Case in Point — Indian Friend #1: “Happy Diwali! You’re the first person I’m sending this SMS to. Guess why? Guess? I’m sure you know! You’re the most Indian person I know.” Indian Friend #2: “I can’t believe I’m going out for a Diwali party. It really should be more appropriate if you were going for [...]

I like Jetstar Asia. I like them a lot. They are the only budget carrier I have the fuzzies for (or indeed the only carrier, though I like Gulf for its hot Swedish stewardesses), maybe because they fly to destinations I want to go to (instead of Krabi, or Hat Yai, or.. I don’t know [...]

The whole problem with being in school is, well, that you have to study. This is something I am very bad at; I never learned to study, nobody ever taught me how to, and I certainly don’t intend to pick up on this bad habit called studying. For all general intentions and purposes my inability [...]

I’m completely exhausted, having finally understood the demands of college life. Or from watching my bids. I’m the collector of junk who (unlike my dad), never had to step foot into a thrift store or garage sale, because eBay does everything for me.

So my grandmother became a great-grandmother a month ago. I am pleased to inform the audience that I was not the mother, I think, but I’m not so sure: I think about babies so much, if one just appeared tomorrow morning, I would be upset for three minutes (mainly worrying about how it happened and [...]

Why is it that Chinese restaurants of a certain calibre, inevitably possess one or more of the following words in its name and/or description? Golden Imperial Palace Treasure Jade (Some funky Chinese poet) Crystal Garden House / House of One day when I set up _my_ Chinese restaurant, I’m going to call it House of Imperial Jade Golden Palace Li Bai Crystal Treasure Garden. But what [...]

For most couples, talking about having children is a sure sign of jumping the gun. For us, talking about having kittens is the equivalent. Z: No, no, no children.. you can have them if you want. We’ve having kittens. Children grow up and turn into.. monster five year olds.. and twelve year olds. Me: Do you really [...]

And Flock is its name. Now, even after discounting that personality defect of mine in which I swoon involuntarily over many things in tech, hear me out on this: Flock is what browsing should have always been. If you find the concept of bookmarks/favourites in your computer archaic, because you use multiple computers on multiple platforms, and [...]

This was a chance shot I didn’t expect to make � was lurking around the backlane behind Capitol Centre, randomly shooting, when I saw this family take a shortcut, probably after prayers and about to break fast. (Correct my Malay in the title if I’m wrong, please.) There was barely time to focus, I [...]

Something about the concept of searching for the hottest blogger makes my stomach churn. Maybe it was the spicy food I had.