Malaysia Boleh
« Previous EntriesA last post before flying off to Berkeley
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Yesterday I went to the JPA office in Putrajaya and met 4 other JPA Scholars who were going to the United States under the same inaugural JPA Ivy League and setara Scholarship Program. In total 6 Malaysians were offered this Scholarship to the US (UK another story), including the MIT girl who appeared in the [...]
ES’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) with Concise Answers
Sunday, July 27th, 2008 * * *
Before I begin, I want to tell of my amazing journey yesterday at about 2 pm on the LDP highway from Bandar Utama to Subang and back. There were a few flyovers along the entire stretch of the LDP highway, and there were bottlenecks (read: traffic jam) on 3 of these flyovers:- Flyover [...]
Beautiful imperfections
Saturday, July 5th, 2008Which other country in the world has
a stock exchange which stalled for an entire day because Bursa Malaysia could not fix a hard drive problem?
parliamentarians calling each other names and entertaining the people with their antics?
a very entertaining political scene involving the nation’s most influential politicians?
people double parking (sometimes triple) in high density areas?
pirated [...]
Here in My Home
Saturday, June 21st, 2008“Here in My Home” is a great song done by Malaysian Artistes for Unity! Enjoy!
Frequently heard on the radio, I thought it was very good. I even mistook it for a foreign music production initially. But as it turned out, it was done by our very own Malaysian Artistes! You can even download the song [...]
Chief Minister sits in Economy class without body guards
Monday, May 5th, 2008I was quite astounded when I read this in the Sunday Star yesterday.
At first, Ning Baizura’s manager Vernon Kedit Jolly spotted Penang’s Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng standing in front of them (Ning and Jolly) in a queue. When Vernon told Ning Baizura about this, she would not believe it.
Ning: Takkan CM jalan sorang sorang. [...]
Dr Mahathir begins to blog
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has officially begun to blog!
He currently only has a single post in his blog at chedet.com touching the issue of the appointment of judges. It is dated today at 1.27 am. In the preface, he says, “Thank you for visiting my Weblog. This site is dedicated to publishing my writings as [...]
Malaysian Scholarship 2008 ATTACK
Friday, March 14th, 2008(Yes, despite despising the bond that is attached to most, if not all, scholarships, Ern Sheong is embarking on a Malaysian Scholarship ATTACK while ignoring the bond part, at least for now during the application stage. Good thing for him that SPM results were already released, so there are abundant scholarship options NOW. Many of [...]
Change is coming to Malaysia at last
Sunday, March 9th, 2008At a glance:
The Barisan National coalition has been denied 2/3 majority by the opposition.
Barisan secured a simple majority to form the government.
The Democratic Action Party (DAP) won every parliamentary and state seat it contested in Penang.
The combined opposition of DAP, PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) and PAS (Parti Islam Semalaya) will form the new government in [...]
CEO FEATURE: AZRAN OSMAN-RANI, CEO of AIRASIA X SDN BHD
Friday, February 1st, 2008This blog post is adapted from The Edge Malaysia (the week of January 28, 2008) exclusively for ErnSheong.com.
AirAsia
AirAsia X is a new long haul budget airline operated by Air Asia X Sdn. Bhd. It has a company culture very similar to that of AirAsia. Both share the same ticketing website, livery, uniforms, and management style. [...]
ENTREPRENEURSHIP FEATURE: Home-Grown Start-ups SHOUTMIX and NUFFNANG
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008I would like to feature two applications which are currently found on ErnSheong.Com.
ShoutMix
The first is ShoutMix, the free chat widget proudly brought to you by a Malaysian named Tan Wei Heng. Tan started out with a passion to provide the best free shoutbox. In his words, “It started from my own enthusiasm on crafting shoutboxes. [...]
