Monthly Archives: April 2009

movies round up

Posted on April 16, 2009 by gee

I wanna watch The Boat That Rocked: Why? Because it looks really entertaining and it’s done by the same people who did Love Actually which is quickly becoming my favorite Christmas movie. Did I mention I was really disappointed with … Continue reading →

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nomming across the country: series 2

Posted on April 16, 2009 by gee

The hardest part is uploading the pictures, really. In this series: Briyani, dishes from ‘big fry’, rojak love and luk-luk love a.k.a. “food from the back of a van”.

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not mine

Posted on April 15, 2009 by gee

Aluminium casing. Intel dual core Core 2 Duo. Backlit keyboard. 4gb RAM. 500gb HD. Only bad thing so far – no firewire port. I must not be jealous. I must not be jealous. I must not be jealous. I must not be jealous. I … Continue reading →

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conversation with a city

Posted on April 14, 2009 by gee

NYC: Hi, it’s me. Me: Hi me. What’s up? NYC: You never think about me anymore. Me: Wha-? How can you say that? Just last week I blogged about Coney Island. NYC: So you only like me for the tourist parts? … Continue reading →

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A bit of brilliance

Posted on April 13, 2009 by PpFt

The last time Britain’s Got Talent registered on my radar, Paul Potts had just got done laying the smackdown with his version of “Nessun Dorma”. Check out this weekend’s surprise in the form of a Susan Boyle, doing “I Dreamed … Continue reading →

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the problem with half a truth

Posted on April 11, 2009 by gee

A state representative of Texas had allegedly suggested that Asian Americans should adopt names that are easier for her western tongue to deal with. Sounds rather inflammatory and even racist, huh? All hell breaks loose and a city councilman in … Continue reading →

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it’s not what you think it means

Posted on April 11, 2009 by gee

When the conservative movement decided to use ‘tea bagging’ as a term in their campaign to protest taxes, ostensibly referencing the events at ye olde Boston Harbor (a whole separate rant on how history is being misrepresented exists here), I … Continue reading →

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train lines

Posted on April 10, 2009 by gee

On the return trip from my jaunt into town (in search of The Donut) on Tuesday I was standing at KL Sentral and as I looked across the platform I saw something very strange. Can you tell me what’s wrong … Continue reading →

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that’s what he sayeth

Posted on April 9, 2009 by gee

[Photo by Joshua H. @ flickr] Taken at the Vermont Marriage Equality Rally. I really love the sign but I can’t help the intense urge to grab a sharpie and color in a comma after LOVE. Maybe he meant that … Continue reading →

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SVU has issues, baggage loads of them

Posted on April 9, 2009 by gee

Wow. A real sex crime story. Almost felt like old times. That was a whole lotta CSI/Millennium/X-Files gruesomeness there. Judith McCreary writes decent eps… With GIANT ASS PLOTHOLES!!! Shall I list them? Serial killer case assigned to a lone detective? Yeaaaaaaa … Continue reading →

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forest for the trees

Posted on April 8, 2009 by gee

Something struck me as I was wrapping up my reading of the by-elections tonight… voter turnout for the Bukit Gantang election was 75.1%. That’s a solid three quarters of registered voters. So, rigging of vote counts and other shenanigans aside, … Continue reading →

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hold up, i can’t think when i see donuts

Posted on April 7, 2009 by gee

Have you seen the light? OMG!   Krispy Kreme store under construction at Berjaya Times Square. Right next to the uninspiring version of Papa John’s actually. I didn’t know if they were actually opened or not. Their website is of … Continue reading →

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corn, cows and gaydom

Posted on April 5, 2009 by gee

on AIM earlier… me: *snort* i love reading towleroad. so this thing in iowa rite? the congressman thinks that iowa is gonna become the gay marriage mecca now i dont care how you spin it… but there is no way iowa … Continue reading →

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last stop in Brooklyn

Posted on April 5, 2009 by gee

I was reminded by The Gothamist that Coney Island is open for the season today. If you haven’t yet gone, these warm months might be your last real chance to see Coney Island as it is before the controversially approved … Continue reading →

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propaganda from across the causeway

Posted on April 5, 2009 by gee

Yasmin Ahmad made a couple of short films for Singapore’s National Family Council:   Gotta hand it to the Singaporeans. They are totally serious about social engineering, and, ya know, they’re pretty good at it. Except maybe for that decline … Continue reading →

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