Things I Learnt on My One Month Vacation
Back in July, I took a month-long gap break after i left my previous firm before starting my new job. It wasn’t a big decision for me, i had always longed to do it, and the opportunity came along. I...
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Asian Beacon Through the Years
I became a Christian at the age of seven. At that young and impressionable age, i was ushered into the world of Sunday school and subsequently Youth Fellowship, evening church services in a beautiful...
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Kevin Smith: Risking It All for A Dream
Most people don’t know who Kevin Smith is, unless you’re a film buff. He’s a film director of cult movies, although his movies are definitely not for most people. He’s also an actor, an author and a...
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Common Birds in Malaysia
When i was in Gold Coast, Australia last year, i was fascinated by two local birds found everywhere in the city. One was the beautiful seagull, this being a seaside city. While it was an easily...
View ArticleEssential Free Apps for the iPad
I was an Android user for about two years before I got an iPad. Tons have been written about the pros and cons of both platforms, but I think I pretty much have the best of both worlds – an android...
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Chiang Mai 2012 Day 1: Arrival, Fang & Chiang Dao
My first trip to Chiang Mai was back in 2006. It was our first AirAsia trip overseas as a family, although most of the photos from that trip were lost, I remember a lot about that place. Most of the...
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Chiang Mai 2012 Day 2: Further Up North to Mae Salong
This is the second part in a continuing travelogue series. For the first part read here. Day 2 started bright and early, we took an early morning hike around our beautiful resort and took more pics...
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Chiang Mai 2012 Day 3: Downhill to Maesai
This is an ongoing travelogue on my travels in North Thailand. To start at the beginning, go here. A third day in Thailand, our body clocks are still on Malaysia time, meaning we still woke up at...
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Chiang Mai 2012 Day 4: At the Top of Thailand
This is part of an ongoing travelogue. To start at the beginning, click here. Day 4, start of our first day in Maesai, the small little town at the top of Thailand. By now, we’re used to Thailand time,...
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Chiang Mai 2012 Day 5: Long Way Back to CM
This is part of an ongoing travelogue. To start at the very beginning, go here. Day 5! We’re halfway through our vacation, today we are going to the Golden triangle in the morning the laterdriving the...
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Chiang Mai 2012 Day 6: Doi Suthep and Weekend Market
This is part of an ongoing travelogue. To start at the very beginning, click here. I’ve reached the limit of my Flickr upload for the month, so i’m temporarily using my old Photobucket account. Day 6...
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Chiang Mai 2012 Day 7 & 8: The Last Days
This the last entry in my traveloguem to start from the beginning, read here. Ok, let me finish off this travelogue before the year ends, it has been more than a month since the trip. Day 7 marks the...
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My 2012 in 9 Points
I started this annual thing a few years back (see 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008 here) and its only fitting to do one for the just concluded year. In summary, 2012 has been a transitional year for me, and...
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Insect Spray
When I was really small, I remember my mom used an insect spray that looked like this. You pumped the handle like a Nerf gun, and the spray came out. But then they introduced the tall thin canister...
View Article7 Seasons of 30 Rock
These past few years I don’t really watch many shows due to lack of time. Gone are the days when i can follow up to ten weekly shows plus anime series. These days i can only do a handful, and only if...
View ArticleWhat Comes After ‘WYY’?
When i was small toddler starting to learn my alphabet, i noticed the new cars in town had licence plates that started with JAA. Older cars like my mom’s Fiat 146 had only two letters, JH. Even older...
View ArticleRoger Ebert
Whenever i finish reading a book, or after watching a movie, or a particular good season of a TV show, i am compelled to go online to read the reviews. Some people like to read reviews before, i like...
View ArticleBuying Rice the Old Fashion Way
My family hardly eats any rice, we only buy brown rice for the kids. But i know how the drill is about buying rice, whether brown or white. We go to Tesco, or whichever hypermarket having a sale, but...
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Remembering Wong Ka Kui and Beyond
Last Sunday marked 20 years since Wong Ka Kui died in a freak stage accident in Japan. In terms of being a fan, I was very late in catching on. But at least it was when he was still alive. I was...
View ArticleTennis Greats from Yesteryears
Watching Andy Murray win the Wimbledon last weekend, I got more than a few glimpses of the great Ivan Lendl, his coach, in the stands. Lendl looks pretty much the same as I remember him from the 80′s,...
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