Court announces effectively Muslim's can't change religion
| The court has declared that if you want to say you are an ex-muslim then you have to get a declaration from her state Shariah court, but in practice the shariah court rarely gives one : 12 have been given in one state, one guy got one, but it took 60 years in court; they are much more likely to sentence the person to time at a "learning center" until they change their mind, which contradicts the "freedom of religion" guarantee in the constitution some analysis
The BBC report about lina joy is not particularly not radical
4 million died in Congo 1998-2004 = 2000/day
| Wednesday Connaught Night Market
Just a bit bigger that the Little India Saturday night market - but nothing special as it's even more tacky and cheaper than the tourist Petaling Street market. It's mostly Chinese and sells T-shirts candy etc. Pretty Chinese women, but here was nowhere cool to hang out.
| Friday
filmmakers anonymous
| Films much better than last time filmmakersanonymous.blogspot.com not so much obtuse art stuff and endless shots of people smoking. It seemed from the credits that everyone was helping in everyone elses film
. A little bit funny, some good acting. Pop video full of passionate kissing, which surely wouldn't be allowed on TV.
Notable was The Road Not Taken by Tricia Miller - about the blockade of a new logging road by a Sarawak Tribe at Long Benalih and about how the authorities, and media control the situation so that the Jungle can be logged without the public making a fuss. So now EU is probably not going to accept Malaysian Authorities Certificates of sustainable logging.
I can't find tthe film on the net though
| Saturday Helping CK buy a laptop
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Took a lot longer than expected as not only do you have to haggle, it also takes them 3 hours to set up your PC, then you have check it. We found they had forgotten to install the extra software. The price for that particular Toshiba model was cheaper than I could find on the net, but other models are cheaper from Dell or in the UK. Also here their price doesn't include windows.
Star had article about Old Sek Yuen restaurant on Jln Pudu near pudu LRT it sounded interesting as it's been operating in a barn type building for the last 60 years. Unfortunately there was nothing quaint about it and it's a rip off the price was double what better places charge.
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| Sunday Damansara
Art show nothing much ..so travelled way out to the Curve where a bar has alternative films. But .."sorry no film today", only rock music.
I hate shopping centres I never buy anything from those over lit, expensive shops.Cafes 2 or 3x normal prices.
Massive rain Rain continues until night.
| Sunday BBCs More or Less
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Yes rich people live longer than poor, but it's simply cos they are eating all organic whilst piir eat chips.
Ben Goldacre Author of the Guardian newspapers Bad Science pointed out that scientific studies show diet has only a small influence on lifespan 5% ..
extremely bad diet does have a strong correlation. poor have more accidents etc 50% of difference is accounted for fact poor people smoke more
Overweight does effect.
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