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Category Archives: On Being Malaysian
optimism
Malaysia, Malaysia… 53 years after you told the British to fuck off and not quite 47 years since you included the eastern states, you’re still a youngen. Acting somewhat like a pre-teen, still looking for self identity… It’s all very … Continue reading
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Petronas ad twofer
Petronas commercials for Raya and Merdeka 2010; both are yawnfests.
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But at least it’s not a house of cards what…
No seriously, they weren’t using it as some kind of structural insulation: Polystyrene window frame shock for house buyers [The Star] BUTTERWORTH: Several house buyers in Taman Ampang Jajar here had a rude shock when they checked the houses – … Continue reading
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Preternatural goblokness*
Malaysians advised against being immersed in Facebook, Twitter. Our Information, Communications and Culture Minister Rais Yatim was quoted saying: “They are just selling Facebook, Twitter, L-Band and various other services, even through space, as a product but we do not … Continue reading
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your engrish, it’s very brokeded
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” Late Friday night / early Saturday I was driving a lonely stretch of the highway from Subang when the radio came on with a … Continue reading
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too soon
Me: I don’t think Yasmin Ahmad would like it much that they’re calling her “the director”… Because, please if you don’t mind, she is so much more than a director. I aspire to her levels of living a life brimmed … Continue reading
Stop all the clocks
There are no words to describe the loss this country has suffered in the passing of Yasmin Ahmad, a film maker, the story teller, a hopeless romantic, a one true Malaysian. We miss you already. …
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Laksa Croquette
File this one under things that looks interesting but will never attempt at home: … because it’s much too much effort. The laksa croquette is a menu item from 7atenine, a fancy pants place at the Ascott in KL. The … Continue reading
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awesome on this side, me on the other
**for PpFt because I neglected Tweet In BM Day on Twitter. Semalam semasa makan tengahari terlihat saya seorang lelaki yang amat tampan sekali duduk di meja sebelah. Apalagi, mencuri-curi tengok sajalah. Apa nak buat? Mak ada. Ketika tengah-tengah berlakon ‘cool’ … Continue reading
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Some Yasmin Ahmad love
Yasmin Ahmad talking to the media(?) during the filming of The Funeral. In this other one, Yasmin talks to some bloggers a year ago. There’s some great anecdotes from the Tan Hong Ming ad. She also touched on several things … Continue reading
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hell in handbasket – SPM edition
Blablabla.. the teaching of English (not Math and Science in English) is being kicked around in the spotlight again. Our Education Minister was shocked (shocked! I tell you!) that you don’t need to pass English to get an SPM cert. … Continue reading
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nomming across the country: series 3
This is the drinks series.. In this series: ABC from Ipoh Stadium, 100 Plus, sirap bandung, tembikai susu and tea. Plain ol’ tea.
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Do Eet
My brother and I were in Putrajaya a few weeks back. (Had a trip to the Foreign Ministry) Nyways, as we were driving down the main boulevard we noticed these huge banners hung on a few major govt buildings. This, … Continue reading
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chat bits
Reader’s Block me: my brain is doing that thing where it’s all over the place and i cannot sit and concentrate cannot write, cannot read a book PpFt: why you think i have so much trouble studying me: it’s been … Continue reading
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*speechless*
Grik couple have 21 children: IPOH: Anyone who is astounded by American couple Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s brood of 18 children do not know about housewife Chu Seok Len yet. … “I have graduated from raising my own children … Continue reading
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