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Archive for August, 2005

PPS Sudah Bertukar Wajah! (PPS Has A New Look!)

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Yes, it’s here, it’s finally here! Aiz promised us a PPS surprise for our National Day and its all there to see! Sneaky guy, timing it to take effect at the stroke of midnight! And the secret project that he has been working all along (although he showed it to some of us earlier) is […]

Simon Terikut-Ikut Dan Berbelog Dalam Bahasa Malaysia

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

(This post is part of the ‘thing’ that Malaysian bloggers are all blogging in our Bahasa Malaysia for the National Day celebrations. So to all readers, that do not understand, my apologies, normal service will resume tomorrow)

Ya, nampaknya Simon dari ‘simon bercakap’ (simon talks) juga terikut-ikut dan melompat atas kenderaan punggahan barangan (jumping on the […]

Simon Sees a Walking Clownfish

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

OMG.
I just saw a red clownfish walking dugong mermaid merman. With a yellow breathalyzer. A androgynous one at it. Gotta see it to ‘appreciate’ it.
You can tell it’s a slow day before the holiday.
P/S: On a side note, I see 5xmom’s sons have perfected that “stand-there-and-pretend-I’m-taking-you-photo-while-take-a-photo-of-that-gila-person” routine…

Merdeka: National Days of Some of Our Neighbours

Monday, August 29th, 2005

We’re a day away from our 48th National Day. Or you could summarize it as follows (number in brackets show years of independence. Gee, I hope you figured that much yourselves…):
Malaysia – August 31, 1957 (48 years)
simon talks: “Damn proud to be a Malaysian.”
What about other Asian countries? Here’s what I gathered:
India - August 15, […]

Top Ten Signs Your Political Career is Over After Losing The Party Presidential Elections

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Top Ten Signs Your Political Career is Over After Losing The Party Presidential Electionsby Simon, who contested and lost the Pemudi MCA VP post some years ago…

Twenty years later, you’re still deputy party president.

You keep hearing your supporters and voters say they ‘bet on the wrong horse’.

You’re not invited to a single birthday / anniversary […]

Memories of Merdeka

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

We’re a few days before our Hari Kemerdekaan (48th National Day). It falls on Wednesday this week, a lot of people are taking Monday and Tuesday off to continue their holiday from school holidays.
When we were young, we would never fail to watch the national day parade on telly, usually starting early in the morning. […]

Top Ten Things To Do When Your Internet Connection is Down

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

Top Ten Things To Do When Your Internet Connection is Down

Read your snail mail piling up on your desk.

Remove all the junk pinned to you cubicle partition wall over the years – 1997 office memos, Dilbert comic strips (photocopied from In.Tech), takeaway menu from Domino’s/Ah Heng packed lunch, list national public holidays, advertisement for gym […]

EPL Predictions and Awards

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

So footie fever is on us again. So I’m doing a kind of an EPL award thing. We all know Chelsea’s the richest team, and Wigan has the shortest history, and all that, right? Well, here are more predictions you may or may not have heard about.
Team which will feature in the least number of […]

Top Ten MORE Things I Learnt While Watching Desperate Housewives

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

It’s been a slow week. Plus today’s Wednesday, so it’s that time of the week again. For those who missed it, check out my earlier postings about this show here and here. Can’t wait for the weekend.
Top Ten MORE Things I Learnt While Watching Desperate Housewives

Women outnumber men 4 to 1 in America.

Flashing your […]

Check it out, RSS feeds Aggregator for PPS!

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

I got an interesting piece of news in the morning, PPS has launch a prelim version of its feeds aggregator.
Click here to check it out.
It has a few cool features that a lot of bloggers and readers have been asking for - categorization, filters, opml feeds, etc.
Don’t want to miss a single post by simontalks […]