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Conversation with Izani 04 march 2013 5 Mar 2013 | 08:52 am
Scene: Me ironing while Izani is doing his Lughatul Arabiyah homework. Izani: Why can't we say "Wa-alaikumsalam" then "Assalamu-alaikum"? Me: Because "Assalamu-alaikum" means "Peace upon you" and "Wa...
Malaysian Education: Need for Change? 13 Apr 2012 | 04:00 pm
I've recently become a part of the Parent Support Group of my children's school. Parent Support Group is another name for the PTA or the PIBG, the group of parents who work with the school on behalf o...
Getting my eye poked 3 Apr 2012 | 03:05 pm
As I mentioned before, I needed an injection in my right eye to fix the lesion/macular degeneration on my retina. I chose the drug Avastin, which is 12 times cheaper than Lucentis (google it if you wa...
The world through my eyes recently 24 Mar 2012 | 09:17 pm
During the beginning of the school holidays (around 10th of March) recently, I discovered that my vision was a little different. I started seeing things like this: At first I thought perhaps my conta...
Am Are I 22 Feb 2012 | 03:31 pm
If you want to do the MRI, you have to be prepared to wait. Because if your case is not urgent, read: if your head is not going to explode or something, then you would have to wait till after everyone...
What went down on Sunday? 21 Feb 2012 | 04:53 pm
Me. Literally. For the past few years I have been getting headaches that coincides with the crimson tide. So last Saturday was no different, except that towards the evening I also developed a cold. S...
Real Magic 17 May 2011 | 03:37 am
I visited Izani's class one day and observed how his teacher managed to lure a group of 5-year-olds to sit on a mat around her in a calm and orderly manner by engaging them in a song about goldilocks ...
Lost in The Focault's Pendulum 28 Apr 2011 | 08:06 pm
For several weeks now I have been reading The Focault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. It's a diabolical book. I would describe it as The Davinci Code written by/for nerds on crack. The beginning shows prom...
Meeting Eoin 20 Mar 2011 | 05:19 pm
Of all the times I have said 'tee hee', meeting Eoin Colfer (pronounced as 'Owen', by the way) would probably be the most 'tee hee'-ing time of all :) Eoin was in Dubai for the Emirates Literary Fest...
read 16 Feb 2011 | 08:17 pm
Photo from 5X1 Pearl Jam through the eye of Lance Mercer. Dedicated to Didi, the sister who's too cool to facebook.
