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Having No Right to Any Feelings 27 Jul 2009 | 02:40 am
Have you ever found yourself in a position that it is wrong for you to have any feelings? I have. In fact I am now in that very circumstance and it’s unpleasant. You want to feel happy and show that y...
So long, Yasmin 26 Jul 2009 | 06:21 pm
Yasmin, you always make me cry. When you showed us a man promising his late dad to recite thousands more al-Fatihah “at no cost”, I stood up and went to the bathroom to cry. Then in 2001, when you sho...
My MJ Story 8 Jul 2009 | 07:44 pm
Is it too late for that obligatory Michael Jackson posts now? Although he didn’t know me personally, his underaged girlfriend knew me. You see, in 1984, a girl in my class told everyone that she was M...
Papa saya 21 Jun 2009 | 06:24 pm
The truth is I still cannot come to terms with the fact that my Pa has lost many of his physical abilities. The ability to walk, drive, stand up, travel, drive, travel and to be his Jack-of-all-trade ...
Public Warning 29 Apr 2009 | 04:24 pm
After long ignoring the ‘public warnings’ in forwarded emails, yesterday I decided to take heed a little. By replying to the sender and fellow recipients with some analysis attached. I meant to be ana...
Published 19 Mar 2009 | 04:58 pm
The letter is published today verbatim. Not even typos were edited. Hahah. Click here to see.
Seni Budaya Kosmetika Pilihan Ramai 19 Mar 2009 | 12:01 am
Excuse me since this entry is going to be in Malay. Before I begin let’s read the article below, taken from mOnline dated 18 March 2009: Aditya: Kosmetik PGLM hebat tapi pengisian cerita memalukan? “D...
Tag Ada Berani!? 6 Mar 2009 | 07:59 pm
Background: The success of Slumdog has proven that contemporary Asia, Asians and their sensibilities are forces to be reckoned with. The overdone rags-to-riches film “genre” has been given a new life ...
Slumdog Lesson for Puteri Gunung Ledang (and another possible Oscar winner) 6 Mar 2009 | 03:01 pm
Slumdog takes the essence of Hindi omnipresent hyperbolic drama to new heights by way of weaving indie visuals and narrative into it. What could have been seen as sickeningly cliched in a slum boy-tur...
23 years ago today… 7 Feb 2009 | 12:47 am
…Papa fetched us from school in the afternoon and we headed hurriedly to townin his white Volkswagen Beetle. We thought it was going to be a rare treat of eating out or at least lunch at Ayah’s kedai ...