In the ten years or so that I’ve been using the Net, the language of cyberspace has now been polluted with dirty words. So it is with much cynicism and world-weariedness Simon presents the Ten dirty words of the Internet: Spam – this would probably be the mother of all internet dirty words. Originally, it’s a brand of canned food in the US. But it has now evolved to mean unsolicited or junk e-mail. I get at least a dozen of these things everyday. How people can still hope to make money this way a beyond me. (See also Nigerian credit card scams, online poker, Male enhancement drugs, free online…

Hypothetically speaking, that is. To all my regular readers (yes, all two of you) you may have noticed I got an honourable mention in 5xmom’s blog here. Woo-hoo! The international fame! The big bucks! The paparazzi! The groupies! If you’re wondering, the blogs about the Sempit love story and HK television serials that 5xmom is talking about, you can check it out by clicking the links at the end of the article. Anyway, for those of you who still have not checked her out (no innuendo here, please), she writes some funny stuff about her sons and Penang life.I don’t read many blogs these days, maybe about 3 or 4…

When I first started working, I met with and mixed with a lot of friends who studied overseas. One thing that really bugged me then was how when we in a big group together, they would go, “I remember when I was studying in London / Melbourne / Boston / Sydney / Baghdad…” or “KLCC is nothing, that shopping center in London is SO much better…” Yeah right. Then they would ask me, “So where did you study? RMIT? Sheffield?” And I would reply, “No, locally…” Then they say “Oh…” while giving me that-“Oh, dear me, this poor Jakun…”-look. Yeah, well, I’m damn proud to have studied in Malaysia. But…