As a serious movie buff, I’ve watched plenty of them. And if there’s one that come close to the perfect movie in my mind, it would probably be the 1985 teenage scifi comedy, Back to the Future. I watched it in the cinema as a kid, and a couple of time on video and reruns on TV2, and just last night thanks to axxo. After 25 years, its still funny, exciting, and the dialogue still fresh. For those who don’t know about this 80’s classic, Michael J. Fox plays Marty McFly, 17 year old teenager who goes back 30 years in a time machine Doc Brown builds out of a…

I love yau ja guai (油條). But since it isn’t healthy, if I were to eat it, it has to be REALLY good. The only place I buy it from around here is from that guy Leslie, his stall is in front of Lim Mee Yoke (formerly Chow Yang) in the mornings. The other stall is the pasar malam near my house (which isn’t as good as Leslie’s, but what the heck its convenient). So today, first time in Empire Shopping Gallery (meh. I’ll be going back to Subang Parade) we passed by this stall called I Love Yoo! (really, the name should have tipped me off) at the lower…

Been looking at some smartphones these few weeks. Initially it was at Android phones like the Samsung Galaxy S and HTC Desire. But the iPhone-using friends have also been mounting a credible persuasion… My main purpose is the free apps (besides the usual call and camera functions, etc) – i need to use them frequently, I’m a I-need-to-know-that-NOW kind of guy. And some cool free games to keep my kids when we’re waiting for our food. So… any suggestions?

When I tell people I read a lot, they often ask me “What’s your favourite book?”. Rather than tackle that question, I’d always answer, “Well, the LAST good book I read was…” And the last good book I read was Hemingway’s ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ (why, yes, there IS also a Metallica song with the same name). The book is about the events in a 3-day period during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. Robert Jordan is an American volunteer who joins the republican guerilla army as an explosives expert tasked to blow up a bridge. Jordan journeys behind enemy lines with a small band of guerilla fighters. Over…

Come to think of it, I’ve watch many World Cups, here’s a rundown of what i remember of each one of them. Spain 1982 I was a small kid, not into football yet. All I remember was watching a replay of the Argentina-Brazil match and my uncle saying that it was a ‘dirty game’. I also remember thinking the name ‘Boniek’ was pretty funny. Mexico 1986 This was the first World Cup that I really got into, I was Form 1 at that time and everyone in school was football crazy. This was the World Cup of Maradona, Socrates, Scifo, Platini and Lineker. Not to mention the Hand of God.…

(This is the final part in my travelogue. For the earlier parts, see here, here, here, here and here. Or just start at the first one) And in a blink of an eye, a week in Europe had passed, meaning we only had one day left. Pat and MY had other plans to visit friends, so WY and I went our own way to London. Since it was Saturday and weather was fantastic, we decided to hit some of the markets around London. First stop was Portobello Road market in Notting Hill, the place made famous by that Julia Roberts-Hugh Grant movie. For starters, its nothing like the movie. But…

For the earlier parts in this travelogue, check it out here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 So Day 6 is our second day in Paris. Frankly, this was the only day of our entire holiday we slept in, waking up relatively late at about 7.30am. Probably due to the tiring earlier few days. I told Pat I’d met them before 9am for breakfast, and we went down at exactly 9am. Breakfast for this 3-star hotel was surprisingly good, they had complimentary buffet breakfast with chocolate croissants, ham slices, cereal, milk, juice and yoghurt. They had bread, too, but it almost tasted stale (which didn’t give us a…

(This is the 4th part in the series, click to see the 1st, 2nd and 3rd parts) Day 5 Thursday started REEEALLY early, were had to be up by 4.15am and were in St. Pancras train station by 5.15am (cab driver told us it would take 45 mins to reach, but it actually took only 20 mins). Our cab was expensive (GBP35) but we had no choice since the trains don’t run so bloody early in the morning. So in St. Pancras, we waitied for about 1.5 hours for the train (6.50am), while eating our breakfast bought from Asda the day before. Eurostar leaves from London to Paris in takes…

(For the other days in the series, you can read part 1 here, then part 2 here) Okay, Day 4 started bright and early as usual. With the early sunrise in summer, we’ve got used to getting up at about 5.30am and getting by with 5-6 hours each night. That way we usually can take our time with breakfast, Pat even went jogging around Lampton Park on some mornings. Day 4 started with Eye on London, which we’ve passed by a few times in the previous days. The ride starts at 9.30am, if you’re planning to visit in spring or summer, make sure you prebook or come early, coz the…

(For the previous day’s post, which is the first in the series, you can read it here) Day 3 started with some amendments to our itinerary, we ended with some free time early in the morning. MY went to meet her relatives, so Pat and us decided to visit Highbury! Months ago we had intended to visit here, but it got bumped off the priority list of places to visit when we had too many things to see and do. Something about Arsenal – i’ve been following them since I followed football when i was 7 years old, although i’ve kind of drifted away from footie in general in the…