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A Tribute to Reed Shamsudin

I began writing this just before my now ex-colleague Reed Shamsudin left. I've updated the last bits. To Reed, I hope your new station in life works out for you. I am sure you'll do great. Blogland, My office will lose another star by the end of this week, a star by the name of Reed Shamsudin. Reed's leaving ASTRO News, and the broadcasting industry, to move into the print news business. Reed's resignation is the third in the space of six months for ASTRO News. I don't know about industry averages, but I'd venture to guess that at that rate of departure, we may just be able to rival Chep Lap Kok (forgive the spelling if it's wrong) Airport in Hong Kong! After Josie Ling left in February, Sherine Ong followed in March. Josie has moved on to bigger things in Bloomberg in Singapore, while Sherine left for beautiful Italy to study the language on a free three-month scholarship. Like Josie and Sherine's, Reed's departure is also a clas...

I've Missed Blogdom Version II

Hello there, To my blog's most avid fan, Sheahnee Lee, my apologies lah for keeping you waiting for my entries. You of all people would be more than aware of my time table. But things are a bit better now, and I hope for my own sake I can blog with some semblance of regularity. I like to write after all. The next few entries will seem a bit confusing in terms of timeline. They're actually original entries that I saved as drafts; I've updated them but the core stories will be based on when they were originally began. Right then, let's start all over again. Warm regards, AMIR MAHMOOD RAZAK