Sorry Gais But (2024)

26/11/2022

Thank you ❤️

On a more serious note, we are cautiously optimistic about Malaysia's future. Things may not change overnight but it's a step towards better change.

Be aware, be informed, and most importantly remember to unironically live laugh love.

Take care and stay safe, gais.

19/12/2021

In light of the recent flood, we have collected and adapted tips to make it through floods as safely as possible.

Our heart goes out to all the victims.

We will be updating our stories with updates and ways to seek/provide help.

Stay safe and take care, everyone.

Sources: NaFFWS, CompareHero.my, Property Guru

03/11/2021

You can always count on the Msian govt to resolve ‘Muslim issues’ at the speed of light. For non-Muslim/critical issues, however…

This was an entertaining, yet entirely pointless fuss over nothing. ‘Timah’ was nothing but a diversion tactic. It dominated social media and drowned out other important news. We’d like to use this post to bring their hypocrisy on racial/religious issues to light and direct your attention to things worth focusing on, like Bajet 2022.

Sources:
The Vibes.com: What’s in a name? Controversy surrounds Timah whiskey over perceived namesake
BBC News: Hot dogs 'must be renamed' in Malaysia, says religious government body
The Star: Budget 2022: RM700 special aid for 1.3 million civil servants
FMT: Why splurge on civil service while some starve, says ex-official
FMT: Too much money for religious authorities, say critics
FMT: Drinking Timah is like drinking a Malay woman, says PH MP
Malaysiakini: DBP promises to replace 'Keling' with 'India' in word definition
The Edge Markets: Budget 2022 has mixed implications for Malaysia’s healthcare, says Galen Centre
FMT: DBP tells why it won’t say sorry over use of ‘k*l*ng’
Wikipedia; K*l*ng

15/10/2021

Anyone can be an influencer nowadays. But with great fame, also comes great responsibility.

We covered Aliff Syukri & Dato Vida, but there are more Malaysian influencers/celebrities who’ve endorsed or produced dodgy products out there. Undercover Asia from CNA, a Singaporean news channel, revealed cases of people getting serious side effects from illegal health/beauty products sold in Malaysia. Some recover, but some end in tragedy.

As a consumer, know your rights. Know how to differentiate the real from the fake. And hold influencers accountable.

References:
CNA Insider: In Malaysia, online marketing tactics drive a health products boom — with side effects
Junk Asia: These Cosmetic Millionaires Are Selling Poison
Consumerinfo.my: Dato’ Aliff Syukri - The Empire of “Terlajak Laris”
New Straits Times: Qu Puteh product banned by Health Ministry; contains "high levels" of mercury
New Straits Times: Dr Vida swans into court; fined RM4,800 for promoting product without approval
The Sun Daily: D'Herbs company fined RM11,000 for misleading advertisements

06/10/2021

This was adapted from Malaysia Kini: May 13, Never Again. Nothing was more heartbreaking and somber than going through the carefully organised and thorough timeline of the events of May 13. If you have the time, take 5 minutes and go through their website.

Side note:

Two years ago, we were assigned to read a book. It was about the events of May 13, told from the eyes of a young Malay girl. At first, I was upset. "This book isn't addressing the root of the problems! This is a weak attempt to cover on a conflict to avoid stoking any fires."

I was wrong. Once we reached the end of the book, everyone was somber.

Senseless violence is the only way to describe May 13. There is no justification for the lives lost. Nothing comes out of pointing fingers and saying whose right or wrong.

Usually our followers ask, "What can we do now?" Malaysia has buried this so deep that we haven't taken the first step to making things right: acknowledge that it happened. Our answer is empower yourself with the knowledge of the events of May 13 and the events leading up to it.

22/09/2021

99% of MLMs fail, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

MLM sellers have become prevalent since the COVID-19 crisis. With job losses and financial insecurities, Malaysians opt to become MLM sellers for a better future.

But with shady practices and shadier history, can MLMs be trusted?

We Malaysians need to talk about it.

References:
The Balance Small Business: 10 Signs a Business Is an MLM Scheme
Investopedia: Multilevel Marketing (MLM)
FitzPatrick Report: Myth of Income Opportunity in Multi-Level Marketing
Taylor Report: MLM’s Abysmal Numbers
The Washington Post: How MLMs are hurting female friendships
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO): Multilevel Marketing

31/07/2021

Malaysia's democracy hangs on a thin thread. Any criticisms and demands made have been steadily ignored and met with hostility. How much more are we expected to bear?

Go to , one pioneers of the movement, as they continue to tirelessly provide updates of the movement.

Check out on protesting online.

Read post on activists who have been arrested. There have been way too many.

By educating ourselves and supporting these pages, we are also amplifying this movement - even if we cannot protest outside.

31/05/2021

Barack Obama once said, “We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it”.

This week, we are collaborating with other pages to bring awareness to climate change and environmental issues as we believe in the power of using our voice to demand accountability from our leaders.

Keep an eye out for other posts in our stories!

24/05/2021

The deaths of Ganapathy and Sivabalan have caused public outcry and increasing demands for the establishment of IPCMC. But what is IPCMC, how can it counter police misconduct, and most importantly: why hasn't it been established?

Side note:
Those who follow the page may be aware that other pages have made detailed posts about the recent custodial deaths as well. I think it's because of the initial shock that another custodial death occured at the SAME police station and a chilling realisation that the police think that they are invincible. This is not a problem that can be solved easily - especially when it comes to addressing systemic racism and power abuse by authorities. We hope that this post can help shed light on what we can do. We hope you'll join us in using your voice to demand accountability from the police force.

Say it with me: IPCMC, not IPCC.

18/05/2021

Malaysia has fallen 18 spots to number 119 in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index. It is the biggest fall of any country in the index. Add in the recent police investigations on artists, activists, and even a news anchor - it is a worrying sign of what our country is becoming.

Who stands to gain the most when the rakyat is silenced?

Ypolitics has made an in-depth and detailed post on Freedom of Expression. We encourage you to read it. Check it out at their page .my or our stories.

11/05/2021

Pandemic fatigue has been cited as a huge factor of the rise of COVID-19 cases. The exhaustion of trying to survive while an incompetent government continues to fail us has made many of us careless.

It is not too late. We got this.

27/04/2021

Alas, we’ve come to the end of this series. There’s still so much to bring to light, but we can only do so much to tell you the truths of our nation’s rather messed up history. Nonetheless, one thing’s for sure—this isn’t over.

REFERENCES:

National Public Opinion Survey Perception towards Malaysia Agreement 1963 & Autonomy. 2016. Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research.

James Chin (2019) ‘The 1963 Malaysia Agreement (MA63): Sabah And Sarawak and the Politics of Historical Grievances’ in S. Lemiere (ed), Minorities Matter: Malaysian Politics and People (Singapore: ISEAS- Yusuf Ishak Institute) pp. 75-92

(2019, September 24). Malaysia's Sarexit Nightmare. Asia Sentinel.

Mohammad Agus Yusoff (1999). The Politics of centre-state conflict: the Sabah experience under the ruling Sabah Alliance (1963–1976). Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

(2016, October 05). RM114.5 mil seizure in Sabah corruption case biggest in MACC history. Awani.

(2020, June 09). Former Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman acquitted of corruption, money laundering charges. Channel News Asia.

(2020, September 09). Sarawak's Latest MACC Strike Signals A Deadly Combat Within PN. The Sarawak Report.

Wong, C.H. (2019, April 08). Sabah and Sarawak downgraded by their MPs in 1976. Malaysiakini.

12/04/2021

Two cups of corruption, manipulation garnish, a dash of federal interference, and thinly veiled threats—now that’s a recipe for disaster (quite literally). In this fourth chapter, we’ll look into Sarawak’s political history and what went down in the political scene.

Stay tuned for Chapter 5!

REFERENCES:

Kadam-Kiai, S. B., & Dugun, D. L. (2020). Revisiting early Political History of Modern Sarawak through the making of Stephen Kalong Ningkan as Sarawak’s first Chief Minister. Journal of Borneo-Kalimantan, 6(1).

Chin, J. (1997). Politics of federal intervention in Malaysia, with reference to Sarawak, Sabah and Kelantan. Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 35(2), 96-120.

Hazis, F. S. (2018). Domination, contestation, and accommodation: 54 years of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia. Southeast Asian Studies, 7(3), 341-361.

Stephen Kalong Ningkan - Wikipedia

Chief Minister of Sarawak - Wikipedia

05/04/2021

Sabah has seen changes in the political scene for the past few decades since the formation of Malaysia. In this third chapter, we’ll look into the roles of the previous Chief Ministers and how they shaped the state into what she is today.

Stay tuned for Chapter 4!

REFERENCES

Hamid, S. S. H. S., & Akhmetova, E. (2019). Islam and Politics in Malaysia: The Realisation of Islam as a State Religion in Sabah (Islam dan Politik di Malaysia: Realisasi Islam sebagai Agama Negeri di Sabah). Journal of Islam in Asia (E-ISSN 2289-8077), 16(2), 302-320.

Yusoff, M. A. (2020). The politics of centre-state conflict: The Sabah experience under the ruling Sabah Alliance (1963-1976). J***t: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics & Strategic Studies, 26.
Chin, J. (1999) Going east: UMNO's entry into Sabah politics, Asian Journal of Political Science, 7:1, 20-40, DOI: 10.1080/02185379908434135

Osman, M. N. M. (2017). A Transitioning Sabah In A Changing Malaysia. Kajian Malaysia, 35(1), 23-40.

Chief Minister of Sabah. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Sabah

29/03/2021

Well, well…guess who isn’t mother’s favourite after all. In this second chapter, we’ll look into the process of Sabah and Sarawak’s union with Malaya and Singapore to form Malaysia.

Stay tuned for Chapter 3!

REFERENCES:

Luping, H. J. (1985). The Kadazans and Sabah Politics. Political Science Department at the Victoria University of Wellington.

18-point Memorandum Sarawak. (n.d.). Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia - Sabah Sarawak Union. Retrieved from http://www.sabahsarawakmerdeka.com/2015/01/18-point-memorandum-sarawak.html

Formation of Malaysia 16 September 1963. (n.d.) National Archives of Malaysia, Retrieved from http://www.arkib.gov.my/en/web/guest/penubuhan-malaysia-16-september-1963

Datuk JC Fong On (2011). Formation of Malaysia. theBorneoPost Online, Retrieved from https://www.theborneopost.com/2011/09/16/formation-of-malaysia/

Mohamad Khairy A. (2018). Batu sumpah amat bermakna dalam pembentukan Malaysia, malaysiakini, Retrieved from https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/443126

Mohd Izham U.A. (2018). Batu Sumpah Keningau lambang pembentukan Malaysia, BH Online, Retrieved from https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/wilayah/2018/09/473115/batu-sumpah-keningau-lambang-pembentukan-malaysia

http://www.agc.gov.my/agcportal/uploads/files/Publications/FC/Federal%20Consti%20%28BI%20text%29.pdf

Hului, P. (2019, May 07). Borneo states favoured Malaysia, according to United Nations 1963 report •. Retrieved November 14, 2020, from https://kajomag.com/borneo-states-favour-malaysia-according-to-united-nations-1963-report/

Iman, K. (2019, September 19). Malaysia day was supposed to be the same day as Merdeka. but the UN delayed IT. WHY? Retrieved March 21, 2021, from https://cilisos.my/the-real-reason-malaysia-day-is-16-days-after-merdeka-day-is-cos-of-the-un/

Tan, T. Y. (2008). Creating" Greater Malaysia": decolonization and the politics of merger. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

17/03/2021

The long-awaited and revamped Bornean Mandate Series is finally here! In this first chapter, we’ll look into the history of the idea behind the formation of Malaysia.

For your information, the process of writing and researching was definitely time-consuming, and hence the short hiatus. We truly appreciate your patience and devotion to this page.

Stay tuned for Chapter 2!

REFERENCES:

Matthew Jones (2000) Creating Malaysia: Singapore security, the Borneo territories, and the contours of British policy, 1961–63, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 28:2, 85-109, DOI:10.1080/03086530008583091

Subritzky, J. (2000). Britain, Konfrontasi, and the end of empire in Southeast Asia, 1961–65. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 28(3), 209–227.

Tan, T. Y. (2008). Creating" Greater Malaysia": decolonization and the politics of merger. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

21/01/2021

When news of vaccines for Covid-19 made headlines, celebrations were cut short over concerns that the vaccines were developed in a short time.

Let's talk about those concerns.

17/01/2021

We're all going to be vaccinated (hopefully, sooner than we think), so let's talk about how vaccines work.

15/01/2021

Hi everyone! In the light of the lockdown, and Sorry Gais But are doing a collab to shed light on Covid-19.

We all have an idea of what the virus is but if you wanna explain what the virus is to your grandkids, then you can use this as reference :D

Keep an eye out for Part 2 and 3!

14/01/2021

This is the end of the 2020 Political Crisis Series.

I would like to end it with a note: A lot of us view politics as a subject that smart people talk about.

But when it comes down to it, Malaysian politics is just a bunch of old men fighting. The only difference is, whatever drama that's going on between them will eventually affect us.

If you struggle with understanding Malaysian politics, I hope this will be a good starting point. Certain events had to be omitted as it may take the readers' attention away from the focus of the story; such as details about Mahathir's reign, the impact of the Reformasi movement, and more. I truly hope that this will encourage any of you to fill the empty gaps.

If anyone finds the series too long to follow, I highly recommend that you read Malaysian machinations: How Southeast Asia's veteran leader lost the plot by Reuters.

12/01/2021

There is no right time to post this.

Just yesterday, MCO 2.0 was announced. Today, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has declared state of emergency.

The reason why this series started was to understand the political mess that we're in today. From the beginning of the series until this one, politicians have constantly put themselves over the rakyat.

The declaration of the state of emergency is proof of it.

08/01/2021

Gais, let's end cyber bullying... Through CYBER BULLYING.

I thought of making this a story but this has been bothering me for some time. Every time there's a problematic person who isn't conventionally attractive, the internet attacks their looks and this takes away the attention from the real issue.

We can't advocate for body positivity and acceptance if our go-to insult is people's appearance. People can't control their looks so why do we attack something they can't change? Don't we want them to grow into better people instead of constantly tearing them down because they don't look like how we want them to look?

Also the tweets shown are both by men and women - both genders cyberbully so it's a win for equality today.

I detected a bit of misogyny in the tweets but you know what, maybe we'll talk about this next time.

07/01/2021

We need to ask ourselves:

What was up with PH?

Did grown men actually throw punches on behalf of another man?

Did Mahathir actually play a part in the political mess?

Remind me again, what's the purpose of politics in the first place?

As much as I want to cover on everything that happened, we don't wanna get overwhelmed with information. Details are in sources below each page.

05/01/2021

THE 2020 POLITICAL CRISIS

Have any of y'all watched Tiger King before? Spoiler alert but at the end of the series, you sit back and think, ''Wow. I don't think I like anyone starring in the series."

This is something like that.

04/01/2021

Prelude.

Let's talk about politics.

02/01/2021

It's important for us to seek perspective outside from ours. At the end of the day, how sure are we that our opinions are our own instead of "echoes"?

18/10/2020

THE SAREXIT SERIES: PART 2

Moving on, what else was overridden in MA63? Before you come to a conclusion, there's still more to come!

P. S Thank you for pointing out the corrections needed.

Part 3 will be out this week!

17/10/2020

THE SAREXIT SERIES: PART 1

To understand the conflict between the federal government and West Malaysia, we need to look at the source of it: MA63.

Part 2 will be out tomorrow, same time!

11/10/2020

Will Sabah and Sarawak leave Malaysia?

There is a marked difference between West Malaysia and East Malaysia - in terms of infrastructure, income rate, and culture. There is also an existing gap between these two; a gap that no one on both sides seem to really understand. We need to go deep and for that, we need a series.

So turn your post notifications on so you won't miss a single post of this series!

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