Sabahans have a fun way of expressing themselves. I’ve discovered many, but for now let me share my top two favourites. I was with a very chatty patient last week. But she kept silent whenever I started asking her questions. “Sudah makan belum?” I asked while reading her notes. No answer. “Sudah makan belum” I asked again, a bit louder, assuming she didn’t hear me the last time. Again, silence. In the movies, this is when they...

I interviewed 10 staff nurses and medical assistants yesterday. Most have diplomas in Nursing, a few have degrees in Medical Sciences. They all come with colourful recommendation letters from their colleges. I played the role of a ‘nice’ interviewer. I greeted them, invited them to seat before starting the session. I didn’t ask any difficult questions. Only standard ones like, ‘tell me about yourself’, or ‘convince me why I...

This is about a video someone forwarded me a few days ago. A disillusioned father auctioning off his son, to kill other people by blowing himself up. I think the word devil is more apt than father. Every life is sacred, and is not ours to give or take. Which is why most religion view suicide and murder as a great sin. But to profit, and be worshipped from such an act has brought the whole nonsense to a new low. Just to be clear, this is...

Special note: This script was a reply to a conversation I had with a friend on FB. Afifi Albarr, I hope you don’t mind me publishing it. I agree with the quote “Modesty forbids what the law does not,” by Seneca. First, let me just say that I do not agree to BN/PR brand of politics. They use every institution to justify their action or inaction. BN on one hand will use them to rubber stamp their policies, and PR will do...

We need the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission, or IPCMC set up. I am not sure about the rest, but I have not forgotten about the report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Police Force which revealed that the police were brutal, inept and the most corrupt. That was in 2005. We are still at square one eight years later. I remembered the report by 20-year-old S. Ganesan who claimed he was beaten up and verbally...

Update: The Wadiyan is an online satire newspaper that publishes fictional news reports with the intention of providing pure humour. And I did not know that. Never before have I been so pleased to report that the part about women not being allowed to fart in Acheh which was obtained from The Wadiyan, is a piece of satire. The other part about groping women in public, is true. Thank you to Mr Joel Wijesuria for pointing that out. Muslims...

Some blogs are staging a boycott on Chinese products. This is to punish those who did not support BN during the last GE. My comment? Good for PR! If they succeed in bankrupting the Chinese, there will be more unemployed Malaysians receiving BR1M in future, waking up those who are still sleeping. More Malaysians will then support the move for free education, toll free highways, cheaper cars and petrols by voting for the opposition. A...

We don’t have big malls here. The biggest mall would be smaller than your average Mydin. We don’t rush to beat the traffic, but to catch beautiful sunsets instead. If you think this is beautiful, wait until you see it firsthand. You may just find yourself hooked to this beautiful state Sabahans call home. DKA

I do not know what to say about our policemen. Yazid Sufaat and canteen worker Muhamad Hilmi Hashim were reportedly charged in a Magistrate’s Court with involvement in terrorist activities, after being re-arrested Monday morning. Yazid Sufaat was a former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee. The police also allegedly tried to arrest Yazid’s daughters. Key word here is ‘tried’. One of the daughters said, “They...

3 of my staffs died last night from a road crash. A lorry ran them over. The 19 year old lorry driver only had a ‘P’ license for his Kancil. He orphaned 4 children and became a murderer overnight. Who do we blame? The ignorant driver without a license? The employer-letting him drive without due training? Or the enforcement agencies who are seasonal in enforcing traffic laws? All of the above? I think it is also time we look at...

And even if new elections are held, and the former losers win, the new losers will accuse the winners of cheating, of fraud etc. There will be new demonstrations and strikes to bring down the Government, leading to continuous turmoil in the country.

I’ve had a few readers emailing me, wondering about my life and journey as a doctor. They were wondering if it is indeed as glamorous and great as it is made out to be by certain tertiary centers. If you are one of them, then this article is for you. A few years ago, a close friend committed suicide by jumping from his apartment on the fourth floor of an apartment complex. He was a jolly good fellow, but faced a few bumps in his years...

Malaysians need to calm down. This is Malaysia, there is no room for “us” versus “them”. We have been segregated enough to let politics drive a wedge between us. Since when did we start dictating our countrymen on who to vote and pick, and chastise them after? What is the point of having democracy, the freedom of choice then? And boycotting each other? When will that end? What happened to the people that came up with...

What an ingenious way to settle a problem. Just, leave. Go away, walk away. Brilliant isn’t it? Dato’ Seri Najib certainly hit home with our Home Minister. I wonder how many apples fell on his head to light that bulb. Imagine if Mahatma Ghandi had just, left. Or Martin Luther King just stopped having dreams and abandoned the US. If only they had someone like our Home Minister then. Mahatma Ghandi and Mr King would have lived...

The greatest transformation, and therefore the biggest challenge we face as a nation is how to put this country first before any man, woman or child. That our differences should and must be our strength, not weakness. Those who scream violation of their racial rights should be sent to an uninhabited island, to live and interact with only their own kind.