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KL Taxi Driver Numbers

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

I haven’t taken a Malaysian taxi for a long time. I think the last time I did, this dorky cab driver tried to con me of 30sen, for air-con. This was years ago. For 30sen, this guy risked losing his permit… real smart. And what was he thinking of, charging for ‘air-con’?
Anyway, have you ever [...]

Simon Plugs Jolene’s Blog

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

For those who read this blog regularly (yes, all TWO of you) you’ll notice I don’t usually mention other bloggers and almost never talk about blogging.Well, today I just have to mention Jolene’s blog (You’ve gotta be patient. It loads like a turtle).
Most regular bloggers would already know her, but I started reading her blog [...]

Top Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Harry Potter

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Over the weekend, the new Harry Potter book was released. I stayed clear of all bookstores and shopping centres. If Malaysia celebrated Halloween, it would look darn close to this.
For those who can’t get enough of Potter-mania, here are interesting facts you may or may not already know about the boy wizard and his billionaire [...]

AP & Naza: What’s That?

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

What’s AP?

Approved Permit?
Associated Press?
Advanced Placement?
Apasal Pulak?
Audio Precision?
Alternative Press?
Asia Pacific?
Ah Pek?

What’s NAZA?

Nasimuddin & Zaleha?
A new anti-HIV drug banned by the FDA?
No AP, Zero Automobiles?
Short form of NaZaK?

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First, ‘Winter Sonata’, Now, ‘Jewel in the Palace’

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

My wife is following that Korean series ‘Jewel in the Palace’ which is dubbed into Cantonese on Channel 30 (Astro). I’m not a big fan of these slow moving dramas, but apparently there is a lot of hype going around it and other Korean dramas.
I’ve no idea what the show is about, but I’m [...]

My Dying Wish…

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

I’m watching this show on TV right now. OK, it’s Desperate Housewives, I’ll just admit it here and now. It’s that part where the hunk of burning love Mike Delfino mentions to Teri Hatcher (whatever her screen name is…Susan?) that his wife’s dying wish was for him to take care of Bongo her dog, an [...]

The Star Word Puzzle Is Back Again

Tuesday, July 19th, 2005

I noticed the Star is doing that Word Puzzle thing again. I think this is the third time they are doing this. The first two years were in a form of a Crossword puzzle, this time round they’ve simplified it to a linear puzzle. All to achieve the sole purpose of selling more newspapers (as [...]

Malaysia Lifts the Thomas Cup: The Story of ‘92 (Part 2)

Tuesday, July 19th, 2005

(This is a continuation of yesterday’s post. Please read it first before proceeding, thanks)The scene was set. Malaysia had beaten the Mighty Indonesian House of Badminton in the two previous Thomas Cup semi-finals in the 80’s leading up to 1992, but each time, Malaysia could not match up to the might of the new force [...]

Malaysia Lifts the Thomas Cup: The Story of ‘92 (Part 1)

Monday, July 18th, 2005

Lee Chong Wei just won the Malaysian Open badminton last weekend. It seems that our local tournament is the only competition our local shuttlers can win, aside from one or two obscure European tournaments here and there.
Thereby justifying the ‘jaguh kampung’ tag. Unless if we meet an Indonesian player in the final. Then ‘jaguh kampung’ [...]

We Trust You, Wenger, But…

Saturday, July 16th, 2005

Yes, we trust you, Arsene, but I hope you know what you’re doing. In all these years you have been at Highbury, we HAVE trusted you, and by and large, you have delivered. Not wildly unimaginable success, but more success than in the past 50 years.But I hope you know what you’re doing. Patrick Vieira [...]