My dad was English educated. He went to this colonial school in the Straits Settlements. He rarely speaks of his halcyon school days in the late 40’s, but I remember once he told me that he had a teacher called Schumacher, whom the kids called “Shoe-maker” and he had a classmate called Happy Chong. He also told of the Japanese raids and his elder sister, my auntie, carried him piggy back into the jungle. He was the youngest of four, and he was the fortunate one to finish school and had the ultimate luxury to go to college. After that, he went to work with the government, until the very…

Dads and moms are notoriously difficult to shop for when it comes to birthday presents. There are only so many times you can give mom cookbooks and vases, and dad already has FOUR ‘World Greatest Dad’ mugs on the mantelpiece. I can’t really come up with new and fantastic ideas for your parent’s birthday, but I can think of some stuff NOT to give them… (if really desperate, just write a cheque…) Presents NOT To Give Your MOM On Her 60th Birthday Imeedeen Paris Hilton’s New CD DVD boxset of old 80’s sitcom ‘The Golden Girls‘ A copy of “Dummies Guide to Growing Old Gracefully and Acting Your Age and…

Long time blog-pal Inevitable tagged me this one, I’m supposed to write 6 random facts about myself. Six? Only six? Let me see… Fact Number One: This afternoon I tried this roasted pork sold as a specialty from a [tag]wine[/tag] shop called the The Vintry in Damansara Heights. Yes, Chinese-style “siew yoke” from an Italian vino shop. Quite nice, though. Fact Number Two: Speaking of wines, I love this non-alcoholic Lorina Frenchberry Juice that Parkson Subang Parade used to sell. Since Cold Storage took over, they’ve stopped selling it. The only other place I know that sells it is Xtra Supermarket in Mines. Yeah, I know, its weird. Fact Number…

Went up north for a short holidays again last week. And thankfully missed the floods in KL. This time I took a lot more photos than the last, i will be posting them up every now and then when the wind blows right. One of the days we wanted to go to Kellie’s Castle, it wasn’t the old building i was so much interested in – the last time i went there, my mom pointed out to me that there is a small statue of the William Kellie Smith on the roof parapet of the temple in front of the castle, standing proudly among the pantheon of Hindu deities. Smith…