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June 2004

intermittent temperamental rain in penang

it has been raining in penang for the past few days. and what a rain it was. within a day, the rain comes and goes, comes and goes, and it was heavy and light, heavy and light. you get out of your house, cloud is clear. you begin to walk …

what is globilisation?

perhaps some of you have came across this before: ————– What is the height of globalization? Answer: Princess Diana’s death Question: How is it? Answer: An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel, driving a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who …

aliran latest issue

go get the latest issue of aliran! interesting read! there are 3 articles from people i know. anil netto, a church friend, like martin jalleh. dr cecilia ng, whom i know just casually, and finally from the office of ‘penang office for human development’ – the ‘branch office’ of my …

going gaa-gaa over google email

apology to all gmail lovers… this is a grumbling of a non gmail lover. the god of email??? oh enough already!! gmail! gmail!l gmail! everywhere i go – blogs and forums – people were talking about gmail. i noticed many bloggers like huai bin, oliviasy, meesh, sashi, ash, etc, etc, …

slowing down….

from today onwards, you won’t see me blogging everyday as I’ll be very busy. first of all, I had taken up two ‘moonlighting’ jobs. the first one I blog about it before – a job with a software solutions company, forest software solutions. i had already finished one job for …

travellers’ tales from FEER

no time to blog again, so here’s are some interesting and amusing stories from my favourite coloum “travellers’ tales” from the far easter economic review (FEER). ——————————————————————————————————- From The Far Eastern Economics Review Issue cover-dated June 24 2004 TRAVELLERS’ TALES By Nury Vittachi China Discovers People The Middle Kingdom’s press …

a day for fathers

to all the fathers, daddies, papas out there…. and in other languages: ;Dia Del Padre Feliz! Giorno Del Padre Felice! Tag Des Glucklichen Vaters! Le Jour Du Pere Heureux! Dia Do Pai Feliz! i had 2 short stories… er… articles actually written about my late father which appeared in the …

ways to say someone is stupid

very very tired last night, after returning from a mass and dinner, of which i’m in the organsiing committee. it’s no joke organising such a big event, mind you (national level, with 400 people in attendance at the dinner). so tired running around. will blog about this later. in the …

of a right hand, old hand, & heavy hand

haha. martin is at it again. good write-up here, hence i’m producing it here verbatim in it’s full glory. ————————————— Of a right hand, old hand, & heavy hand By Martin Jalleh When the premiership was handed over to him, Pak Lah had promised that much-needed change was close at …