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Lucia Lai

a hotel with no toilet

wow! so i found a cheap hotel in JB (johor bahru). only RM50 for one night. mattress provided, blanket provided… oh but no pillow. well… maybe i can live with that. never mind no pillow as i can make use of the blanket as pillow as after all, i rarely …

recommended merdeka blogs… & translation of my BM posts

the merdeka blogger project had received tremendous support. there were many bloggers who posted their blogs there. i would like to recommend 3 posts which i find interesting. 1. from mavericksysm, a very detailed analysis of our bolehland fascination with breaking records e.g. the tallest, the biggest, etc, complete with …

help! can go mouse-less or not?

help! i’m starting to feel numbness on my wrist and finger due to holding on to the mouse for a long time. you see, at work, i’m on computer almost all the 8 hrs, then come back home, again i’m on computer for about 5 hrs. and the way my …

celebrating golden and silver jubilee

wow! what an exciting 2 days i had been through. first, on merdeka day, as i blog here, i attended the diocese golden jubilee celebration at PISA. it was reported in the star paper of yesterday too under the heading ‘spirit of muhibbah at diocese jubilee do‘. muhibbah, because the …

hug and say sorry

The aide said Mahathir was touched by the gesture and readily reciprocated Rafidah’s hug. It is not known what he said to her. Home Minister Datuk Azmi Khalid, who was nearby, said: “It was a very emotional scene. First she hugged Siti Hasmah, and then she hugged Tun and cried.” …

penyanyi-penyanyi yang saya minati

Tanggal 31. Bulan lapan lima puluh tujuh. Merdeka! Merdeka! Tetaplah merdeka Ia pasti menjadi sejarah. Tanggal 31. Bulan lapan lima puluh tujuh. Hari yang mulia. Hari bahagia. Sambut dengan jiwa yang merdeka. Mari kita seluruh warga negara. Ramai-ramai menyambut hari merdeka. Merdeka! Tiga satu bulan lapan lima puluh tujuh Hari …

makan memegang poyong pada hari merdeka

malaysia, selamat hari jadi! rakyat malaysia, selamat hari merdeka! oh ya, hari ini adalah kali pertama saya akan membelog dalam bahasa kebangsaan kita, bahasa malaysia (BM). telah lama saya tidak gunakan BM untuk menulis, jadi tentunya BM saya tidak beberapa baik. kalau ada apa-apa kesilapan, tolong tunjukkan dan bukan ketawakan, …

blog day – presenting 5 blogs

BlogDay was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. On that day Bloggers will recommend other blogs to their blog visitors. With the goal in mind, on this day every blogger will post …

Of Merdeka, Myths & Make-believe

a very good article by my friend, the profilic martin jalleh. ———– It is close to Merdeka. Patriotic songs permeate the air. Snippets of the past on our TV screens pull at our heartstrings. Touching and tear-jerking advertisements are played over and again. Of course the unspoken prime preoccupation of …

why people see sex everywhere?

justme pointed out this news in comments of the post about condoms. then i read about it in politics101 blog. some self righteous people are making lots of noises over the picture of a model drapped in the jalur gemilang, that appeared in a men’s magazine. “how can that be!”, …