Road to Simunjan town centre. On the 27th of June 2009, I had the privilege of travelling to Simunjan with my uncle. Simunjan is a small town located some 150 kilometers from Kuching, the capital of Sarawak state, East Malaysia. We left home at around 7.30am, had a hearty breakfast of kolo mee and wonton …
That’s it! I’m back home, and as I’m writing this, I’m enjoying my mug of hot milk. I had never eaten so much in so long, and just to think of it, I have all the time in the world to do whatever I wanted to do, and that includes putting on a kilo or …
It’s 3.00 AM in the morning. I can’t sleep. I can’t eat. I can’t stop working. It’s ‘early’ in the morning and I have a paper in the coming few hours. Big risk? Yes. I found myself, yet again, doing something that I had been doing (quite successfully) over the past few months. I had …
The following article was taken from: http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/13/machiavelli/index.html I had recently been reading a thing or two about ‘Machiavellianism’ (oh wow, I think I spelled it correctly this time), but this article which I found on www.salon.com is the best I’ve read on this topic so far. For those who are not familiar with the term, …
Since it’s launch in year 2004, Gmail has steadily gained popularity among the masses. Gmail was actually launched on the 1st of April, and, it was not unusual of Google to pull April Fool’s jokes during that time of the year. Back then, people had no idea that Gmail was actually a ‘real thing’, and …
I never thought so many people would remember my birthday! After all, the last time I had a cake was nearly 8 years ago. I can’t even remember what it looked liked. How sad… No cake? No problem. At least that was what some of my best pals thought. Here’s how the cake looked like. …
It’s that time of the year when students over here at UTM are struggling to finish their assignments and final year projects. It’s also one of those times when I wish I had more in common with instant messaging software like Live Messenger; I really wish I can walk around carrying a ‘busy’ or ‘no …
Friday the 13th was ‘supposed’ to be a bad day for everyone, at least that was what most people would have thought. I wouldn’t be surprised if the superstitious among us would have made sure they got up from the right side of the bed in the morning (or is it the left?) or even …
I used to wonder, and I am still wondering even today, how long can you keep a computer running without switching it off. It’s not difficult to imagine how much we use computers today, with the advent of the internet as the ‘in’ thing. Computer addiction is a real problem these days, with kids spending …