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Archive for February, 2008

Top Ten Things Overheard During the 12th Malaysian General Election Campaign

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

The 12th Malaysian General election is here again, i’m definitely casting my vote. Hope there won’t be a repeat of the fiasco the last time around, when all of us had to wait for 4 hours in the blazing sun only to find our names were NOT on the electoral list. I only got to […]

Top Ten Things I Learnt This Chinese New Year

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

You know what I do when I don’t have mood to blog long strories? I do top ten lists!
Top Ten Things I Learnt This Chinese New Year

I can eat 4 mandarin oranges in a row before my pee starts to smell orange-y.

Malaysia’s best tasting snack food, nga ku chips, is called ‘arrowhead root’ in English.

Jackie […]

New Year Travels

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Gong Xi Fa Cai, everyone!
It’s been a good Chinese New Year holidays, for me. I travelled a lot, as usual, but this year, thank God, i managed to avoid all the traffic jams. I heard for those travelling at peak hours it was pretty bad, but at least most of the construction works have been […]

Last Check Before Liftoff

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

okay, final check:
bags - packed
book for vacation reading - packed
jogging shoes - in car (i’m a jogging freak)
blogs - updated (i’ll still be online anyway)
petrol - full tank
Looks like all set for Chinese New Year exodus. Covering 1000km in the next few days, contributing to the massive jam on the North South highway.
Happy new year […]

‘Mickey’ and ‘Geraham’

Friday, February 1st, 2008

There’s this contractor in our project, an old man with white hair called Chong. His name is Chong, his namecard is Chong, and everyone calls him Chong, although most of his underlings call him ‘lou sai’ (boss).
But not my colleague - he calls the old man something that sounds like ‘Mien Jee’. His Chinese name […]

Don’t Play Games With Our Lives

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Here’s something you should pause to read - please support Jolene and her petition for safer bus rides in Malaysia, in the wake of the Lee Nian Ning story.
There’s a blog set up here, so all details can be seen there.
Don’t Play Games With Our Lives and Future.