Just another rakyat 🇲🇾 / is on Nostr

Malaysian. Atheist/agnostic. Centre-left, live and let live. English/中文/Malay. Sometimes write about existential/technology/political/social stuff. Houseplant enthusiast.

Blogs at:: https://rakyatbiasa.blog/
Lives in:: Somewhere near Kuala Lumpur
Works as:: Introverted salesperson behind a laptop
Also on Threads:: https://www.threads.net/@just_another_rakyat

Last Notes

2024-07-23 02:46:44

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At least SJKCs get nicer toilets nowadays (though not during my time - it was horrid back then)!

2024-07-22 06:37:54

Things that SK students probably never experienced - every student being forced to sell a minimum amount of school event tickets so that the school gets enough funding. (Which means if you can't sell you foot the bill - and every single chinese uncle and aunty in the town will be asked by every school children around them to buy those tickets & are only buying out of charity)
Anyway, this is context behind that chinese vernacular school getting funding from beer company. https://x.com/Kendogdoll/status/1815261149979676807

2024-07-10 06:12:42

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On the bright side... it just crossed my mind that of all the political families, the Mahathir dynasty might be the one that dies with the founder (thanks to papa being so dominating in the family until he dies)...
... but maybe Mukhriz might have a chance in the future, who knows.

2024-07-10 01:11:25

If 99-year-old Dr M is (as many like to say) driven by spite, does that mean that Trump (who is also spiteful) has the potential to remain very active in politics at 99yo?

2024-07-08 12:17:04

📍 Eat Drink Thai @ Kajang
This Thai restaurant has a few branches including in Kajang. Love their gai pad med mamuang (ayam gajus)
#makanapatoday #thaifood #food
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2024-07-06 02:47:24

Localization is hard. Apple has different marketing taglines for iOS 18 in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan and somehow all three of them managed to be so hilariously bad that they are widely mocked on the internet.

2024-07-01 12:06:26

A simple & classic breakfast
#MakanApaToday #malaysianfood #food
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