Category: Current Affairs

Social Media: Discovering Values

(source: http://invoke.sg)
.. Trust
In the early stage of the internet, most people used the internet for fun, chat and entertainment. Internet has evolved over time and now becoming an important platform to find information & engage with people, or in another word, social networking. And in this social media world, one has to be ‘real’. [...]

Sunday May 31st, 2009 in 2.o, Current Affairs, Islam, My Work | No Comments »

Success doesn’t have much to do with talent. Talent is simply desire.

GPS: Fareed interviews Malcolm Gladwell

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Saturday May 9th, 2009 in Current Affairs, Education | No Comments »

safe, secure and fun city?

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Sunday April 26th, 2009 in Current Affairs | No Comments »

A more progressive Islamic Education in Singapore

(source: The New York Times – Asia Pacific)
By NORIMITSU ONISHI
Published: April 22, 2009

SINGAPORE — After starting the day with prayers and songs in honor of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, the students at the Madrasa Al Irsyad Al Islamiah here in Singapore turned to the secular. An all-girls chemistry class grappled with compounds and acids while [...]

Thursday April 23rd, 2009 in Current Affairs, Education, Islam | No Comments »

Talent : Looks : Identity

On Susan Boyle at Made to Stick

Source: blog@Made to Stick – Published by Dan Heath April 16th, 2009 in General.

This video features Susan Boyle, a contestant on the show Britain’s Got Talent.
It’s as sticky as a story gets.
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>>well, the Internet sensation on Susan Boyle can be found @ many sites/blogs. I purposely chose the [...]

Saturday April 18th, 2009 in Current Affairs, Entertainment | No Comments »

Link on Islam News

http://www.topix.com/religion/islam
I stumbled upon this website when I was surfing around looking for materials for my assignment. With a tagline “News on Islam continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.”, it’s a self-explainatory indeed. My take : they do have a pretty good updated stuff there. convenience (at least for me) to search for [...]

Wednesday April 8th, 2009 in Current Affairs, Islam | No Comments »