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		<title>a creative 2010 budget &#8211; letter to the PM (part 3)</title>
		<link>http://cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/a-creative-2010-budget-letter-to-the-pm-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am looking forward to a new budget that is truly &#8220;rakyat&#8221; friendly with an honest to goodness &#8220;people first&#8221; approach. To do this, the government has to really think out of the box with drastic yet creative measures to achieve such a proposal. Move away from traditional planning of budgets to create a win-win [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com&blog=6043402&post=192&subd=cowboymalaysia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>one malaysia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. In recent days we were all saddened by the death of a towering Malaysian and a &#8220;glokal&#8221; talent called Yasmin Ahmad.  For years she has given us much joy and tears from her great Petronas advertisements and enjoyable &#8220;Made in Malaysia&#8221; movies. I personally am a big fan.  She started the whole One Malaysia [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com&blog=6043402&post=184&subd=cowboymalaysia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>first impressions</title>
		<link>http://cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/first-impressions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 03:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I imagine myself to be a first time European tourist to Malaysia arriving at the KLIA coming from Singapore.
1. I walk out of the plane and notice that the aero passage bridge is dirty and worn out despite knowing that the KLIA is a fairly new airport having won airport awards year after year (I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com&blog=6043402&post=179&subd=cowboymalaysia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>why oh why? part 1</title>
		<link>http://cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/why-oh-why-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 05:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shaik rizal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Why does the media publish stories that stir up sensational issues in ways to corrupt our minds? Don&#8217;t we all have better things to worry about than worrying or speculating as to what will happen to the government, ministers, cabinet, parliament, opposition, monarch, etc?  Business people are still weary about doing business despite a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com&blog=6043402&post=172&subd=cowboymalaysia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>unity and heritage</title>
		<link>http://cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/unity-and-heritage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shaik rizal</dc:creator>
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1. A few weeks ago, I had attended a friend&#8217;s much awaited wedding ceremony. He is an Indian man who married a beautiful Indian doctor (lucky guy!) and the ceremony dinner was held at a prominent hotel in Petaling Jaya.  I always get confused as to what would be appropriate to wear to these events [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com&blog=6043402&post=157&subd=cowboymalaysia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a new cabinet &#8211; letter to the new PM (part 2)</title>
		<link>http://cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/a-new-cabinet-letter-to-the-new-pm-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shaik rizal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear &#8220;new&#8221; Prime Minister,
1. It is important that as the new Prime Minister for ALL Malaysians, you must make your mark and dictate a new &#8220;modus operandi&#8221; for your own style of administration.  Take the good from the past and include better things for the future. We do not need to lean on the past [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com&blog=6043402&post=137&subd=cowboymalaysia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;fait accompli&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/fait-accompli/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shaik rizal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. It is quite amusing to see this never ending circus regarding the teaching of science and mathematics in english in our local schools.  Why is it so difficult to come to a decision? In fact the decision was already made by the the former PM (endorsed by the cabinet on the 19th of July [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com&blog=6043402&post=132&subd=cowboymalaysia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>negaraku</title>
		<link>http://cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/negaraku/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shaik rizal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
 
Negaraku, tanah tumpahnya darahku
Rakyat hidup bersatu dan maju
Rahmat bahagia Tuhan kurniakan
Raja kita selamat bertakhta  x2

Its idiomatic translation is:
 My country, my native land
The people living in unity and progressive
May God bestow blessings and happiness
May our Ruler have a successful reign  x2


1. &#8220;Negaraku&#8221; simply means that this country Malaysia is for all us Malaysians who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com&blog=6043402&post=117&subd=cowboymalaysia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>letter to the new PM</title>
		<link>http://cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/letter-to-the-new-prime-minister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shaik rizal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear (new) Mr. Prime Minister,
1. Malaysia is a blessed country. Despite it all, we have managed to live quite happily, peacefully, decently and if I may also say, without much hardship. But Malaysia needs a radical change and Malaysians are ready for this change. The &#8220;rakyat&#8221; demands this change as a matter of fact. What [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com&blog=6043402&post=96&subd=cowboymalaysia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>fuel and fares</title>
		<link>http://cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/fuel-surcharge-and-complicated-fares/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.  Kudos to MAS for finally realizing that they cannot continue to ridiculously charge for fuel surcharge when the price of oil is below USD40 per barrel! I just hope that there won&#8217;t be any other special fee imposed after the removal of this fuel surcharge because we are not stupid.
2.  I notice that not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cowboymalaysia.wordpress.com&blog=6043402&post=90&subd=cowboymalaysia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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