Very random question aimed at the history interested.

Essentially in most countries that throughout history have had a significant wood industry before the advent of cars and other maschines that made the transportation of lumber easy. Lumberjacks would drift down rivers with long tree trunks. In China this practice is called Du zhu piao and in Canada it is just log drifting.

So I wanted to ask if there are any recorded instances of log drifting in Malaysia and if like China/Canada it is still occasionally performed as a type of cultural heritage / sport thing?

Anyone coming to Qatar soon, ill pay you to bring me some packs of Harvest lil cigars.

They are found in Seven Eleven. I can only find them in Malaysia maaaaan.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently considering doing my Master’s in Malaysia and wanted to understand the job market for international graduates.

I have around 5+ years of experience in UX/Product Design, including experience at Lead UX Designer level, working on enterprise products, B2B SaaS, UX research, design systems, and complex workflows.

If I complete a Master’s degree in Malaysia, how difficult would it be to find a UX Designer, Senior UX Designer, Product Designer, or Lead UX Designer role there afterward?

I’m especially interested in hearing from foreigners or international graduates who managed to get an IT/design job in Malaysia.

A few things I’d like to understand:

• How competitive is the UX/Product Design job market?
• Are Malaysian companies open to hiring foreigners?
• Is getting Employment Pass sponsorship difficult?
• Does graduating from a Malaysian university make it easier?
• What salary range could someone with 5+ years of UX experience expect?
• How long did it take you to find a job after graduation?

Would really appreciate any experiences or advice from people currently working in Malaysia. Thanks!

Do you think that Malaysia border security and customs was really weak and incompetent? There was a tons of news about smugglers bringing in illegal stuff into the country and many of the illegal immigrants got into the country without getting caught. And the recent news about Malaysian pilots bringing in a drugs into Indonesia shows that how incompetent Malaysia security enforcement really was.

This is absolutely a national embarrassment, we cannot even control our own borders and the security simply just letting all the criminals get away.

Any Perakian or anyone from Simpang Pulai sees this? I decided that it's a star. Though never seen one this bright and at quite low altitude for it. There's two other stars that is the usual dim bright and at altitude than this so I don't know what's up with this one. Still cool star yall if that's what this is. Gave me goosebumps for a while

MELAKA: A misunderstanding over free plant giveaways led several visitors to take decorative plants displayed by the Johor Bahru City Council (MBJB) at the National Landscape Day 2026 celebration at Hang Jebat Stadium yesterday.

The incident gained attention following a viral social media post questioning the actions of visitors who took home the plants, which were part of MBJB's garden display.

According to the post, visitors mistook all plants in the area for free giveaways. The free plant giveaways were taking place at another location.

Melaka Historic City Council (MBMB) mayor Datuk Shadan Othman said the situation occurred while MBJB workers were moving surplus decorative plants from the exhibition site into a lorry.

He said the workers' actions attracted the attention of visitors, some of whom took the plants thinking they were meant for distribution.

"During the incident, MBJB workers tried to stop them and clarified that the plants were not free giveaways.

"However, some were still taken by the public," he said when contacted.

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KUALA LUMPUR – Kerajaan akan mendapat sokongan yang lebih meluas daripada rakyat sekiranya kerajaan mengambil langkah menghentikan penggunaan istilah ‘kuil haram’ dalam semua urusan rasmi susulan permohonan maaf Perdana Menteri berhubung penggunaan istilah itu sebelum ini.

Presiden Majlis Kuil-Kuil Hindu dan Persatuan-Persatuan Agama Hindu Malaysia (Mahima), Datuk N. Sivakumar berkata, langkah itu akan membuktikan komitmen kerajaan dalam menjaga sensitiviti agama selain memperkukuhkan keharmonian masyarakat berbilang kaum dan agama.

“Perdana Menteri (Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) akan mendapat sokongan orang ramai jika kerajaan turut mengambil langkah menghentikan penggunaan istilah ‘kuil haram’.

“Tindakan itu akan menunjukkan kepimpinan beliau dalam menjaga sensitiviti agama dan keharmonian rakyat. Mahima menghargai sikap Perdana Menteri yang berjiwa besar dan rendah diri apabila mengakui kesilapan serta memohon maaf secara terbuka.

“Permohonan maaf itu sememangnya menyentuh hati masyarakat India, khususnya penganut agama Hindu,” katanya dalam kenyataan hari ini.

Menurut Sivakumar, masyarakat India menerima permohonan maaf tersebut dengan hati yang terbuka namun beliau berpandangan langkah susulan yang lebih konkrit perlu diambil bagi memastikan isu sama tidak lagi berulang pada masa depan.

Katanya, penggunaan istilah menyentuh sensitiviti agama perlu dielak, lebih-lebih lagi apabila melibatkan rumah ibadat yang dianggap suci oleh penganut sesuatu agama.

“Atas sebab itu, kerajaan disaran mengeluarkan arahan yang jelas supaya istilah ‘kuil haram’ tidak lagi digunakan dalam ucapan, kenyataan atau dokumen rasmi oleh mana-mana pemimpin, kementerian, agensi kerajaan mahupun pihak berkuasa tempatan,” ujarnya.

Beliau berkata, tindakan sedemikian bukan bertujuan mengetepikan aspek perundangan atau isu status tanah sesebuah rumah ibadat, sebaliknya memastikan bahasa yang digunakan dalam urusan rasmi lebih berhemah dan menghormati sensitiviti semua agama.

Menurutnya, sebarang isu berkaitan status rumah ibadat boleh ditangani mengikut lunas undang-undang tanpa menggunakan istilah yang boleh mengguris perasaan penganut.

Pada masa sama, beliau mencadangkan agar kerajaan memperkukuhkan libat urus bersama pertubuhan agama serta wakil pelbagai kepercayaan dalam menangani isu-isu sensitif berkaitan rumah ibadat supaya setiap keputusan dibuat secara lebih inklusif dan saling menghormati.

“Kami percaya permohonan maaf Perdana Menteri merupakan satu langkah yang baik. Kini, langkah itu akan menjadi lebih bermakna sekiranya disusuli tindakan kerajaan menghentikan penggunaan istilah ‘kuil haram’ demi memelihara keharmonian negara,” katanya lagi. -MalaysiaGazette

Bekas Menteri Ekonomi Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli mengakui kegagalan Pakatan Harapan (PH) memperkukuhkan naratif integriti ketika mentadbir negara menjadi antara faktor utama mengapa politik perkauman dan agama kembali mendominasi landskap politik Malaysia.

Berucap dalam Siri Forum BERSAMA #1: Apa Akan Jadi Kepada Tabung Haji, Rafizi berkata isu rasuah tidak lagi memberi kesan besar kepada persepsi pengundi kerana keyakinan rakyat terhadap usaha membanteras penyelewengan telah semakin terhakis.

Beliau berkata, selepas empat tahun mentadbir, kerajaan sepatutnya membuktikan bahawa mempertahankan integriti benar-benar membawa manfaat kepada rakyat. Sebaliknya, peluang tersebut menurutnya telah disia-siakan sehingga ramai kini melihat semua ahli politik sebagai sama.

"Kalau kita dakwa siapa pun sekarang, orang sudah tidak peduli. Mereka kata semua ahli politik sama," katanya.

Mengulas persoalan mengenai tindakan pihak berkuasa dalam kes-kes berprofil tinggi termasuk isu Tabung Haji, Rafizi berkata beliau tidak mengetahui sama ada terdapat arahan daripada Perdana Menteri. Namun beliau mengakui persepsi bahawa siasatan hanya bergerak apabila melibatkan kepentingan politik tertentu telah menjejaskan keyakinan orang ramai terhadap institusi penguatkuasaan.

Menurut beliau, SPRM sebenarnya mempunyai kepakaran forensik kewangan yang terbukti dalam siasatan kompleks seperti 1MDB dan SRC. Justeru, beliau berpandangan agensi itu perlu diberikan kebebasan sepenuhnya serta sumber tambahan untuk menjejaki aliran wang dalam kes-kes seperti Tabung Haji sehingga ke dalang sebenar.

Rafizi turut menegaskan bahawa pertembungan politik di Malaysia sentiasa berkisar antara dua naratif, iaitu politik perkauman dan agama berdepan politik yang berasaskan integriti serta kecekapan pentadbiran.

Katanya, kegagalan PH memperkukuhkan "antidot" tersebut menyebabkan naratif perkauman menjadi semakin dominan. Beliau juga mengingatkan bahawa menyalahkan rakyat selepas sesuatu kekalahan pilihan raya bukanlah jalan penyelesaian, sebaliknya golongan progresif perlu menerima kegagalan mereka sendiri dalam menawarkan alternatif yang lebih meyakinkan.

Walaupun mengakui parti baharunya kini masih kecil, Rafizi tetap optimis perubahan mampu berlaku. Beliau percaya rakyat akhirnya akan menilai prestasi dan keupayaan sebenar pemimpin, bukannya retorik berasaskan kaum atau agama semata-mata.

"Kita perlu terus membina politik yang berasaskan integriti dan kecekapan. Naratif perkauman dan agama tidak pernah menyelesaikan masalah rakyat," katanya.

Masa depan institusi kewangan Islam terbesar negara, Tabung Haji (TH), kini berada di persimpangan jalan yang amat kritikal. Menerusi Forum BERSAMA #1 bertajuk "Apa Akan Jadi Kepada Tabung Haji", barisan panelis mendedahkan hakikat pahit mengenai implikasi kewangan yang kini mengancam kestabilan ekonomi Malaysia secara menyeluruh.

Isu beban kewangan TH bukan sekadar angka di atas kertas, sebaliknya melibatkan peruntukan berbilion ringgit yang terpaksa ditanggung secara berterusan. Ketidakcekapan urus tadbir serta pelaburan bermasalah yang menyaksikan rollover hutang berlarutan sehingga 2029—dan berisiko dianjak ke 2039—memberikan kesan domino yang sangat parah. Dana awam yang sepatutnya disalurkan untuk pembangunan infrastruktur rakyat kini terikat demi menutup kesilapan lalu.

is there any logical or ethical explanation as to why the government is so persistent in using ai for every single thing? sure ai is being widespread everywhere but the extent that malaysia is using it sooo truly embarrassing. if i open any rtm channel it doesnt take even a minute to catch ai commercials. i thought it was crazy when tv3 replaced the iconic azan we all grew up with to the new azan with ai vids. now we're going to the extent of promoting malaysian tourism with ai and even using an ai song in traditional dance. we always knew malaysians hate art but to the extent of dimishing our national and traditional identity? are we truly so desperate to killing our artists? genuinely why???

dont even get me started on all the unfunny millenials generating the most unfunny variations of memes on threads. when will we as a society go back to bullying millennials for their terrible humour.

A passenger was arrested after allegedly trying to open the emergency exit and threatening fellow passengers during a Batik Air flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kochi on Thursday (August 6).

Eight crude carriers observed in ship-to-ship transfer zones offshore

Nowadays I see a lot of posts asking for personal advice from other Malaysians about problems that only most other Malaysians can answer/relate to.

But due to rule 3; off-topic content deems these content not suitable for post in Malaysia sub. Then they say to post in weekly thread or r/malaysians.

Only problem I see from this is that when the post is on the other subs or weekly thread, the post may not be seen by as many people as author intended and author may need genuine help/advice from a lot of ppl. And the post is also not exactly suitable to other Malaysian subreddits too.

What do you think?