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Interested in script writing?

Evo Pictures is currently looking for writers for their upcoming movies. They will begin production soon.
The company’s previous project was Seed of Darkness. New comers are welcomed to apply and those who are interested in an internship can also e-mail Evo Pictures at info@evopictures.com
Evo Pictures is looking for people who are creative and passionate about […]

Selayang dog hunt: Council astray, SPCA erratic

Photo from The Star
By DAVINA GOH
The above shows gaudy bright lights bouncing off an oversized dark grey jacket. Its wearer bears a feeble grip on a pole, generously wrapped and decorated in yellow paper ribbon. Attached to the end of the pole is a rope looping around a cardboard cut-out of a dog. Despite not […]

Government punishes Makkal Osai over picture: What would Jesus do?

By ANDREW LOH
I am Christian and I am against any government action against Makkal Osai.
In an ideal world, my religion would be a non-issue. But in super-sensitised Malaysia, it’s probably safer to do some pre-identification before anyone makes a stand on a controversial issue.
The Tamil Daily reportedly published on its […]

Did you write that? Or was it your web impersonator?

Art by CHUAN ZUI
By MOHD HAFIZ NOOR SHAMS
What would you do if you found an online comment made in your name that was never written by you?
I’ve maintained a blog for six years now and frequently visit other blogs too, leaving comments as I go. I’d like to think that I have established an […]

Malay and proud of it

The creator of Enjet-Enjet Semut, a Singaporean graphic designer who goes by the pseudonym Evil Bunny, grants theCICAK this exclusive. Check out his website, Happeepill.com.
1. How did you come up with Enjet-Enjet Semut?

NewsWatch: Race has nothing to do with it? Dear Rehman Rashid, you don’t speak for me

theCICAK NewsWatch is a fortnightly critique of news articles and opinion-editorials published in local newspapers. NewsWatch writers will highlight “holes” and flaws in articles, in hopes to promote fairness, objectivity and transparency in Malaysian news media.
If there is a news article that you think deserves our attention, please send it to write4thecicak@gmail.com. Be sure […]

Ten ways to make a difference

By OON YEOH

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
I often hear people, young and old alike, who say that there’s nothing they can do to make a difference. And thus, they have given themselves the license to be apathetic.
That’s the typical Malaysian tidak apa attitude. And it’s something […]

theCICAK on American public radio!

Kathy Corcoran, former San Jose Mercury News staff writer, produced a story about theCICAK for KQED, a San Francisco public radio station. It was aired on World Press Day, May 3 on Pacific Time, a weekly magazine that focuses on Asian issues in the United States and abroad. Corcoran spoke to Poh Si Teng, the […]

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