Working in Singapore

I wish.
It was a 2-minute day (as Mr Boo would say).

The solution for world peace

The Malaysians for Peace Alliance (Aman Malaysia) and the Muslims Consumer Association (PPIM) has recently launched a campaign to boycott Coca-Cola and Starbucks coffee. Yes, you read that right. Click here for the full article.
I’m not saying this just because I’m a Coke fan, but why not Pepsi? The Pepsi Cola Company is, by the [...]

Coming soon to a Mac near you

No, it’s not the next X-Men movie. It’s the Mac OS X Leopard. I don’t usually rave about these things, but this is pretty cool… This morning, I heard the familiar voice of Steve Jobs coming from the study. Colin the geek was on the Apple website. I was working at reducing the pile of [...]

Proud parents!

We’ve adopted.
He’s 3 months old, and we’ve named him Gizmo. We had been contemplating getting a cat for a while now. This afternoon, we trotted over to the SPCA to see if the stork had a little bundle for us.
We were initially looking at a little white and ginger fella, but were told he wouldn’t [...]

Of Restless Chickens and Audacious Spiders

A friend had lent me a couple of Far Side books and as I was reading them earlier tonight, chuckling to myself and sometimes laughing out loud, I recalled an, er… alternative… version of a childhood nursery rhyme which another friend had recited to me many years ago, which also made me laugh. Here it [...]

Penang mali

Mum arrived this morning, and she brought me penang laksa all the way from the pasarmalam in SS4! Painstakingly packed and frozen, and lovingly lugged across the border. My mum rocks.
As my KL posse knows, Wednesday is laksa day, as it has always been since we moved there in 1983. When I was living and [...]

Life of Bryan

Bryan is leaving us.
That damn IBMS pushed him over the edge.
We’ll miss you, B.
(I’ve got you on speed dial for the next paintball shoot-out!)
A MOMENT OF CLARITY – BRYAN REALISED THAT HE REALLY DOES LOVE US
AND DOESN’T WANT TO LEAVE.

THE GUYS WERE UNCONVINCED.
DON’T LEAVE ME WITH WOOKIE AND SLUTBOI!
SHOCKING WHAT YOU FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR [...]