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Today is Friday, 8th of August, 2008 – 080808 aka 888! The number 8 for Chinese is a very auspicious number. The pronunciation of the word 8 in Chinese dialects is very similar to the word ‘wealth’, so you know why the obsession among Chinese people with this number. Chinese are obsessed with numbers, often…
Terengganu officials switch car brand KUALA TERENGGANU: State exco members and senior officers started using their new Mercedes-Benz E200 Kompressor cars today. The state bought 14 of the luxury cars for RM3.43mil to replace the Proton Perdana V6 Executive cars that had been purchased in 2004. The new cars are for the exco members, the…
A 2008 breakfast outing in Batu Kawa, Kuching, with Will Chua and Kong Kay, featuring kompia and meatball noodles at Chin Chan Lee.
A 2008 post about good food, close friends and the simple argument that both together make life feel considerably better.
Saw this at BUUUUURRRRNING HOT and The Sensintrovert, couldn’t help but to poke fun at it. (click to view full image size) Police to halve compound fines for traffic summonses KUALA LUMPUR: Effective Tuesday, police would halve the compound fines for traffic summonses, except those for serious offences, said Federal traffic chief Senior Asst Comm…
Malaysians are suffering not from the increase of oil price, but from the corruption, mismanagement and wastage by the government. We are paying a very high price for this, partly due to our ‘tidak apa’ attitude and indifference to the issues happening around us. For most Malaysians, ignorance is a bliss. They always have their…
A 2008 follow-up to an earlier fuel-subsidy post, discussing statements and documents cited in the debate over how fuel subsidies appeared in government accounts and budgets.