US supermarket tabloids like to give nicknames to celebrity couples or their famous court cases that grab headlines. The most recent is “Bennifer”, referring to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s botched engagement. Bill Clinton’s affair with his intern is dubbed “Monica-gate”, named after the infamous intern. Clinton’s illegal land sale investigation was nicknamed “Whitewater-gate”, after the name of the said property. Or George Bush and his “Iraq-gate“. Here are some suggestions I can think of: “Bennifer” – Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez’s botched engagement. “Bennifer II” – Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner’s planned engagement. “Brad-nifer” – Brad Pitt & Jennifer Aniston’s sudden divorce. “Manly Fur” – Elton John & his…

Top Five Reasons Why CSI is so Popular: We just love gory murders and corpses. It’s compulsory viewing for Med students in IMU (4 hours credit). There is hardly anything else good to watch. All Astro subscribers have AXN for free (and Star World sucks) Amateur serial killers watch it to learn how NOT to leave clues. Top Five Reasons Why Smallville is so Popular: Kristin Kreuk Kristin Kreuk Kristin Kreuk Tom Welling Kristin Kreuk Top Five Reasons Why Reality TV is so Popular: In reality, our own lives are really boring. Hot babes and six-pack abs. These people have an uncanny talent to instantly cry, bitch, swear, backstab and…

Yeah, I know I swore not to step foot into Berjaya Times Square again, but I’d make an exception for Borders. I read a few blogs saying that it was quite a disappointment, but I went to see it for myself. It was quite nice actually, not as big as I envisioned it to be, seeing all those empty shoplots at that place, anyway. Comparisons will inevitably be drawn with Kinokuniya KLCC and MPH Midvalley (or 1 Utama new wing). I won’t go into the details, but I feel that Borders in still in the setting-up stage, they would probably fit in more shelves and sections in the near future.…

Can’t wait to read these books. But won’t be able to buy them yet, I just made a cheque out to Income Tax for RMxxxx that will keep me broke for at least 3 months. Even though I’m going to Borders this weekend (despite some negative comments from friends) to check them out, I’ll probably just stand at the aisles and flip through them (while trying to blink back the tears when looking at the price tag). Anyway, if any of my good friends are reading this and just can’t think of what to do with their money, you know what to do… Lirael by Garth Nix (yeah I know…

(Disclaimer: This blog entry deals in a very sensitive and gory account of history. Reader discretion is advised. Anyone of acute racist sensitivities should be forewarned – Simon)The China-Japanese relationship has hit the rocks again in the recent textbook revision fiasco. This time both sides are accusing each other of ‘un-neighbourliness’, with South Korea joining in for some mud-slinging. Meanwhile the street protests, flag burning, embassy-pelting, and product boycott continues in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and all over Japan. I’m a Malaysian ethnic Chinese, born long after the war. My grandmother disliked Japan and Japanese products. She didn’t hate them, just disliked them, just like how some narrow-minded Malaysian Chinese dislike…

Today is Earth Day. I didn’t know about it until I heard it on morning radio. Not to be confused with Secretaries’ Day, or Very Good Public Holiday (yesterday). Nope this is Earth Day. When for one day, everybody (ok, not EVERYbody… some people) get all politically correct and ‘environmentally conscious’ and try to do something ‘eco-friendly’ and to impress their friends and ease their guilty conscience for the next 364 days. Don’t get me wrong. I think far more than anyone else I know, my family recycles / saves / reuses / repairs / salvage / scavenges for the environment (or rather more for austerity purposes…). But being green…

This is what I’ve been doing all day… Well, it’s a public holiday, I’ve also been watching EPL a bit…eating goreng pisang (fried banana fritters)…but mostly doing that thing in the picture…

I wanted to try it 2 Saturdays ago, but after reading this blog on PPS saying it was crap (can’t remember which blog), I decided to have my lunch in good ‘ol McDs. But the craving was getting the better of me, so yesterday I had a go… But before that, I must say here and now that I don’t go to KFC much at all, since all my few visits there in the last 10 years have pretty much been disappointing. When I was kid, going to KFC was like a treat, since it was all we had in my hometown. But coming to the city to work, I…

As always, I’m looking to increase the journalistic value and integrity of my blog (AHAHAHahaha…!). So yesterday I decided to do a survey to find out who are the Most Famous Malaysians on the Internet. What I found out was quite interesting (albeit a little subjective…). But before that, some qualifications on the ‘research‘: Using Google, I search the names with inverted commas (“…”) to get exact names. I used the most common base names (e.g. “Mahathir Mohamad”), to aggregate the different permutations due to titles and different spellings. I recognise that many people may have the same names, thereby some searches may yield more sites than it should, but…

The other day on the way to Cherating, we were at Malaysia’s one and only “Persimpangan Bunga Cengkih”. Yes, you read that right, there IS such a thing. How did I know? There were signs in all directions telling us about it. And sign from 5km away preparing us for this ‘special’ landmark, as if it’s the world’s biggest durian.For those of you wondering, “Persimpangan Bunga Cengkih” is a direct translation of a ‘cloverleaf junction’. It’s an American traffic engineering term (I learnt this is college). Malaysia boleh, man. Why stop there? Why not have signs for every “Persimpangan Batu Intan” (diamond interchange) or Persimpangan Separa Terompet at Permukaan Datar…