February 2011
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How Badly Do You Want It?
I.e., what would you be willing to give up for it? Or what’s it worth to you?
Someone once asked me, “How badly do you want it?” I can’t remember what “it” was or even the context of the question, but I remember the question and I remember how hard it hit home.
It’s so easy to say I wish I had this or I want to do that, but it’s a lot harder to...
January 2011
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Favourite Bit From Gaarder's Castle in the...
Solrun: Have you got more you want to say? Or is the religious criticism over for the time being? I think you've said quite a lot. Enough, perhaps?
Stein: I've got one final point.
Solrun: Well, out with it, Stein! There's no censorship here, at least.
“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably...”
– Daniel Burnham, architect (1864-1912) - The man that built some of the worlds first skyscrapers and created urban plans for Chicago, Washington DC, San Francisco, Cleveland, and Manila before the profession of urban planning existed. (via jonathanmoore)
December 2010
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How Well Does This Link?
Finally got round to linking AnyOtherBusiness with my FB page. This is just a test to see how well it works.
Gosh, it’s been a while since I posted anything.
June 2010
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More Proof Malaysian Government Made Up of Morons →
Quote: [Malacca Chief Minister Mohamad Ali Rustam] told The Associated Press, “God created animals for the benefits of human beings. That’s why he created rats and monkeys…We cannot test on human beings. This is the way it has to be. God created monkeys, and some have to be tested.”
May 2010
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March 2010
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“It isn’t enough just to educate us anymore, Ms Walters. You’ve got...”
– Jenny, An Education
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Your Mind's Missing a Few Teeth
“The dismaying thing about the classic totalitarian mind is that any given gear, though mutilated, will have at its circumference unbroken sequences of teeth that are immaculately maintained, that are exquisitely machined.
Hence the cuckoo clock in Hell - keeping perfect time eight minutes and thrity-three seconds, jumping ahead two seconds, keeping perfect time for two hours and one...
February 2010
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Comic Characters Say What We're All Thinking
I wish I had the guts to be Dilbert during company townhalls.
“Libraries raised me. I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in...”
– Ray Bradbury (via mrgan)
Libraries rock!
January 2010
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“PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is searching for more...”
– PM wants to further connect with FB and Twitter fans, The Star Online
ROTFLMAO! After Information, Communications and Culture Minister, #yorais, tells M’sians to layoff the interwebz, his boss does the double talk dance.
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Imbeciles & Morons at the Helm
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve developed the opinion that I come from a country run by imbeciles and morons. Not that I’ve ever had much regard for their intellect, but I never thought they were this stupid.
What am I talking about? Well, OK. Here’s an example. Take the simple word “intent”. Two syllables, six letters. Fairly simple, yes? Here’s an excerpt...
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I Don't Understand
The events dominating Malaysian news headlines these past few days breaks my heart. When the first news reports of the church bombings came out, my first thoughts were, “I want to be home. With my people. That’s where I should be.”
I don’t understand what’s happening. The Malays I grew up with and went to school with would not do these things. The Malays I worked...
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December 2009
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“The truth ain’t like puppies; a bunch of them running around, you pick...”
– Emerson Cod, Pushing Daisies Season 1 Ep. 8
“We live in a spectacular society, that is, our whole life is surrounded by an...”
– Larry Law. (via dailymeh)
- and here I am, blogging by proxy. :D
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Japan Photos Up on Flickr!
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October 2009
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On the Steps of the Chinese Museum, Kuching
So it was my last day in Kuching and I had some time to kill. Was walking back to the hotel from the museum and decided to pop into the Chinese Museum since it was on my way. As I exited the museum, an elderly man sitting on the steps called out to me in Mandarin. [Please bear in mind, my Mandarin is remedial, at best.]
Man: Cai na li de ren?
Me: PingChen.
Man: Ping Chen hao, ah.
Me: OK la.. *laughs*
Man: Zhe li pu hao.
Me: Ha? Hai hao ah.
Man: Pu hao, pu hao. *shakes head sadly*
Me: *chuckles uncomfortably and continues walking*
Man: Where're you from?
Me: Penang.
Man: Penang is good.
Me: It's OK. *laughs*
Man: It's no good here.
Me: Huh? I think it's not bad.
Man: No good, no good. *shakes head sadly*
Me: *chuckles uncomfortably and continues walking*
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Fly One Time - Ben Harper and Relentless 7
Now...
September 2009
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weilingwashere: OK. False alarm.MSN messenger... →
weilingwashere: Customised tumblr theme :)
Just... →
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August 2009
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“This Town is perfect. And by perfect, I mean complete. It has everything. If you...”
– Haruki Murakami, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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Private Car Driver in Shenzhen
Driver: You're Malaysian?
Me: Yes.
Driver: Oh, I drive a lot of Malaysians. A lot of Singaporeans too.
Me: I'm based in Singapore now.
Driver: *says something else I don't understand. A question, I think.*
Me: Sorry, my Chinese is very poor.
Driver: No, don't apologize. Your Chinese is not bad. Do you know who speaks bad Mandarin? Hong Kong people. *laughs loudly* The minute they open their mouth you can tell where they're from. *laughs again* So. How long have you been working in Singapore?
Me: Oh, about 2 years.
Driver: Oh, good, good. First time in Shenzhen?
Me: No, no. I've been here before.
Driver: What do you think of our flowers? I think Shenzhen has some very nice flowers.
Me: I think they're not bad. *not recalling seeing very many flowers around*
Driver: But I think they're nothing to compare to Singapore's. Singapore must have some very nice flowers. What's your opinion?
Me: Er.. er...... [how do I tell him there are more buildings and people than anything else in Singapore? Note to self: learn how to say concrete jungle in Mandarin]
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Learning to Tumble
So, this is tumblr.
Goodbye, Blogger. Hello, shiny new toy. :)