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Archive for June, 2007

On A Slow News Day

Friday, June 29th, 2007

You know it’s a slow news day here for Malaysian papers when Paris Hilton makes the front page of our national paper for being released from jail. Well, actually the unsinkable Ms. Hilton had to share the front page limelight with the equally unsinkable Tan Sri Eric Chia. One is convicted for violating DUI probation […]

Chris Benoit Is Dead

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Chris Benoit, the Canadian Crippler, the Rabid Wolverine, is dead.
Reports are circulating about the possibility of him killing his wife and son, then committing suicide, like this article.

I like Benoit. I don’t watch wrestling anymore, stopped watching it for many years, since they dropped the kayfabe thing and started coming out in the open… never […]

Top 100 Movies of All Time…? Or Better Yet…

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

The other day, i read in the papers that AFI just released their new ‘Top 100 Movies of All Time’ series updated for 2007. They only named the top 10 in the article, you need to be a member to login to their website to see to full list. But judging from the list, NINE […]

Hong Kong Memories… Final Part - Disneyland!

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Yep, folks, we’re at the last instalment of the series in the travelogue. Next time i should use one of those picture viewers with the caption below so that it’s easier to post lots of pics… Anyway here are the earlier posts in the series:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3: Ocean Park and Victoria Peak
Day Four was […]

Remembering Princess Diana

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Taking another break before the last in the series of the HK travelogue.
If some you may have noticed, it’s 2007 already. In fact, we’re almost half way through the year.
That means that it’s been ten years since Princess Diana died in that much publicized car crash. She passed on on 31 August 1997, our 40th […]

Hong Kong Memories… Part 3 - Ocean Park and Victoria Peak

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

This is the second last in the series of post on my recent trip to Hong Kong, you can check out the first and second parts here:
Hong Kong Memories… Day 1
Hong Kong Memories… Day 2
Okay, okay i know, too many travelogues are a little tiresome, so one more post and i’m done, okay?
So on […]

Cool Car Plate Number!

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Taking a break from my Hong Kong travelogues.

Talk about COOL CAR REGISTRATION PLATE NUMBER!
To the owner of this car, my apologies, but you have one kick-ass ride, and not to mention an even more bad-ass car plate number? Did you also own that old night-club in town sometime back?

Hong Kong Memories… Day 2

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

(This is a continuation of the previous Part One)
So the second day of our stay in Hong Kong, we got up really early to follow this half day city tour organized by our tour agent. I’m used to waking up early, but not while on holiday… besides we had to wake up early to eat […]

Hong Kong Memories… Day 1

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

Yep, i was in Hong Kong with my family last week, it was a beautiful place. It was very hot, though, as hot as Malaysia, plus it’s dry and not much wind despite being an island.
We went to a whole lot of places - Disneyland (stayed a night there), Ocean Park, the night markets, Repulse […]

A Death In The Family

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Last Monday morning, exactly seven days ago, my brother went home to be with the Lord at about seven in the morning. He would have been forty this September.
He fought a short uphill battle against leukemia and chemotherapy, but lost the struggle in less than two short weeks. It was only last year that he […]