Aerosmtih fans generally tend to fall into 3 broad categories. There are the new ones from the Armageddon era who think ‘I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing‘ is the greatest ballad on earth, although i find it creepy how Steve Tyler is singing about his daughter, Liv Tyler. Then there are the slightly older fans from the MTV era of 1987 to the 1992, during the span of albums like Permanent Vacation, Pump and Get A Grip. Then of course there are the oldest fans from earliest days of Toys in The Attic, circa 1971. Yeah those purists that always maintain that the band had sold out since, etc.…

With the Internet there has always been new and innovative ways to pass (read: “waste”) time on while you’re bored at work or bored at home. Many years ago there was ICQ and forums and Instant Messaging (good thing i didn’t really get into them that much) and then lately we’ve had Facebook, Digg and Twitter and their numerous clones. As of a few weeks ago I have just found new way to pass my precious time unproductively – StumbleUpon. It’s not new, some people have been using it for years. So what does it do? It recommends you interesting websites as recommended by people with similar interests as you.…

And yeah, so, about two weeks ago, i watched the series finale of the Greatest Television Show Ever ™, Battlestar Galactica, bringing an end to four seasons. I realize the majority of Malaysians have not heard of the new BSG series, let alone follow it (although it comes on 8TV). I had it better than most people, taking less than a year to finish all 4 seasons of it, the original schedule took about 6 years to complete due to the writer’s strike in the US and a protracted break halfway through season 4. For the uninitiated, BSG is a reimagined series loosely based on the old 1970’s series, but…

Went to this new dim sum place in Bandar Puteri 5 yesterday, it just broke the record for ‘worst dim sum restaurant ever’ in my record books. I thought the previous record couldn’t be broken (this place in Puchong Jaya) but it was. The waiters were sarcastic, the food barely edible, and the staff were more interested in eating their own meals than preparing our food. That’s the problem with dim sum restaurants here, there are good ones, but there plenty more bad ones. Look, I’m being realistic, i don’t expect Ipoh quality dim sum here (just like how Penang folks always say the assam laksa and char kuey tiau…

When my friends found out i was going to Bandung for holidays, most of them asked me “why Bandung?” or “what’s there to do in Bandung?”. Bandung, nicknamed Kota Kembang, is a fantastic holiday destination, but isn’t well known outside Indonesia. While researching for this trip, I also found out that info on the Net about Indonesia’s 4th largest city is pretty scant, so I decided that I’d do a list like this after coming back, so here it is. Bear in mind this is based on my family’s short experience there, there are definitely many more attractions there that we didn’t have time to take in. The list is…

Going off on holiday again tomorrow for 5 days… With the economy like this i had to scrap my 14 day Europe tour (hahaha). Any guesses where? 🙂 Some pics to help you guess (thanks to Boone for his pics)

(Lots of photos ahead, so 56k modem users be warned … 🙂 Old photos, never got to post them up. Went with family to Cameron’s in November last year, together with my sis-in-law and her son Jeremy. Weather was soooo nice then… 🙂 The drive up. cool weather. vegetable farming everywhere and anywhere. At least global warming hasn’t killed the butterflies yet. Kea Farm. Strawberries seen in pic may seem larger than real ones. Approaching Tanah Rata. My daughter smelling the roses. At Rose Valley. That’s an apple. And oranges. And grapes. Ummm. Persimmons, I think. And every shade of rose you can think of. Weird flower. Even weirder flower.…

Listening to … BFM 89.9. And sometimes RedFM. Watching on the tube … Amazing Race Season 14. Well, same teams every year, different contestants. You know, bickering couple, dumb blondes wearing pink, old couple that get kick out early, etc. But still entertaining. Playing a little too much … Farm Frenzy and Pastry Passion. I blame it on my sister in law! 🙂 Listening to on Youtube … Ozzy Osbourne. Old school, man. Watching off the Net … Well, the usual – Battlestar Galactica (4 more episodes!), Top Chef, Pushing Daisies, Flight of the Conchords, Robot Chicken, Jericho, Samantha Who?, True Blood, just a few lah. 🙂 After dinner, its…

For most of my growing up years, my dad worked for the government away from home, only coming back on Thursday evenings by express bus and going back away on Friday nights. His weekend was on Friday, my school weekends were Friday/Saturday. Friday mornings were always spent with him in town. I’d follow him to Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, the biggest bank in town (now known as HSBC). Banking was different in those days, customer service was non existent (well maybe somethings haven’t changed that much) so to get all your banking done, you’d have to line up in multiple long queues. I’d pass the time by counting the…

If I mention Scotts Emulsion Cod Liver Oil, most of you you’d think of the orange flavoured kind you can get at the pharmacy. Something like this: Tastes great, like Haliborange. But back when i was a kid, when my mother said it was time for Scott’s Emulsion, i had to run for cover. Back then it was a bottle of thick white stuff, no nice orange flavour, it had a strong, almost nauseating fishy flavour. My brother and I always had to close our nose drinking it, and the thick fishy taste stayed with you for hours after that. Especially when you burped. Ewwwww. I couldn’t find a pic…