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I knew I had it coming. The first (and supposedly last) time I went to Berjaya Times Square (BTS) when it first opened, I swore I wouldn’t go there again. Well, I had to break my promise last weekend.
On my first visit, I was stunned. Other than Debenhams (which is pretty small, and too overpriced […]

Well, it isn’t really a horror story, but it won’t be something the manager of credit card sales would want to read. Here’s what happened actually. I’ve been a card customer of this international bank, which I shall not name (but some of my pals call it Sillybank… oops, did I say too much?) for […]

Here’s a list of magazines I read on a regular basis. Please note, I don’t buy all the mags here, most of them I read at the library or mooch off my philanthropic friends. If I did buy all of ‘em, I’ll probably be living off biscuits everyday.
Empire: It’s a British international movie mag. I […]

And so another chapter closes in Malaysia’s social history. The murder case of 29-year old Canny Ong has finally concluded. The accused, an aircraft cabin cleaner, has been sentenced to caning, 20 years jail and death.
The media has carried this case with their usual fanfare, sometimes not without the sensationalism.
While life and death are mere […]

Circulation nos. obtained in the press today (no. in brackets show previous survey):The Star - 1,109,000 (1,045,000)Malay Mail - 132,000 (137,000)New Straits Times - 322,000 (323,000)The Sun - 173,000 (165,000)Sunday Star - 987,000 (1,003,000)New Sunday Times - 303,000, (282,000)Sunday Mail - 153,000 (134,000)Harian Metro - 1,218,000 (1,275,000)Berita Harian - 1,473,000 (1,491,000)Utusan Malaysia - 1,510,000 (1,010,000)Kwong […]

In line with the reality shows craze on TV these days (as opposed to fake or make-believe TV that we’ve been watching all this while), I’m compiling a list of things that might feature if Malaysia were to make our own show. For ease of thought, I’ve broken down the listing into 3 groups:
Do Physical/Frustrating […]

My daughter loves to watch the cartoon ‘Bob the Builder’ on cable TV. Its quite entertaining, kinda reminds me of the stop motion claymation of the old days, although this one probably uses far more advanced techniques.
If you’re not familiar with this show, it’s about a construction guy called Bob with his blue cat, talking […]

BOUTIQUE OWNER FOUND MURDERED
PETALING JAYA: The 26-year-old co-owner of a children’s boutique was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death in her shoplot at a newly opened shopping complex in Mutiara Damansara here.Goh Lee Fang, 26, who had multiple stab wounds on her body, was found by one of her partners at 1.15pm yesterday sprawled in […]

I haven’t bought a CD for awhile. Due to some cost-cutting measures when I was getting married, I had to stop this luxury. And till today, I buy like max 1 a year. My pal Dave the Slayer still buys RM300 worth of tapes and CDs a month (Including Ker-rang and Metal Hammer magazines). I […]

Here’s a movie you must watch : “Dodgeball - the True Underdog Story”.
Now, before you go on to tell me that the reviewers gave it a bad rating, saying that it’s a formulaic, juvenile, run-of-the-mill movie, I’ll say this. It’s funny.
I won’t go into a fanboy play-by-play review here, there’s many places on for the […]