Happy new year again, everyone. Well, this past one week on holiday, I basically: didn’t eat as much as last year, but still got a sore in my mouth. Watched a lot of tennis. More than the last 10 years combined i think. Refrained from making fun of my pudgy nephew. That kid makes Randy Jackson look slim. But anyway. My in-laws house in Ipoh was built in the early 60’s, one of those mass single storey terrace housing schemes built across the country at that time. The cool thing about this home is that although they’ve done a bit of renovation over the years, a lot of stuff like…

As we the Chinese Diaspora join the great Malaysian exodus known as balik kampung, the Spring Festival always brings to mind memories of years past, on how so much has changed, and also some things that have stayed the same. *** When we were small, every Chinese New Year was spent at my grandmother’s house in Melaka. During New Year, she hung a red cloth over the top and sides of the doorway – a tradition that is peculiar only to a few clans around here. But the cloth was a bit short, it hung down only half way beside the doorway, my Grandma always told me that cloth was…

Life is full of ups and downs. Persevere thru the downs and treasure the ups. I smile when I see something funny. I can’t sleep when there’s something wrong at work. I love the smell of fresh coffee in the morning. When I can’t sleep, I sometimes go downstairs and watch the Cartoon Network. I often dream about being in school for the first day of examinations, and panicking because i haven’t studied one bit. I get irritated at stupid drivers. I like the smell of first rain on a hot afternoon. And also bacon. People often call me creative. I wish I could retire at 40. Seriously. The best…

I like reading webcomics on my feedreader, the problem is finding good ones. The two most famous ones on the Net are of course, xkcd and Cynide&Happiness (C&H). I love xkcd, the simple stick figures in a “webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language”. Only on occasion do i read Cynide&Happiness, their dark humor is sometimes too twisted for me. There are 4 contributing cartoonist on the site, and Kris is definitely the best. XKCD *** Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net I’ve followed quite a few other webcomics, but stopped after finding them not as funny as i thought they’d be, like Amazing Super Powers and Not From Concentrate. Some…

The other day I called up the credit card customer care hotline to replace my mastercard that was damaged (not from heavy usage, i assure you). After putting me on hold for five minutes, i finally get through to a human voice. Seriously, for a hotline, they are not really very hot. Me: My card number is 4XXX, it’s damaged, can i request for a new one? (after going through the lengthy validation processes of making sure that I am me) Girl: Ok sir, but it will be RM5 for the replacement card and RM12 for handling and postage. Me: What? The last time you didn’t charge me a thing.…