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		<title>A nation of tyrants</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/06/20/a-nation-of-tyrants</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read this post at my old friend&#8217;s blog and could not believe the comments. FYI, Shireen and I go back a long way (we were in kindergarten together and her mother was one of my primary school teachers). Obviously, we have grown up to be very different people. I have had two maids in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s another attention-seeking idiot for ya</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/20/heres-another-attention-seeking-idiot-for-ya</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/20/heres-another-attention-seeking-idiot-for-ya#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 16:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He&#8217;s like one of those squawking moms who&#8217;s tossing a sodding fit to guilt-trip her son into divorcing the wife &#8211; a woman she&#8217;d once lauded as a girl after her own heart, only to discover a few years later that the perfect daughter-in-law has a mind of her own and as such, is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An example of what truly deserves attention</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/07/an-example-of-what-truly-deserves-attention</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 21:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe Somalia or Zimbabwe may be too much of a stretch. Try this. Thanks, Daddy, for the heads up.]]></description>
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		<title>More United than United</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/03/10/more-united-than-united</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the world continued to follow the epic US Democratic race of Obama vs Clinton, Malaysians around the world focused their attentions on our own General Elections back home on March 8th 2008, ultimately (and unfortunately) bringing down popular news sites such as Malaysiakini, the only trusted independent source of Malaysian news and politics (which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fight or flight?</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/11/18/fight-or-flight</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/11/18/fight-or-flight#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago, I wrote a post called Entitlement, about &#8216;survival apathy&#8217;. As a child born just four years after the 1969 Sino-Malay riots, I was raised, as many other Chinese children were in the predominantly Chinese town of Ipoh, with more or less the same survival plan: Study hard, save money, turn a blind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five days to 50 years</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/08/26/five-days-to-50-years</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In five days, my home country, Malaysia, celebrates 50 years of independence from British rule. What have we achieved? Not much, apparently, especially when compared to South Korea. Those who ignore the past are doomed to repeat it, so goes the famous saying. It seems that our past is still our present. Macam mana?]]></description>
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		<title>Nat speaks</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/07/19/nat-speaks</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/07/19/nat-speaks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nathaniel Tan, the blogger who was incarcerated for four days under the OSA, has written an entry regarding his ordeal. Read it and weep. I did. Excerpting: Entirely by a stroke of luck, a lawyer at the magistrate’s court was able to assist me in contacting my lawyer, R Sivarasa. Had said lawyer not been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A tribute to roti-men</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/06/25/a-tribute-to-roti-men</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/06/25/a-tribute-to-roti-men#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This here is the back of a motorbike laden with goodies. A fast disappearing sight in urban Malaysia today, the &#8216;roti man&#8217; (literally the &#8216;bread man&#8217;) evokes the same childhood joy as would the good old ice cream truck here in the US. As you can see from&#160;the physics-defying&#160;load he has on his vehicle, our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is why Malaysia sucks, Part II</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/04/25/this-is-why-malaysia-sucks-part-ii</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/04/25/this-is-why-malaysia-sucks-part-ii#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lovable Malay Male blogged this first and shared this Al-Jazeera Everywoman video (in English) on youtube on yet another Hindu couple being torn apart by religion. I blogged about Malik Imtiaz&#8217;s short but passionate entry in his blog&#160;about Marimuthu and Raimah. Read Datuk Seri Lim Kit Siang&#8217;s entry on Suresh and Ravathi&#8217;s plight&#160;on April [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is why Malaysia sucks</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/04/20/this-is-why-malaysia-sucks</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/04/20/this-is-why-malaysia-sucks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading news like this tears me apart. What gives a government the right to take away a man&#8217;s family on account of religion? I am heartbroken.]]></description>
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		<title>Gratitude</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/04/14/gratitude</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/04/14/gratitude#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firstly, I wish to thank someone who may have read my blog on Siti Aisya and sent a US$200 donation to the cause. Daphne, the incredible young lady behind this plight, sent me this email a while ago: Dear Mdm Tai (aiyo, don&#8217;t call until so old, Daphne! lol), Hi, this is Daphne Ling from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An amazing article</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/04/09/an-amazing-article</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/04/09/an-amazing-article#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I follow Penangite and lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar&#8217;s blog, Disquiet, religiously and the man is&#8230;just amazing. I excerpt: &#160; There is another layer to this. Sad as it is, and as difficult as it is to say, we are no longer the learned or mature society that we perhaps once were. In place of sophisticated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysia sets up official bloggers&#8217; alliance</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/04/06/malaysia-sets-up-official-bloggers-alliance</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/04/06/malaysia-sets-up-official-bloggers-alliance#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just read this at Malaysiakini&#160;(subscription required). On April 5th, the National Alliance of Bloggers was born and a pro-tem committee was set up. Some excerpts of the article: Rather than fading into oblivion in the wake of the &#8216;attacks&#8217; from the powers-that-be, bloggers here have banded together to form an association &#8211; the National Alliance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exodus</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/31/exodus</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/31/exodus#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Malaysiakini&#8216;s Vox Populi&#160;section, a response from a reader to this article (registration needed): Dr Mahathir has argued that Chinese Malaysians could move elsewhere given the lackluster economy in Malaysia. He is right, many Malaysian ethnic minorities are moving &#8211; some to China, some to Australia, some to Canada or some to New Zealand. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Siti Aisya needs your help</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/24/siti-aisya-needs-your-help</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/24/siti-aisya-needs-your-help#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2007 05:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saw on Marina&#8217;s blog a sad piece of news regarding three-year old Siti Aisya, who has Fraser Syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes hidden eyes or webbing of fingers etc. Originally from this post. An excerpt: &#160; Little Aisya went for surgery to create eyelids for her last December, using tissue from her lips. Unfortunately, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloggers can&#8217;t be fired</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/17/bloggers-cant-be-fired</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/17/bloggers-cant-be-fired#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read with shock and indignation the news on Susan Loone&#8216;s site that Nila Tanzil, the Indonesian journalist who sparked off Malaysian tourism minister Ku Nan&#8217;s tirade on how bloggers are liars, has been suspended by her TV station because of her criticism of her Visit Malaysia experience. And to think he can just laugh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hijau</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/hijau</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/hijau#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hijau means &#8216;green&#8217; in Malay. Since it&#8217;s St Paddy&#8217;s Day this weekend, I would like to dedicate a song by one of Malaysia&#8217;s most legendary musicians, Zainal Abidin, the artiste behind Hijau, a song about global warming which was way ahead of its time when it was released in 1990. I know St Patrick&#8217;s isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50 years: Time for change</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/11/will-we-ever-change</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homesickness is a natural affliction even among those of us who have semi-migrated (as in we&#8217;re not sure if we want to remain away for too long, and yet have accepted that we won&#8217;t be going back anytime soon). Aside from the occasional yearning for the familiar, most of which has to do with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stay in your tempurung, katak!</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/10/stay-in-your-tempurung-katak</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/10/stay-in-your-tempurung-katak#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(translation of title: &#8220;Stay in your coconut shell, frog!&#8221; This is a popular Malay saying to refer to someone who is poorly exposed). &#160; For someone who&#8217;s all about travel, I would really like to know from which skanky tempurung did Tengku Adnan, Malaysia&#8217;s Tourism Minister, crawl out from. Marina Mahathir&#8217;s Rantings blog linked an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is Ipoh</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/02/10/this-is-ipoh</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is aÂ special post for my new American friends and old Ipoh pals who feel like taking a trip home through time to our beloved Ipoh. I found these pictures in Flickr taken by various people and picked the few I liked best, just to give you a peek at where I grew up. Do [...]]]></description>
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