Idlan Zakaria 🤓 (idlan.bsky.social)
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🇬🇧-based 🇲🇾-born // associate professor @UoBAccounting // UEFA C // Volunteer Coach // Full-time Stuckasaurus // Football. Mostly football.
Joined January 2009
"Kau cintakan bolasepak kerana ia naluri. Kalau bola datang bergolek atas jalan pasti kau sepak. Kau cintakannya dengan sebab yang sama kau jatuh cinta: sebab kau tak tahu macam mana nak elak.". Fredrik Backman, dalam dedikasi untuk karya beliau Britt Marie Was Here.
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Wey kalau aku jadi menteri ingatkan aku delete semua tweet aku wey.
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Today wife adik aku di KL masak nasi dagang, dia cakap ini resipi mertua dia. Aku pun cam. ooo, mak mertua dia orang Kelantan lah tu kot. 2 seconds later. 💡. Mama aku la tu mak mertua dia haiyaaa.
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Dah third MCO.Dah setahun lebih. Kita memang tak ada crisis management atau resilience plan kah, sebagai sebuah negara?.
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If I were Air Asia's competitors right now, I'd double down on service - cut prices for a while (maybe a 'promotional' period) and show how good airlines can be run. Malaysians deserve better than Air Asia - will other airlines seize this opportunity?.
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The amount of rain, how long it rained. we know you have no control over, we're not THAT thick. The way you responded, the speed with which you did it and the manner in which you're taking action - THAT you have 100% control over and that's why we're livid.
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Aku jarang screencap dari FB dan share macam ni. Tapi this time aku buat, sebab org yg awesome mcm ni, dari pengundi ke runner, deserve kerajaan (pemerintah dan pembangkang) yang awesome. While change begins with the man in the mirror, jgn hampakan rakyat, ya?
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Thread:. I had a reasonably comfortable upbringing. We weren't rich, never went on holiday locally or abroad, but we had more than we needed and my dad had a steady job. But there was one thing that my mom always told us kids every time we went to somebody's house. .
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Those taking out their EPF to 'invest for better returns' are very, very different compared to those taking out their EPF to survive. Different demographics / social capital structures, you have to look at their situations differently.
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I've seen ppl in Msia saying how much life has 'returned to normal' in the UK, and how great it is that public have been able to enjoy holidays and the Euros. To put this into context, we still have about 30k cases a day; studies show 9k cases linked to the Euros; 4k to festivals.
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Betul gamaknya kata Linkin Park, sebab last2:. I tried so hard.And got so far.But in the end.It doesn't even matter.
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Sebuah tesis yang baik adalah sebuah tesis yang boleh diolah dengan adequate reflection and space to think: bukan yang hurried dek mengejar target2 abstrak tanpa makna spesifik. Tahniah, Tun Daim. Tak sabar nak baca tesis ni.
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I got in an Uber home from the airport today, and when the taxi driver (a Kashmiri) found out I was Malaysian he was like, "Hey your country did good the other day, huh?". Yes, even in the UK the good news has reached many people hehe.
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Went to doctors for post dengue checkup. He asked me to monitor my blood pressure, so I went in with an Excel spreadsheet - and a graph of the average of 3 readings every morning for the past month. Did I overdo it, Twitter?.
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8 years ago, my friend passed away. I printed her blog entry on the day she got her little boy, sharing her happiness, hopes and dreams for him. I wanted to give it to him on his 18th. Sadly, he passed away today. Al Fatihah young man. Aunty doakan awak sentiasa dlm rahmatNya.
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Korang jangan main-main: British High Comissioner dah step in dalam kes Crispy Rendang ni. 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
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Brilliant example of how things that are measured, are always contingent on ways in which they were measured. Nothing is really ever objective: you just pick the story you want to tell.
Mount Everest only is the highest mountain when we count from sea level. We could also start from the seabed (Mauna Kea) or from the center of the earth (Chimborazo). Great piece by @sketchplanator
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I don't want to amplify the video in question, so I am not sharing it. But I am saddened and horrified at the attitude of the men in the video - and it has strengthened my resolve that this cannot be the Malaysia my niece and my goddaugther grows up into.
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So, Malaysia. When are we really adults?. At 24, we still run the risk of arrest if we leave home. Yet at 21, we can vote and change the course of the future of our country. But at 18, we can be tried for our crimes under the full weight of the law. REQUIRED: Discuss (25 marks).
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"Accounting is a lot more like law, and a lot less like maths!". Part of my job requires me to give talks on studying accounting and finance to prospective students, and the above quote is how I typically start my presentation.
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THREAD: A few years into my academic career, I almost suffered a breakdown because I did not stop working.I failed to set the boundaries between home and work. As I enter week 3 of WFH, I'm spotting old habits creeping in. So I thought I'd do some reflecting and sharing today.
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Hai. Kami cuti hari ni. Saja lah nak flex, dari negara yang ada 8 hari public holiday je setahun. (Setahun ya bukan sebulan).
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Kalau korang ada ingat, aku citer adik aku yg dyslexic and dyscalculia tu last term dia dpt GPA 3 pointer kan? Exam this term member dapat 3.78. She's doing a course she loves and it fits her interests and personality. This had made a world of difference. ❤️.
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This, kids. Ask us, or the authors. Dont make the publishers rich, they be scum.
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@ladymissazira @RadziJidin isnt this symptomatic of how broken the system is - how democratic is a systemn where you have to be rich to be heard?.
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This is important -- SPR should never get credit for this, they failed. Inspiring and feelgood story, but remember: the volunteers stepped up to fill the gap that was created due to the failure of the responsibility of a government agency.
@bernamadotcom, sila buat pembetulan. Kami BUKAN sukarelawan SPR. Ini inisiatif dari pelbagai badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) di bawah payung @UNDI18MY, kerana kegagalan @sprgovmy. Give credit to those who deserves it!. @1ThirdMedia @UndiNegaraku.
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Saya mohon kepada kawan-kawan yang ada leadership role - tak kira peringkat syarikat, bahagian, jabatan atau pasukan - pertimbangkan hadkan keperluan masuk pejabat jika ia termasuk dalam bidang kuasa anda. Hanya kerana perbuatan itu tidak disaman, tidak bermakna ia selamat.
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Poverty does not give you the luxury of planning beyond survival for the next few days. Being able to plan, even, is a privilege.
Women in poverty get pregnant so that they stop having periods and don't have to buy pads. Some people will think poor people make bad decisions because "pregnancy is more expensive". When you have barely enough money to survive daily life, short term decisions are good decisions.
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Bila aku lihat cara BBC dan media di sini meraikan atlit mereka: dari yg pingat emas hingga yang tak masuk final pun, aku rasa media kita perlu renungi. Kita nampak atlit berjuang sejam dua, kita tak nampak usaha dan pengorbanan bertahun2 di belakang tabir. You could never.
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When schools close due to haze, but offices don't, how do you cater for childcare?. Send to transit place?.Send to your parent's place?.Take EL?.Bring to work?.Leave them at home with maid?.Leave them at home alone, with CCTV?.Leave them at home unsupervised but with older sibs?.
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This is not a junior team player. They're banning our best national hope, our potential successor to LCW, our CHAMPION, from international competition. Oh dear god, I so want the deets behind this before I speculate, but I doubt anyone will ever be transparent.
TERKINI: Setelah melakukan perbincangan @BA_Malaysia, mengesahkan mereka mengambil keputusan untuk menggantung Lee Zii Jia 2 tahun daripada menyertai mana-mana kejohanan antarabangsa bermula 18 Januari 2022. #KamiTeamMalaysia
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Yesterday: we were lining up for this picture, when a woman in a white BMW stopped by. I thought she wanted to park in the space in front of the house. But she was actually offering to take the pic. Thanks to her,😁we managed to get everyone in. #kindnessofstrangers #teamrayaUK
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Bila kau terlalu STEM, terpaling hafal fakta tapi terlupa baca serta hayati sastera, sejarah, dan ilmu seni dan kemanusiaan; maka berjaya lah dalam satu bidang tapi menafikan yang paling penting: things that make us human.
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I have a folder on my laptop that is named Receipts and I had to explain to someone that it is actually proper, expenses receipts from work, not screenshots of people who have wronged me.
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Dad's had a medical emergency so I call home often to check in and nag him to take it easy. Abah: Dah makan?.Me: Puasa .Abah: Lamanya ganti puasa. Alang2 winter ganti terus ajelah yang tahun depan. Stupid joke. I laughed and then I put the phone down and I cried and I cried.
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This cannot be the country my nieces ans nephews grow up into. Let's fix this.
Survey: Over half of Malaysians blame women for rape, say domestic violence ‘normal’ when stressed
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We had an interesting discussion in one of my WA groups about medical coverage in travel insurance and from what people's experiences are, most Malaysian insurers operate a pay-first-and-claim system. The only exception we found was Etiqa under its Tripcare 360 Takaful. .
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Maybe we should have profilers at overseas airports too, you know, to avoid begpackers getting on planes if they look a bit rough / different / can't cough up RM10k to finance their travels.
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@SinarOnline Sekurang-kurangnya masih lagi mampu bekerja dalam bidang perladangan - yang bukan hina pun malah penting untuk food security negara. Impak ke atas mangsa dan keluarga mangsa peguam tak nak bercerita?.
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I have to say I like how the accounting concept of liability, rather than just the concept of debt, underlies the 1 trillion figure. From an accounting perspective , liabilities are future obligations; so while half of GDP is debt, lease obligations and payables also count.
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Pada suatu hari aku pernah perlahankan kereta bila aku nampak skuad lumba basikal kebangsaan berlatih dan aku biarkan mereka jalan dulu. Nanti kalau depa menang Olympic Gold nantikan press release aku on how I contributed ya.
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Bagi saya ini patut jatuh di bawah jurisdiction ibu bapa. Peranan ibu bapa tidak boleh diambilalih oleh kerajaan dalam mendidik anak-anak.
Kerajaan Sedang Mengkaji Langkah Mengehadkan Akses Internet Untuk Remaja Selepas 12 Tengah Malam
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"You have a PhD", I whisper to myself as I get realise I am on a bus going in the opposite direction, 15 minutes after I got on it.
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As a youngin', I once asked a professor what would make a good PhD student and scholar. I was told, 'above all else, you gotta be humble'. The more I think about it, the more I feel it's true about all learners, not just grad students. You can't learn if you lack humility.
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Every day I'm reminded of the fact that if I can't fix it for me, then I should try and fix it for the people who come after.
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If you were a billionaire and sitting in a room with 9 other billionaires, there would be B40s, M40s and T20s in that room.
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Got an email from a student today thanking me for making sessions interesting despite everything being online. I'm sharing this because it's been a challenge for both students and academics alike, and it feels nice when people take time to thank you; imma take it as a win!.
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You know why I believe women first when it comes to being harassed/abused etc? Because when it happened to someone I knew, in front of my own eyes, men tried to twist what I SAW and said I didn't see it, to save face for an organisation that didn't care whether we were safe.
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Y'all say you support the arts, right? My alma mater is raising funds for it's arts program - tarian, gamelan, caklempung and band - next month in JB. I've always believed academic excellence needs to go hand in hand with an appreciation of the arts :) . Jom turun JB!
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This whole thread has red flags in it. Don't normalise abuse. If you accept that abuse is how you make players better then you will also perpetuate abusive behaviour when you grow and the cycle never stops.
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Colleagues at IPTAs/Ss who know of stranded students who might need help, please let me know. I'd like to help. I am unable to put them up for the night but can help with food, clothes etc if needed.
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There's the lavishness. And then there's the audacity to show the lavishness.
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Really sad to hear that Utusan will possibly cease publication from Wednesday; more so in this month of Merdeka. Not a fan of their racial rhetoric in the least, but their pivotal role in Malaysia's Merdeka story must be remembered, especially by us, the post-Merdeka generation.
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It's nowhere near over yet for us, and the expectation is that things may get worse once schools and universities open in the next few weeks. I would love to be proven wrong on this, of course. But you know, keep your masks on etc. What's allowed is not necessarily what's safe.
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Syed Saddiq datang UK buat perjumpaan dengan pelajar luar negara pada bulan Ogos, di mana kebanyakkan universiti di sini masih belum memulakan sesi pengajian 2018/19. Jadi, adakah sesi yang beliau adakan betul2 dapat menemui intended audiencenya?.
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. she said, "If someone invites you to eat, be polite and take it, but never ever take any more than the first plate." It was weird, and it annoyed me if it was really good food (I like food). But I was more scared of the stare I got and the promise of trouble. Until. .
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Pernah tak tangan gatal nak komen sbb you know there is a misrepresentation of facts tapi you also know it's pointless, so you decide not to engage and instead end up writing a 3,000 word essay on it that you'll never publish anyway, just to get the angst out?. No?. Just me then.
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I have two questions for those who support child marriage - genuine curiosity bukan nak argue dengan sapa-sapa:. a) Would you marry your daughter / sister off below the age of sexual consent?.b) Would you be okay with a 41 year old woman marrying an 11 year old boy?.
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Ar Rahman 60: Is there any reward for goodness except goodness?.
Ayat al-Quran yang mana paling korang suka & selalu dekat di hati korang?.
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I just discovered that a potential co-author on a paper I am working on with somebody who's father is also Zakaria, is Zakaria. For the very sake of having a paper to be cited as Zakaria, Zakaria and Zakaria, I WILL MAKE THIS PROJECT HAPPEN!.
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Best news received today:. My friend, who has been wheelchair bound for I think almost two years due to an auto accident, has managed to make her first sujood, take her first steps and drive in the past few days. We're trying to get her to slow down a bit ;).
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Maybe I am a bit of a bleeding heart but 37 years despite evidence to the contrary as testified in court. The system and the world is broken. I need to know more about his story now.
This is Archie Williams. I will never forget this audition for the rest of my life. And I’ll never listen to this song in the same way ever again.
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I’ve never seen someone change mentality after being told by someone more privileged, that their way of life and thinking are wrong, and they are bad people for not having the same mentality, and that they should get on their level. Read more at
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Tak pakai pelitup muka di tempat awam: RM1000. Tak akur perintah home quarantine sehingga menyebabkan wujudnya kluster: RM1000. Disproportionate, bagi saya, denda dengan kesalahan, dari segi impak ketidakpatuhan individu itu kepada masyarakat. What do you think?.
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Starting to see the name(s) of the associated meat suppliers that are linked to the tainted meat scandal on social media. No idea if it's legit, but it is definitely making the rounds. This is what happens when there is a vacuum of information from official sources.
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@oimagenta @zaffyaffendi I don't know what depresses me more: the fact that women yg pernah pregnant pun tak faham this, or the relentless need to always assume employees want to game the system. The latter, one can actually extend to our attitudes towards maids / domestic help in our employ.
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Tengok AJL ni mmg acara keluarga tahunan sejak aku kecik. Kalau di UK aku mmg make a point to watch it one way or another sebab rindu mama abah adik-adik kan. Semalam first AJL yg aku ada di Msia. Aku. tertidur.
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Fellow Malaysians in the UK -- I am reading, via my TL -- that some of you are struggling in this cold snap; avoiding turning the heating on because of costs and literally freezing at home. If there is any way I can help, please DM me. Ikhlas.
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Kadang2 aku tengok gambar orang masa kecik, innocent dan comel, dan aku wonder, mcm mana ko grow up jadi manusia penuh kebencian. Dan aku pikir, adakah aku pun sama? . Apa aku boleh buat supaya anak2 sedara aku tak jadi macam tu?.
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Now that this is the 2nd time we've had to delay SPM, can we please have a workable contingency plan in case mass exams are not possible in the near future? . Plans that comprehensively spell out how this would affect post-secondary school progression, SPM-equivalence etc.
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I saw a few discussions about whether you should or should not do a masters so naturally, I'm wading in. Here's my pro tip if you decide to go for it: immerse yourself in the learning. Just learn. Grades are important, but knowledge is forever.
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Mat Salleh tolong dah di highlight; what abt the migrant workers yang tolong semasa banjir when the govt was nowhere to be seen? Depa tak letak kat tiktok atau IG, korang tak nak usaha sikit ke cari, TV3?.
Baiknya hati mat salleh ni 🥰 Walaupun bukan orang kita, tapi dia tetap menghulurkan bantuan kepada mangsa banjir ❤️.
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Danish ni kan, cara dia berinteraksi dengan org yg cari pasal dengan dia, jauh lagi berkualiti dari adab dalam berbicara orang yg berdekad2 lebih tua dari dia. Aunty akan make sure anak saudara aunty pun sopan dan tertib macam you, @Danish_Harraz :).
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I often think our current social problems in Malaysia have roots in the class structure, but our solutions are still stuck along racial lines. And I then wonder if there is political will (and guts) to change this.
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I think many of us, kalau tak tinggal dengan family, akan ada housemate. But some of us live alone, and it can get quite isolating when you live alone and your social movements are limited. It'd be good if, among close friends, we keep a system of checking up on each other.
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Been trying to process the news of the 11 mth old baby raped and killed by the man babysitting her. It happened in Bangi, in my corner of the world, in a town I refer to as home, often gently mocked for being conservative. I have no words, none. May you rot in hell, you monster.
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And finally, while I've still got the feels - if you are a parent, whatever you do, never let your child think you haven't got their back. Not for a heartbeat or a flap of a hummingbird's wing.
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Of all the things that are upsetting me this week, what tops the list is: why is it so hard to try and be kind? . Why, when given the possibility of two options, is it so hard to choose the kinder one? What has life done to you that you wear your unkindness like a badge of honor?.
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In my opinion, having lived abroad for many moons now - and it is just my opinion - it's shit everywhere. The grass however can be relatively greener where you water it.
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Tommy ni sebenarnya memang humble beginnings, sekarang sudah berjaya menjadi AG. Tommy used to work on the docks, union's been on strike.He's down on his luck, it's tough, so tough. Nasib baik he lived on a prayer.
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Saya sepatutnya ada meeting dgn sekumpulan anak muda. Namun mereka baru pulang dari Sabah jadi mrk maklumkan kpd saya dan kami tunda meeting tersebut sehingga mereka tamat self-kuarantin. Kalau anda baru pulang dari Sabah, contohi anak2 muda ini dan beritahu kpd rakan taulan.
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Maaf, Datuk Seri. Nak jadi akauntan bertauliah (chartered accountant) tak perlu ada ijazah sebagai pre-requisite.
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Adik bongsu aku smlm dpt results first sem diploma - pointer 3.34. Adik aku ni diagnosed with dyscalculia & dyslexia, and masa sekolah agak dicemuh cikgu la sebab dia slow and has special needs. She has never enjoyed 'getting good grades' despite studying hard. ini first for her.
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. "Don't ever ask for seconds, EVER. I will not be thought of as a woman who is unable to feed her children." Then she left me at the kitchen table. I was stunned. Where did this come from? . Only when I grew older did I put the pieces together. When my mom was growing up. .
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I've just seen Hassan Minhaj's discussion of Goldman Sachs / Sovereign Wealth Funds / 1MDB. My new benchmark of how to break a complex issue into digestible bites - with a touch of humour - for teaching / writing.
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. perspective a little bit. As an Everclear song once said, "They have never had the joy of a welfare Christmas.".
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@saifulhisyam Setakat ini untuk non-research degrees sahaja - although this creation of a hostile environment for students and not recognising that there are mature students etc is abhorrent behaviour. They'll lose the Saudi market for sure where unmarried female students come with chaperones.
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. they were not well off, and my grandma made it a point to make all her kids eat before they visited anyone, and that if anyone was offered food, they should refused it. You see, my grandma and my mom grew up less lucky than me, and the sense of pride was something I . .
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@saifulhisyam Kena tambah juga: di UK peranan union sangat penting dalam negotiation gaji. Di Malaysia kita diajar menyahnilai peranan union.
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Polls and public opinion surrounding the next person to man the helm of Kementerian Budaya dan Sukan (KBS) have repeatedly returned verdicts of Syed Saddiq. Not surprising: he’s young, good looking, vocal, and has 976k followers on Instagram. My choice, though, is Nik Nazmi.
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Yesterday's covid cases in the UK - approx 32k - is on par at the level it was when I came back here on Jan 23 (approx 33k). The major difference however is in the number of deaths: Jan 23 - 1,348 deaths; Jul 7 - 33 deaths. Pundits attribute this to the vaccine. .
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Phone rings. It's from KL - my little sister. I pick up - she says: "Mom wants to talk to you.". I panic, I always do. Taking deep breaths. Mom comes onto the phone:. "Kain baju raya kau kalau tak maroon macam baju takpe ke?". Haih, Mama. Berdebar tau dak ingatkan apa 😅.
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This. We have never ever been short of 'pakar-pakar', our IPTAs and IPTSs are chock-full of people with expertise trained in all four corners of the world. The question is -- where is the political will to harness their knowledge for policy making and problem solving?.
Kepakaran kat Malaysia ni mmg banyak. My friend buat master dalam bidang ni dekat UPM. My previous company mmg expertise dalam flood mitigation ni dan they have competent people for it. Tapi, politician lebih risaukan ramai perempuan lanjut usia di Malaysia yg tak kahwin lagi🤷.
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. never grasped because I was never in those same shoes. So much so that even when my mom was relatively comfortable, this still stuck with her. As an adult I now empathise, but I can never understand what she went through or how she felt. But I learnt about. .
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Mustahil. mustahil. Najib tak tahu or tak faham konsep write-offs ni. Tp he's banking on the fact that YOU don't; or tak nak amik tahu. Don't be that person that becomes the target audience of a despairing troll. Grab an accountant you know and ask them abt the kitchen sink.
Dalam tempoh sepuluh tahun saya menjadi PM dan pengerusi syarikat itu, Khazanah tidak pernah rugi.
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I felt compelled to speak out about this, because of point no 3 - sleeping less / working more. When I was a doctoral student, one of us ell ill, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and was hospitalised for quite some time. This prompted our PhD director to check our work habits.
I have 16 @InternKeadilan in my office. What I hope they had learnt so far:. 1) life doesn’t get better when you get older. It means more pain continuously. 2) those who embrace pain & carry on running will succeed. 3) you make a difference by sleeping less & working more hours.
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I know evidence suggests that Omicron is less serious - which is a good thing - but it transmits easier so more people are likely to get it which means they will be off work / school and will need to self-isolate. Which means less hands on deck = still a crisis. Wear a mask.
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