BOUTIQUE OWNER FOUND MURDERED PETALING JAYA: The 26-year-old co-owner of a children’s boutique was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death in her shoplot at a newly opened shopping complex in Mutiara Damansara here.Goh Lee Fang, 26, who had multiple stab wounds on her body, was found by one of her partners at 1.15pm yesterday sprawled in a pool of blood at the back office of the Ovo – The Difference boutique, located on the first floor of the Curve. _______What is our nation coming to? A woman is murdered in cold-blood, in what is perceived to the up-market, high society area of PJ. And the Curve is hardly even a…

I haven’t bought a CD for awhile. Due to some cost-cutting measures when I was getting married, I had to stop this luxury. And till today, I buy like max 1 a year. My pal Dave the Slayer still buys RM300 worth of tapes and CDs a month (Including Ker-rang and Metal Hammer magazines). I think he is personally supporting 50% of the revenue of that music store at Campbell Plaza. Headbangers around the city will know that middle age lady store owner very well. The last CD I got was 2 years ago, Our Favorite Things by Tony Bennett, Charlotte Church, Placido Domingo & Vanessa Williams. Very disappointing. At…

Here’s a movie you must watch : “Dodgeball – the True Underdog Story”. Now, before you go on to tell me that the reviewers gave it a bad rating, saying that it’s a formulaic, juvenile, run-of-the-mill movie, I’ll say this. It’s funny. I won’t go into a fanboy play-by-play review here, there’s many places on for the Net where you can get it. And besides, I don’t want to give out any spoilers to ruin it for you, just my intellectual views. Why? Firstly, it’s funny. I know I’ve said that before. I have a tendency to repeat myself, sometimes. I have a tendency to repeat myself, sometimes. Secondly, it…

Now that the holidays are over and Arsenal has virtually lost the Premiership title, let’s talk about something less depressing – the England squad. It is strange that the 23 member composition of this team can stir so much controversy and debate all over the world, and especially by third class bloggers half a world away that have never even set foot in the British Isles. Over the past 2 years, the two positions that have been the most problematic for Sven Goran-Eriksson would be rightback and left wing. Let’s talk about the left wing position first. It is ironic that England has a shortage of good leftwingers. Most of…

Well, it had started as a fine CNY holiday but yesterday, it hit rock bottom for me. I had a loud disagreement with my parent’s neightbour (not the nice Malay family having a kenduri kahwin, the other one). The reason for the bust-up is irrelevant, I don’t want to talk so much about it. I guess it has been a building up for a few years now, since they moved in. I’m pissed off at myself for losing my cool, and to let myself to be bothered by the petty stuff. I haven’t felt so bothered about other people like this for a long time now. I remember when I…

Well, I here in my hometown celebrating the first day of the rooster. Last night there was a massive fireworks party that lasted for more than half an hour all over town. Yes, there is also a fireworks ban being enforced at the moment. I expected all towns across Malaysia would be the same. My Malay neigbour is having a kenduri kahwin for his son tomorrow. So we’re having problems getting out of the driveway due to the canopy in front of the house. I must go to the monkey park this evening! It’s a sacred tradition! This will be the first kenduri kahwin that will be serving nasi minyak…

There’s two more days to go until the big day. Anyhows, for those of you reading this, here are some tips and pointers for surviving the holiday season (some of it from experience): Try not to pig out on too much BBQ meat / cookies / keropok / munchies. It’ll take forever to work off the pounds you put on in 5 days. If you’re still not married and over 30, better be prepared with the barrage of “so when are you getting married” and “why no girlfriend/boyfriend” questions. There will be at least 3 concert specials on TV – usually featuring Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng and/or Aaron Kwok. You…

The other day my wife and I were discussing about the 12 animals of the chinese zodiac. As Christians we don’t believe in the significance of the zodiac (both English or Chinese) and whatever characteristics the animals represent, but as Chinese people, it has always been a source of fun and entertainment for my family. Shockingly the both of us could not even remember the 12 animals correctly, let alone the order. After a few minutes of stumbling in the dark, we whipped out a note book and started listing down the years. We went like, “OK, my brother was born in 1967, he’s definitely a goat” etc using our…

For those of you who spend at least two hours in the car everyday caught in the jam (like me), you would have heard the ad on the radio by a certain government agency. It’s in Bahasa Malaysia, and it’s done in a rap style. Here’s my take on it – ITS BAD! REALLY BAD! I’ve nothing against rap or Bahasa Malaysia, but the ad sounds like a ‘pantun’ written by a 12-year Vanilla Ice fan! If this was 1988 when MC Hammer just got started with the rap thing, I can understand it. But this is 2005! Hello?! Have you heard of Kanye West? Black Eyed Peas? 50 cent?…

Another 5 days to go until Chinese New Year. Apart looking forward to the holiday (read: no work), I can’t seem to get into the spirit of the season. I watched this documentary on Nat Geo once about the celebrations in China. It said that the New Year meant the most to the very young and the very old. How true. Chinese New Year as a small kid for me was a blast. We would be in Malacca, at my paternal grandmother’s place. My grandmother, being a respected matriach of the clan, would have a long stream of visitors and relatives. That meant cousins and lots of fun times. We…