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Archive for September, 2006

Hey Dad, Isn’t This Where You Grew Up…?

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

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 [...]

Presents NOT To Give Your Mom And Dad On Their 60th Birthdays

Monday, September 4th, 2006

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 [...]

Six Random Facts About Myself

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

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 wine shop called the The Vintry in Damansara Heights. Yes, Chinese-style “siew yoke” from an Italian vino shop. [...]

Kellie’s Castle and Gopeng

Friday, September 1st, 2006

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 [...]