March 8: International Women's Day
Diverse reactions were recorded worldwide in observing International Women's Day today.
1 ) UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was accused of ignoring the agenda of women's reforms and denying gender equality.
2 ) MALAYSIA: Marina Mahathir's Wednesday fortnightly 'Musings' column in The Star, scheduled for today, was not axed. She had, apparently, failed to send in her copy by press time, Little Birds say.
Will she write something about women's welfare in Malaysia? Or give her two sen's worth on how Minister Sharizat Abdul Jalil is measuring up on her job? We need unorthodox views, not NGO-speak, really.
UPDATES: Screenshots was told the unedited version of her March 8 column is being circulated widely on the Internet. let's compare when The Star finally decides to print iot.
3 ) MALAYSIA: Isn't today the 70th anniversary of Uncle Samy Vellu's birthday? Many happy returns of the day, Uncle. You have been so indispensable to the community and Malaysian politics in the last two decades and more!
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Can someone direct me to the unedited version of Marina's March 8 column circulated on the Internet?
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March 8, 2006 03:23 PM
the bbc has news about marina's column:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4784784.stm
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March 8, 2006 05:01 PM
Her article has been posted on M. Bakri Musa's blog. Click here to read it.
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March 8, 2006 06:59 PM
a JOKE to commemorate women's day. its just a joke ok (got it from tkc old gals blog)...
A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!
There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch…You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
'Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord'.
The second floor sign reads:
'Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids'.
The third floor sign reads:
'Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking'.
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
'Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework'.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
'Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak'.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the
Sign reads:
'Floor 6 - You are visitor number 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please'.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
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March 8, 2006 09:05 PM