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3.2KSpaceX’s first big client was a Malaysian company. Here’s what they launched.
When someone mentions Elon Musk and SpaceX, there’s a 99% chance ‘Malaysia’ is not the first word that comes into your mind. In case you don’t know who Elon Musk is, he is the CEO...
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8.0KNissan’s financial scandal rocked Japan… but did you know a Malaysian was involved?
For some odd reason, Malaysians tend to look up to our fellow Malaysians who are doing well abroad. We’re talking about people like the Malaysian-American mayor in California, the Malaysian screenwriter who wrote Disney’s Raya...
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1.5K[QUIZ] Sure, you know Bahasa… but how good is your Kedahan Malay?
Have you ever noticed that even though Bahasa Melayu is widely spoken, not everybody speaks Bahasa the same? This difference is because even though we may have used the same language in the beginning, it...
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1.0KMalaysia kena kecam for meeting officials in Myanmar. But what’s the big deal?
When it comes to foreign relations, Malaysia seems to be throwing itself into drama a lot recently. There’s that crapstorm when our Foreign Minister Hishamuddin Hussein allegedly referred to China as ‘big brother’ earlier this...
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7.3KAmBank founder’s son explains why he doesn’t want his father’s killer sentenced to death
This article was updated on April 12th to include the video of our interview with Pascal Najadi On July 29th 2013, AmBank founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi and his wife were shot at close range while...
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2.9KBota in Perak was named after a monster… who likes to catch pantsless kids.
Let’s talk about Malaysian place names today. Some of them are pretty basic: Kuala Lumpur is literally ‘mud estuary’, and the town started out as one. Some are a bit more tricky or require a...
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8555 kinda creepy techniques M’sians use to kena lottery… and the beliefs behind them.
The chances of one winning the jackpot are about 1 in 10,000, which does sound like pretty low odds; but it’s considerably higher than the chances of being struck by lightning, which are 1 in...
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871Kena ‘Casual Contact’ warning on MySejahtera? Our office found out what it really means
Sometime last week, three people from CILISOS went out to perform their usual routine (separately la, ofcos). And just like everybody else, they used their MySejahtera to register themselves to places they went to. However,...
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3.0KActually… why do Malaysians call white people ‘Mat Salleh’?
Let’s start today’s article with a haiku. Look mom, white people Are they called angmohs? Gweilos? Perhaps Mat Salleh? Okay, not the best haiku, but you’ve probably heard of all these local terms describing Caucasians....
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936Attention Malaysians: Go cashless when you pay income tax and win a Proton X70!
It’s tax season! And you know what that means… For many Malaysians, it’s that time of the year where we check our old receipts and start calculating how much taxes we need to pay. And with...
