Here I am!

Hello world, yes tis me, pulled kicking and screaming into the world of blogging...at last! Why am I doing this after being sceptical for so long? Well, for one thing, someone else started a 'blog' called musingwithmarinamahathir which everyone thinks is me. And it's NOT! I don't mind it very much because as people keep telling me it's much more convenient to have all my columns on one site ( there goes my next book...:-( ). I just mind that Sambal Belacan never asked me if he/she could do this! I would have said yes probably.

Secondly, after seeing all the comments to 'Kak Marina', I thought I better respond in case they all think I'm so sombong or something. So...by default, here is my very own blog.

Now I don't promise that this will be earth-shaking stuff. I have no idea what I will write about at any given time. But if you notice, this one is called Rantings. Having mused for so long and getting angrier by the week, as well as being frustrated by the word limit I have at The Star (800 words), I thought this might be a useful space for me to really rant, rave and rage. And really confirm to all my detractors that I really am a nasty smart-alecky woman, ha, ha.

Anyway I am going to write about all my favourite stuff like the state of our beloved country (breaks my heart), human rights issues ( including that of half of humanity, women), religion ( hey, I actually have one so I should be able to talk about it!), HIV/AIDS ( because it allows me to talk about all the above through a very particular perspective...and because you all need constant reminding)....and maybe politics (because I don't normally). And maybe I will tell you what my daughter said today that was so cute ( and often perceptive), what music I'm listening to (women! Go out and get Sean Ghazi's new album Semalam! Guys, get it for your girlfriends and wives!!!), what movies, that sort of thing. Why not? We are all full and complete people aren't we?

OK, enough already for an introduction. Let's see how it goes.