This afternoon, while I was shopping at Kinokuniya Bookshop in the KLCC, I met my friend Bridget Welsh again. Bridget, an American scholar of Southeast Asian studies, is also the editor of Reflections: The Mahathir Years (Washington D.C., SAIS, 2004) which is, in my opinion, an excellent reference book. We agree to meet each other again soon to continue to exchange ideas and debate viewpoints. Some of her educated and informed observations on Malaysian affairs can be read in malaysiakini (please subscribe) :

Higher education crisis deepening?
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/38832

The fog of freedom
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/37575

Winds of change in PAS?
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/37044

Higher education in crisis?
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/36295

Postcard from Disasterville, USA
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/31358

Malaysia in transition, Part 2
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/22448

Malaysia in transition, Part 1
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/22445