Month: February 2005
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Slipped through the net, this one
Jamie Han Li Chou, are you mad? Brave? Foolish? Drunk? Have you no concern for your family? Mum and Dad must be shitting bricks reading the news. What do you think this is? A western liberal democracy? Where are your Asian values? So near Chinese New Year some more! Organise yourself! Or else just write…
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Our hearts are not in it
Chinese New Year being so close to Valentines Day is a double whammy. The relatives will be at it, the well-meaning friends will be at it. The perpetually single and desperate will be at it. The Vietnamese/Kalimantanese bride agencies will be at it. Some among us singulars will be feeling mighty lonely, and for some…
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Even fewer reasons not to own a Mac
Damn you, Apple! Now must readjust budget again: As one of many Mac fans that don’t actually own a Mac (though I did between 1984 and 1997), I’m stoked to see falling prices and new and exciting features. Like the ‘Sudden Motion Sensor’. If I had a Powerbook, I could walk and surf, commute and…
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Run left, run right on manic Monday
As Mr Brown said the other day, it’s a good time to be a blogger. Even better to be a blogger who runs out of things to write but gets inspired by what other bloggers are doing. Today, Cheeky does a pretty good job of adapting Jimmy’s Liao’s Turn Left Turn Right (neh, the one…