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By Ooi Kee Beng. Editorial, Penang Monthly October 2025 I am past 70 years of age, so I shall pull rank on my readers—most of you anyway, and talk about Birth, Life, and Death. My parents are both dead. I was at their wake, funeral, and burial. There is much one can learn from the … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng. Penang Monthly Editorial for August 2025 THE MOON WAS full two nights ago. I sit now on the first-floor patio of my friend Fazil’s beach house. This is in Marang, just south of Kuala Terengganu. It is 5.30 in the morning. The regular passing of trucks and cars pulsates at an erratic … Continue reading
By Dato’ Dr OOI KEE BENG, Speech as Guest of Honour at the Speech Day of St Xavie’’s Institution, 21 November 2024. IT IS A GREAT HONOUR indeed for me to be here today to not only congratulate the Award-winners, but also everyone here, at the end of the school year. I remember the strange … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG, for The Edge Malaysia, 23-30 November 2024. I HAVE OFTEN wondered about the nature of “mediocrity”. We tend to think of mediocrity as something an individual besits and should be accountable for. When considered collectively, we have skills and knowledge that we prefer to call “common sense”, and these may not … Continue reading
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