The heat is upon us – and it’s unforgiving as much as it is relentless. Some schools in the region had even been forced to close, given the dangerously high temperatures that have engulfed some metropolitan areas in the Southeast Asian region. Sweltering Heat in Southeast Asia – Image Generated with Microsoft Copilot Designer. Describing the …
“Now Everyone Can Fly!” (Yeehaa!) How right they are. It used to cost so much more to fly around the country, and even more to fly out of Malaysia. Then came Air Asia, and the rest became history. The coming of Air Asia solved the problem of air-travel, which for many Malaysians like me, was …
What??!! Sorry for the unusual title, but I had to grab your attention. I was taking a walk along the waterfront with my uncle just yesterday, taking photos, when I noticed something rather unusual. There’s just something about the name that I don’t get. Is it a bus? Check. Made by Airbus. Definitely …
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 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 …
“Don’t be like that la!” “Why you like that la!” “I’m a good guy la, don’t get angry…” “What I want for lunch? Whatever la…anything la…” “Terrible la you, go fly kite!” ______________________________________________________________________________________ Have you heard people speaking English in this way? If you have, welcome to Malaysia! Manglish = ‘Mangled English’? To the …
They say this was written by a real person, a real letter by an applicant for university. Whoever this ‘Hugh Gallagher’ person really is, I like his writing style. -Lionel. This is an actual essay written by a college applicant. The author, Hugh Gallagher, now attends NYU. 3A. ESSAY: IN ORDER FOR THE ADMISSIONS STAFF …
A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig by Charles Lamb (1775-1834) Mankind, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was obliging enough to read and explain to me, for the first seventy thousand ages ate their meat raw, clawing or biting it from the living animal, just as they do in Abyssinia to this day. This …