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There's been a dust-up in Malaysia about police abuses of people in custody. I've been following the story in Malaysiakini, of course (story, 24 Nov 2005). Now two newspaper editors have resigned, essentially to appease the Malaysian government. And why?...
Posted in MaclooMedia on January 10, 2006 09:37 AM
I still need to write the Sabah portion of this illustrated travelogue, but the Sarawak portion is finished, so I decided to put it online. The same photos are already posted at my Flickr site, but now the narrative is...
Posted in MaclooMedia on July 24, 2005 01:17 PM
Flew in Tueday night, after some 30-plus hours of air travel. Brutal. There were four connections: Singapore, Tokyo-Narita, San Francisco, and Memphis. Flew Malaysia Airlines to Singapore because no U.S. airline flies to/from Kuala Lumpur. From Singapore to Gainesville, it...
Posted in MaclooMedia on July 22, 2005 03:56 PM
This is just a quick update from an Internet cafe in Kuching. Before I started this trip, I had never hiked 8 km (5 miles) through the jungle in the rain with a full 25-liter pack on my back. I...
Posted in MaclooMedia on June 17, 2005 06:41 AM
I know some of you are waiting to see the photos from Langkawi. Well, I don't think I will have time to edit and upload them before Thursday, when I leave for my Borneo adventure. I also doubt that I...
Posted in MaclooMedia on June 6, 2005 03:05 AM
Two things distinguish Terengganu from the other 13 states of Malaysia: batik and fish sausage. Above: Terengganu silk batik. 4 meters. Below: Closeup of same. Terengganu (trehng GAH noo) lies on the east coast of peninsular Malaysia, toward the north...
Posted in MaclooMedia on May 26, 2005 02:46 AM
On the six-hour train ride from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, I enjoyed seeing thousands of hectacres of palm-oil plantations and the wall of wooded mountains that winds down the center of the peninsula as we chugged along. What the journey...
Posted in MaclooMedia on April 26, 2005 06:03 AM
Someone once told me that race is artificial. We treat it as a reality, but humans invented race. I didn't accept that idea, at first. I grew up in America, where race is always visible, always an issue. Over the...
Posted in MaclooMedia on April 6, 2005 10:40 PM
It is raining heavily almost every day in Shah Alam. Not all day. Usually it begins in the mid- to late afternoon. It may last all night, but usually it's just an hour or two. Heavy, heavy, torrential rains. It's...
Posted in MaclooMedia on April 5, 2005 04:21 AM
On Wednesday, the U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia had a dinner for all the U.S. Fulbrighters here. It was a very enjoyable group for conversation. One of the topics was VCDs and the pirate video business. I am trying to buy...
Posted in MaclooMedia on April 1, 2005 01:59 AM
A few years ago, U.S. nutritionists declared that palm oil was very unhealthy. Soon after that, the flavor of all fast-food French fries changed forever. Many would say the change was for the worse. Here in Malaysia, palm oil is...
Posted in MaclooMedia on March 28, 2005 01:33 AM
The "inter-monsoon" -- the hottest part of the year here, just north of the Equator. Many people carry umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun. Last night on TV, on a live show that comes on about midnight, they had...
Posted in MaclooMedia on March 18, 2005 12:21 AM
The Internet was down at my university (yes, for the entire university) for 24 hours. It went down late in the afternoon on Tuesday. It came back Wednesday evening, after I had gone to teach my class. This is not...
Posted in MaclooMedia on March 10, 2005 04:49 AM
On Saturday MACEE took all the "Fulbrighters" on a day trip to the Kuala Gandah elephant sanctuary in the state of Pahang. We took a very beautiful drive through the hills east of KL and then drove quite a ways...
Posted in MaclooMedia on March 7, 2005 02:20 AM
Who knew that sate was Malaysian? I keep telling everyone here that in the U.S., we think of sate as a Thai appetizer. They are usually surprised to hear it. To Malaysians, sate is absolutely a Malaysian invention. They even...
Posted in MaclooMedia on March 2, 2005 01:05 AM
I have resolved to post to my blog more often. Shorter entries, more often. Otherwise I will forget what I have done here! A few weeks ago, I went to Kuching for five days. That's in Eastern Malaysia, on the...
Posted in MaclooMedia on March 1, 2005 03:39 AM
January 19-23, 2005. (Were you wondering why I hadn't posted lately? I was also writing two midterm exams!) Bali. I had to ask whether it was part of Indonesia (it is). I always thought of it as a place where...
Posted in MaclooMedia on January 27, 2005 02:08 AM
On Sunday morning, as everyone in the world knows, a major earthquake erupted in the ocean west of Sumatra (that's part of Indonesia, for all you geographically challenged Americans). The BBC has excellent coverage of the disaster, which so far...
Posted in MaclooMedia on December 27, 2004 10:13 PM
All the guidebooks mention Batu Caves, but on my previous two visits to Kuala Lumpur, I never made the trip to see them. If I had known how cheap a taxi fare would be, maybe I would have done it,...
Posted in MaclooMedia on December 19, 2004 09:05 PM
What do you really need? I asked myself this question many times before I left the U.S. I shipped 53 pounds of books ahead and packed up my laptop computer, various cameras and microphones, and assorted cables into a carefully...
Posted in MaclooMedia on December 6, 2004 09:41 PM
Someone suggested that I visit the open-air market held every Sunday morning in the parking lot of the big stadium not far from where I'm staying. A local market (pasar) in this part of the world offers a vast assortment...
Posted in MaclooMedia on November 29, 2004 09:14 PM
Yesterday Dr. Darussalam took me around to look at motorbikes. We learned (from a salesman) the difference between a motorbike and a scooter: The placement of the engine. On a scooter, it's back near the rear tire. On a motorbike,...
Posted in MaclooMedia on November 24, 2004 03:44 AM
Friday evening I met Dr. Halimah (deputy dean of the Faculty of Communication & Media Studies) for the first time. She and Kiran were at KLCC (huge shopping mall at the Petronas Towers), buying tickets for Saturday to a 3-and-a-half-hour...
Posted in MaclooMedia on November 20, 2004 08:16 PM
Wednesday I spent several hours with Don McCloud, director of MACEE. It served as my orientation session, and I felt quite well informed by the time we finished. I spent all day Thursday with one of the UiTM p.r. faculty,...
Posted in MaclooMedia on November 19, 2004 03:45 AM
Not sure yet how I'm going to index or organize these, but there are two so far: 06 Nov -- St. Pete Beach A meditation before leaving. 14 Nov -- Inchon Airport The long journey from Gainesville, Florida, to Kuala...
Posted in MaclooMedia on November 16, 2004 10:24 AM
My first post from Malaysia (I arrived last night) is, aptly enough, about freedom of the press. I found a link to the 2004 report from RSF: Malaysia ranks 122nd out of 167 countries....
Posted in MaclooMedia on November 16, 2004 10:19 AM
Today I am learning all about KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport), such as how to get there. Oh, that's just how to get there from K.L. If you want to get there from Florida ... that's a whole 'nother story....
Posted in MaclooMedia on September 20, 2004 02:58 PM
Aliran has a blog about Malaysian media. This entry concerns development journalism: "So, what then can we say is the real problem with Western mainstream media? Actually, the answers can be obtained from many in the West itself -- people...
Posted in MaclooMedia on September 10, 2004 03:06 PM
Found today while searching for textbooks relevant to mass comm and society in Asia: Journalism Asia Contents (all online) are papers presented at a forum on the subject, held in February 2003. Included are: The IT way to political reform...
Posted in MaclooMedia on September 4, 2004 10:31 AM
Not clear what's really going on (at least not to me), but Malaysiakini reports that the national government is "reviewing all legislation and regulations governing the media in order to help maintain peace and security." Five ministries will "clean up,...
Posted in MaclooMedia on June 10, 2004 04:30 PM
The blog has suffered because I am up against the deadline for my book, Flash Journalism. The 10 Lesson chapters are due June 7. I will make it, but only by working constantly, every day. The lesson about sound was...
Posted in MaclooMedia on May 27, 2004 09:04 AM
There have been two recent articles: ‘Loyal’ Malaysian media toes the line with self-censorship: RSF: Discusses the 2004 Reporters Without Borders report. No signs of greater press freedom under Pak Lah: CPJ: Discusses a recent Committee to Protect Journalists report....
Posted in MaclooMedia on May 4, 2004 03:39 PM
The 2004 report on Malaysia from Reporters Without Borders says: "The government sent some 30 Malaysian journalists to Iraq in April 2003 at its own expense to counter the 'western propaganda.' "Malaysiakini.com editor Steven Gan said at a UN forum...
Posted in MaclooMedia on May 4, 2004 03:22 PM
Today I learned that the Universiti Teknologi MARA will be my host, or will "host my grant," in the language of the MACEE executive director. This is exciting, because UiTM has both master's and Ph.D. programs in Communications and Media...
Posted in MaclooMedia on April 29, 2004 05:54 PM
I found Kuala Lumpur Business on the Web today while researching motor scooters. Turns out that Malaysia has its own scooter manufacturer now: Naza. The two models are the Gemilang NBS150L ($1210) and the Symphony NBS125i ($950). I also learned...
Posted in MaclooMedia on April 11, 2004 06:27 PM
I learned today: I have received a Fulbright award for study in Malaysia! Much to do now. I do not know how soon I will be leaving. I subscribed to Malaysiakini today....
Posted in MaclooMedia on April 9, 2004 05:25 PM