Monthly Archives: February 2006

Boh-lan-yoong does good

Alex Yoong has, for the first time, achived a podium finish in today’s A1 Grand Prix race in Sentul, Indonesia. Yoong crossed the line second behind Canadian driver, Sean McIntosh, in the event-filled feature race. In the preceding sprint race, … Continue reading

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Puzzlement

I’ve often remarked that the North American dialect of English (i.e. “American”, or “Canadian”, depending on which side of the 49°N parallel you find yourself on) is a particularly euphemistic one. If language reflects culture and hence the psyche of … Continue reading

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wet ice, hot man on snow

Oooh.. 2 days till the opening ceremony at Torino. Check out the awesome schedule of events on Astro. That women’s curling event between team USA and Canada on the 15th is gonna be fun. Best matchup however – Great Britain’s … Continue reading

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ch-ch-ch-change

New year, new look. I’ve finally gotten around to changing the header for the blog. What ya think? The previous design was a cropped photo of one of my favourite taken at Santa Monica Beach, California. But change we must, … Continue reading

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losing it in translation

Dad sent along some photos he got in the email and I don’t know if these are widely available or not so I will just share them here. These are photos of restaurant menus in where else but mainland China. … Continue reading

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the quick and the elated

Whoah. Just received letter today informing me that Indiana University’s School of Library and Information Science has accepted me into their graduate program. On probationary terms. Which just means they didn’t like my undergrad GPA. A nice surprise after a … Continue reading

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The Great Escape 2006

This is no laughing matter – Al-Qaida militants tunnelled out of prison in Yemen, including Jamal Ahmed Badawi, mastermind of the U.S.S. Cole bombing in 2000. A total of 23 detainees escaped, 13 of them Al-Qaeda members. This is Badawi’s … Continue reading

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lead shoes

Monday blues is 100,000,000 times worse after a long Chinese New Year break. I’m not even going to pretend that I like work. Not the job per se, but work. The idea of, you know, toil and sweat and all … Continue reading

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doggone it, i lost again + new photos

Wearing red underwear, as I found out, did not help one bit in the card game. A small amount of fortune was liberated from me; but what’s Chinese New Year without going a few rounds with your family, eh? This … Continue reading

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brokeback to the future

Some people have way too much time on their hands. Funny, though. Especially when you compare it to the real Brokeback Mountain trailer.

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gender in transit, americana style

Strike one off my list of movies to watch. Transamerica may be the strangest roadtrip movie I’ve ever seen. It’s definitely low-budget and wonderful in all its quirkiness. It reminds me of that other movie about transexualism — no, not … Continue reading

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flipping my goat

So I was invited by a guestblogger of Whateverlah.Com to go sample the best maggi mee goreng kambing in town. Said guestblogger is currently back home on vacation and, like most of us temporary exiles, was trying to fulfill every … Continue reading

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USC has… lesbians?

Frack me. They’re talking about the Greek life and whether sororities are too ‘straight’ in an article on The Daily Trojan for lesbians to be in them. ‘Heterocentric’ is the term used in the article I believe. What the heck … Continue reading

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venting, CNY balik kampung edition

Are you one of us, the unfortunate travellers on the PLUS highway? Did you drive? Sucked, didn’t it? Especially so when the morons on wheels start making up their own rules during the scrum on new years eve. Driving on … Continue reading

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the delayed return

We got into KL a day later and 2 kilos heavier than planned. Somehow the extreme heat and mugginess we bitch about hour after hour didn’t stop us from staying one more day. I honestly don’t know why but whateverlah… … Continue reading

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