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http://m.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2038580/how-one-malaysian-school-became-bright-spot-colonialisms N. Balakrishnan celebrates the  founding two centuries ago of Southeast Asia’s oldest English school, which gave generations of youth an education not just of the mind, but also of the heart.  N. BALAKRISHNAN PUBLISHED : Thursday, 20 October, 2016, 12:39pm UPDATED : Thursday, 20 October, 2016, 12:39pm The Penang Free School. Minority voices have been saying that the old school was a colonial relic best forgotten. But while the school may have been “elitist” in one sense, it was also an avenue for social mobility for many. Neither of my parents knew any English. The reason I can write passable English is down to the schools I attended in Penang, Malaysia. Penang Free School, my secondary school, celebrates its 200th anniversary on October 21. It was established three years before modern Singapore was “founded” by Stamford R...

31 years ago, they all left to start journey to their future, armed with the scroll of their knowledge. In their long treacherous and arduous journey, they must have swam through many sharks infested waters weathering through inclement weather. Some would have hit the jackpot; some into bottomless pit; some through bad decisions of life; some with incurable maladies; some through painful divorces; some trapped in the clutches of the black dog; some ventured into untested territories and God forsaken places; some happy; some sad and some were ashamed of their absence of achievements. The idea of getting together at 50 mooted about a year when YTH got a handful of people together for a simple dinner. It was followed a series of small meeting here and there. The killer shot materialised when my better/other half schemed my 50th surprise birthday party. All salutations to geeks who started social medias. With the help of emails, WhatsApp, FB and mobile communica...

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) This movie has initially not released for consumption of general public as it depicted Germans (at least one) as level headed and British as gung ho fool hardy lads! There also uncanny resemblance between Churchill and the main character of the film, Clive Candy who had both served in WW1 and Boer War in South Africa. It starts off sounding like a satire of sorts with the bumbling British soldiers ambushing a Turkish sauna holding a General Candy as captive. Apparently, the war did not start till midnight and that the young punks had broken a gentlemanly rule of conduct! The young swashbuckling Lt. Candy Major General tells his life story in a long flashback. His story takes through the time after the Boer War in 1902 all through the WW2. As a lieutenant, he had gone to Germany on the invitation of an English governess in Germany (Edith, Deborah Kerr) to investigate the bad press spread in Germany regarding the English. Candy cr...