Some suggestions about how to create the appropriate mental structure or thought process when dealing with criticism. Many of us take criticism the wrong way. We get angry. We hate them. Try to suppress if not annihilate them. It does not have to be this way.
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Tags: Alexander Graham Bell, Art, Constructive Criticism, Criticism, Leonardo da Vinci, Matthew 5:44, Negative Criticism, Paula Bachtiger Kling, Philosophy, Picasso, Science, Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, Technology
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An afterthought from being in a road accident on how each and every one of us needs get on the road to responsibility and instead of leaning on the myopic excuse, "nothing to do with me wat."
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Tags: Apathy, Life, MALAYSIA BOLEH, Malaysian police
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Satu pihak melaungkan perkara 153 sebagai "hak Melayu" yang "tidak boleh dicabar"; pihak yang lain pula menuduh perkara 153 sebagai "tongkat Melayu" seolah-olah ia sesuatu yang harus dimalukan. Kedua-dua pendirian sedemikian tidak membantu ke arah memahami Perkara 153 mahupun ke arah melaksanakannya dengan cara yang menguntungkan Negara.
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Tags: affirmative action, Hak Melayu, isu sensitif, kedudukan istimewa, ketuanan Melayu, Perkara 153, positive discrimination, racial politics
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Benarkah hak Melayu dicabar dan terhakis? Hak yang mana? Oleh siapa? Bagaimana ia berlaku, jika ianya berlaku? Atau adakah semua ini dongeng orang politik yang mahu memperalatkan orang Melayu untuk melanjutkan karier politik mereka?
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Tags: affirmative action, Alliance, Barisan Nasional, Hak Melayu, ketuanan Melayu, Kota Baru, PAS, Perkara 153, Perlembagaan Persekutuan, positive discrimination, racial politics, UMNO
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A prose poem: STARSHIP M'SIA 2010: an Excruciating Prose, Thankfully Brief, for our Painful Time
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Tags: Prose Poem
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This final segment discusses the possible steps we as a nation can take to get out of the political rut we are in as a result of turning the word 'Allah' into an issue.
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Tags: Allah Issue, Common Bond of Humanity, diversity, Life, Necessity of Expression, Spiritual Ignorance
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This second segment deals with deconstructing the mind of those that demand ownership of the word 'Allah', a consideration of a crucial part of our nation's history and a critical assessment of the government's attempts to defuse the situation.
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Tags: Allah Issue, Common Bond of Humanity, diversity, Governmental Failure, Life, Necessity of Expression, Spiritual Ignorance
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This first segment deals with the distinguishing the concept of different from diversity and how it relates to extremist thinking.
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Tags: Allah Issue, Common Bond of Humanity, Differentness, diversity, Life, Necessity of Expression, Philosophical Distinction, Spiritual Ignorance
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In answering two seemingly simple questions (i) where do I find the time to write and (ii) how do I dare write what I do, I meditate on how difficult and hard it is to be a human being in Malaysia.
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Tags: courage, Human Being, Meaning of Self-Expression, Right to Self-Expression, Rudyard Kipling's 'If', Time to Write
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