Well, with a little bit of luck, I could have recouped all the money I had spent on my car these past few weeks but sadly, that was not meant to be… I had a flat tyre one evening for no obvious reason – they could not find a puncture in it, but I decided [...]
My friend, Jimmy, is in town from Bintulu…and I thought, for a change, we could have dinner at home instead of going to eat at the usual places in town. I did not have time to cook myself, so I just headed to my favourite Bandong stall and go a few dishes for four of [...]
I wonder if you all remember the English textbooks you all used in school and how boring they were. Remember D.H. Howe’s “The Crows of Klang”? Good grief! Who would want to read anything like that? Another problem is one textbook is supposed to be in use for 10 years but I noticed that they [...]
A long, long time ago, my wife and I used to spend our holidays abroad every year and when we came back, we would buy the duty-free liquor – a bottle each…and keep. After that, I stopped buying as I do not drink and there isn’t much space left in the pantry to keep my [...]
Oh boy! What a day! And it’s only halfway through! I spotted some leakage from the engine of my car and I thought it was the engine oil…but when I checked, it turned out to be water. The mechanic said the pump was spoilt and the radiator had seen better days, so I had to [...]
I guess everybody would have heard by now that Yasmin Ahmad had passed away. This is an excerpt from a report in one of the national dailies: KUALA LUMPUR: Award-winning film director Yasmin Ahmad (pic) has died from massive bleeding in the brain at the Damansara Specialist Hospital. She died at 11.25pm yesterday. She had [...]
These are called serimuka or translation, radiant face. I suppose it is called thus because when it is ready after steaming, the surface is smooth and shiny. However, in my family, we call it tinggi salad. I do not know why but I have heard people calling it kuih salad. Perhaps this is due to [...]
I don’t know if they still do it but I know that at one time, every year for its National Day on the 9th of August, they would have a special song for the occasion. One particular year, they had this one that I liked a lot… I was in Singapore on holiday that year [...]
Gosh! How time flies! This theme song for the Seoul Olympics 1988 by the group called Koreana is 21 years old… I remember how I loved it then and how popular it was at the time. In fact, no school concert was complete without somebody singing it. I wonder how many still remember the song. [...]
Would you believe it if I tell you that this song by Peter, Paul and Mary was actually banned on national radio? To me, it sounds like some kiddie song but some smart aleck somewhere interpreted it as having some drug connotations. Well, this isn’t going to be a post about the song or the [...]
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