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I was under the assumption that it would be war. I was assigned to a case for client I had previously dealt with, an assignment that ended up sour because the client wanted to keep more money to himself that was fair. (Fairness and money: disconnects?) I hunted down a probable saint and conned a car off of him, and I was soon on my way up north.

I had no lunch, no breakfast, and in a bad mood: I didn’t particularly like the client, and I didn’t particularly enjoy being part of a trussed up deal. Within minutes of our second meeting in 12 months I realized that was how this was going to play out. I couldn’t back out this time, and decided to wing it.
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Mr Edrei over at kamigoroshi.net has an interesting post on the current state of blogging in Malaysia. Change is an issue, and the kind of change is starting to become clearer with each passing month.

I feel that it’s become an issue of labels. If you want to have a ‘mackzul/jeffooi’ blog, you must satisfy certain requirements. If you wanna be a ‘boingboing’ type blog, you apparently need to satisfy certain requirements. This wasn’t how it was like about 4-5 years ago, as far as I remember.

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The NST characterization is telling: “The Rafidah Show “, it’s proclaimed. Well, I suppose it wasn’t an unfounded fear, as the wayang kulit gets underway. The first few pages are dedicated to parliament goings-on today, with the promise of an interview with Rafidah Aziz in tomorrow’s NST. I don’t know if I’m looking forward to it, and I wonder how long it will take before everything blows over.
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