Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email I have a habit of going through the obituary section in the papers lately. A friend said its a sign of times. Getting old…. 😯
I saw that the late Sujatha’s memorial prayers will be held on Saturday 12th July 2008. She passed away after falling down from a high rise building on 25th June 2007.
Who is she? Well, google and you’ll know.
Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Yeah, it was me on THR this morning, though I had problem recognizing my own voice! Do I sound that bad? 😆 Even though I had talked on Minnal FM and also appeared on a song request program in Astro Vaanavil previously, the butterflies are still there!
The short phone interview was aired at about 7.45am, so I doubt many would have been tuned to THR. It was a pleasant surprise when friends SMSed me after hearing it. Hmmm..didn’t know you guys were THR listeners 🙂
Actually, the interview was recorded yesterday noon. DJ Uthaya called at about lunch time, and together with DJ Ananda, he posed some questions on blogging. They were going to talk about alternative media and wanted to highlight blogging to the Indian community (or something like that). I was busy with some work, so just shot off whatever came into my head. I mentioned about the reasons people blog, meaning of blog, gave my URL, example of bloggers who make money blogging, and before I knew it, the interview was over. Just about 3 minutes.
Before I had chance to ask how they got my number or when the interview will (if at all) be aired, the call ended. So, I had no clues at all.
My questions on how they managed to contact me was answered later at night. First I thought it was those Putera MIC fellas who are organising Manya Awards, but it was another blogger, Selian.
Well, I hope my tiny weeny contribution will motivate more people, especially from the Indian community to start blogging. You can blog about anything. If you need help, just drop me an email. [Updated: email address]
Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Committee chairman Tan Sri Vadiveloo said both (another guy, Mookan, was sacked as well) have two weeks to appeal the expulsion to the party’s central working committee.
According to NST, several party members have questioned the haste in expelling the duo. “It was done so that Thiagarasan will not be at the party’s annual general meeting (AGM) this Saturday, where he is likely to ask many questions,” said one member. Another said the committee could have easily given him another date, as he was given only three days notice of the new date for the hearing.
Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email He also described the culture of “believing everything one read in blogs to be the truth” as unhealthy and what made it worse was that the inaccurate information was passed on to others. Now, why would one believe the blogs blindly? People can also choose to believe newspapers, TV, radio, politicians, neighbours, mamak stall owner, forwarded emails and voices in their head. I think one should evaluate the things they read, regardless of the source or form. Some may sound true, others more fictitious. Some are reliable, others are not. Some by experience, others by opinion. So, one should read from all variety of sources – to widen their knowledge and views. Trusting one source (like newspapers for example) can lead to misinformation and closed minds.
Says the minister:
One post may say a person stole RM10 and that amount might end up being RM100 when it got around. That is how inaccurate blogs can be.
I remember a game in which the participants are asked to stand in a line. The first person is told a statement, and is asked to whisper it into their ears of the next person. The seconds does the same to third person, and so on until the message reaches the last person. When the last person is asked to say out the message he/she heard, it most likely to be not same as the original statement whispered into the ears of the first person. This exercise is to highlight communication barriers and problems. This can happen in all sorts of media, not only in blogs.
Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email My question is, why did the government stress the disparities between ethnic groups while staying silent on the inequalities between the rich and the poor within every ethnic group which contributes by far to inequalities generally?
This was in response to MP Amirsham’s reply on the income distribution for households.
– 19.8 percent of households are in the RM2001-RM3,000 income bracket
– RM3,001-RM4,000 (12.9 percent)
– RM4,001-RM5,000 (8.6 precent)
– meaning, 41.3 percent are in the RM2000-RM5000 bracket
– about 20.7 percent of households earn more than RM5,000 a month
– RM5,001-RM10,000 (15.8 percent)
– above RM10,000 (4.9 percent).
The source and period of the statistics is not provided, but it should be not before 2004 and not later than 2007. The number of households is also not provided.
Looking at the results, we have 38% of household earning RM2000 and below. If a household has 4 people, it will be diffcult to live in urban area. Nearly 58% of the households earn RM3000 and below.
With poverty line set at RM600-RM700 range, we can understand why the poverty rate is low. Unfortunately, the income is always insufficient to match the ever increasing cost of living. If poverty line is increased to RM1000, then 8.6% of the households will be poor. However there have been calls to increase poverty rate to RM1500, which may reveal that up to 24% of the household are poor.
Another issue is that many are resorting to part-time or second (and even third) jobs to supplement income. These are usually not revealed or reported in order to avoid taxation, punishment (by employer), or to purposely show their “poverty”.
Anyway, I’m not sure if household income is a good parameter. Individual income statistics should be tabulated as well.
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