Posted on 17 May 2010 by Bob Teoh
The first time I saw Ibrahim Ali was four decades ago at a combined meeting of students’ unions organised by the PKPM (national federation of student unions). He was one of the union representatives from Institut Teknoloji MARA student’s union.
No one could have missed his presence. He was loud.…
Posted on 12 May 2010 by Bob Teoh
Any new Prime Minister needs to get a fresh mandate. Therefore, the next general elections will be held soon-within a year or so. This is not a prophesy but common sense. Najib had done well in winning Hulu Selangor. If he winds Sibu, the Sarawak state elections will likely be…
Posted on 01 April 2010 by Bob Teoh
Easter Meditation
Hebrew 10:11-16
at the old altar
much offerings the priest made
yet my sins remain
our High Priest offered
just one sacrifice to God
yet good for all time
that one act alone
has set me free forever
no more guilt and shame
a new covenant
in their…
Posted on 08 March 2010 by Bob Teoh
My daughter was really pleased when she chanced upon her six-year-old praying: “Dear Lord, please let mummy buy a house with a swimming pool for us. Amen.”
“Oh, no! Not a swimming pool please Lord,” my daughter pleaded. Swimming pools cost a fortune to maintain even if it’s not…
Posted on 06 January 2010 by Bob Teoh
The controversy spilling over from the High Court decision to allow the Catholic Church to continue using the word Allah threatens the country’s social fabric. Malaysians.
The fast escalating dispute arises from perceptions of aggrieved parties. On the one hand, to some Muslims, the court’s decision and indeed the whole…
Posted on 22 December 2009 by Bob Teoh
For those fond of conspiracy theories, here’s one hatched at the first Christmas where God unveiled his plan for a new global society. He sent Jesus, his son as the peacemaker and saviour so that the world can live in peace and harmony as it was meant to be before…
Posted on 28 August 2009 by Bob Teoh
I lived in Australia for six years. Each year Australia Day was something memorable to celebrate even though I was not a citizen but only a permanent resident. It doesn’t matter really whether one is fair dinkum. Even tourists join in the fun and celebration. All are welcome – G’Day…
Posted on 28 July 2009 by Bob Teoh
Yasmin Ahmad
(1 July 1958 – 25 July 2009)
I was shocked by a scurrilous attack on the late Yasmin Ahmad by Kosmos, the tabloid published by the Utusan Melayu Group.
It was not only in bad taste but thoroughly wicked coming one day after her burial.
This is the…
Posted on 23 July 2009 by Bob Teoh
The Cabinet decided Wednesday afternoon to empanel a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the death in custody of Teoh Beng Hock. Instead of being greeted by a collective sigh of relief, it raises serious doubts over the extent of the intended probe.
Indeed DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang whose…
Posted on 18 July 2009 by Bob Teoh
my friend was outraged
by the way the guy was killed
wrote he down his tears
no politics please
someone shouted back at him
that really riled me
someone’s dead damn it
if we can’t be right what’s left
don’t outrage me please
A valediction forbidding political correctness. Teoh Beng…