she is a leader in many non-governmental organizations. she is a leader in the malaysian aids foundation. she is an active socio-political blogger. she also writes for the star newspaper since 1989 in her bi-weekly column called "musings'. some of her pieces in the column have been published in her books such as "50 days: rantings by mm", published in 1997 and "telling it straight. "the latter is a selection of her articles published in her column between 2003 and 2012. it includes a special written introduction on the topics discussed in the book. besides that, it contains two previously unpublished articles."