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Archive for May, 2007

Off To The Port of Incense

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

As you guys are reading this, I will be in Hong Kong for a long awaited holiday with my family.

Hong Kong Disneyland

Victoria Peak

Ocean Park
I thought of using Twitter to doing a live update while i am there, but decided against it when i took into account the SMS charges! Anyway, when i come back there’ll […]

Looking Down on the City

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

I went to the Eye on Malaysia last week. I know, I know. Everyone else has already gone there.

But i took one day leave, sort of a break in the week, just to see what the fuss is all about. It seemed like only a short while ago that i was watching the launch of […]

Music When I Was 18

Saturday, May 26th, 2007

This is from Nick, of JJCM fame. Interesting tag, i love music.
Here’s the rules of the tag:
1. Go to www.popculturemadness.com
2. Select the year you turned 18
I was 18 in 1991… ah, i remember it like it was yesterday…
3. Get all nostalgic over the songs of the year
i did some googling to help me jog my […]

Nuffnang’s Special Screening ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Yep, i was there with my wife yesterday night.
For those who missed the whole thing, Nuffnang booked the whole cineplex Hall 9 for the special screening of ‘Pirate of the Caribbean: At World’s End‘ on opening night.

(pic from official website)
I saw a few familiar faces there, like Jolene and yee hou, and Jeff (okay, well, […]

Favorite Food in Your State or Country?

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

What do you do when you have no mood to blog? Do a meme!
This one is from God’s Little Angel from sometime back, apologize for the delay. By the way, did you know there’s a spelling mistake in your blog url?
Let me see… favorite food in my state, Johor… Frankly speaking isn’t […]

The Staples of Malaysian Chinese Weddings

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

The Staples of Malaysian Chinese Weddings, or should i say, my pet peeves about them.

They never start on time.
They always have the same sequence of dishes - cold dish, shark’s fin soup, chicken, fish, prawn, vegetable, rice, desserts. Which slight variations here and there.
The obligatory power-point presentation showing the couple as kids and how […]

Short Update

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Not having much time or inclination for an update, so a short one will have to do.
Everyone in the family is having a difficult time right now. There is a critical illness in the family, one that is not easy to go through.
But hopefully after 6 months of treatment and suffering, things will be better.
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On […]

The Green Green Grass of Home

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

The other day, we were having Mother’s Day dinner at this posh international hotel, and these 3 buskers working for the hotel came in. They serenaded a few songs, then went from table to table doing requests – mostly for the mothers present.
They were old-timers – a kindly Eurasian geezer with a sense of […]

Fullmetal Alchemist

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

After almost 8 months of start-stops, i finally finished the entire Fullmetal Alchemist series. All 51 episodes.

All I can say is that’s a long storyline, with almost too many side characters (although not as many as the manga I am told) with an intricate storyline. I sort of found my interest waning especially early in […]

Kuaci Cap Helang (Eagle Brand Sunflower Seeds)

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

For some reason I am reminded of Kuaci Cap Helang. That’s Eagle Brand Sunflower Seeds.
Never tried it? Here’s the story.
Back in the old days (at the risk of sounding old), when there wasn’t such a thing as ‘cineplexes’, we all watched movies in old, wooden cinema halls with names like Rex or Cathay or Lido […]