If you’re in Malaysia and you like reading English magazines, there are some good options available. There’s Off the Edge, of course, which has established itself as the standard for magazines of its type in Malaysia. Then there’s a sparky up-and-comer called Tell. They’ve just published their eighth issue, featuring several stories about the recent disappearance and murder of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin. And there’s lots of other good stuff too.
In fact, if you look on page 123, you’ll see my picture, my name, and an article I wrote called ‘Calling All Expats’. It’s about the ‘the fine line between expats and foreign workers’ in Malaysia. I’m not posting the article here, so you’ll just have to go and buy the Nov-Dec issue of Tell if you want to read it!
Tell is produced by a great team, with interesting articles by Michelle Gunaselan (AKA Meesh), Adam Lee, and many other regular and occasional contributors (like fellow blogger Ahirudin Attan, AKA Rocky). The only big problem the magazine has is that it is in dire need of a good sub-editor. Mistakes in grammar and punctuation shouldn’t appear at all in a magazine of this quality, but I found a few groaners. It’s all good though; I’m sure they’ll be able to do something about that soon enough. Surely there are people out there who would just love to fill the post of sub-editor/writer and would consider an offer from Tell if they were asked. You know, out there. Somewhere.
Anyway, run out and buy a copy. It’s in all the good stores. Go on, get going.
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Malaysian English mags?
Isn’t that an oxymoron of sorts?
why would it be oxymoron?
I read it ;-)
hi…
my sis is a fan of the mag. i got to read it when she brought it home to alor star. i agree, it’s a good mag.
You should really get the copy of TELL, not only to read about Jordan’s article but also to know more about NURIN Alert. http://nurinjazlin.blogspot.com/2007/11/promoting-nurin-alert.html
cool nice meeting. I actually found your blog by search for “jorden canadian married to malay”. how the world has changed and brings people in touch in the new way… hence breaking the language barrier by teaching everybody english is a great thing to do.
my personal blog is here http://zog.typepad.com/malaysia
my tech blog is http://www.skype-watch.com - http://www.skype-gadgets.com
How can I read it? Can I get the Magz in the Arctic? :)
How can I get it? The distributor might have forgotten that Sabah is Malaysian too.