tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12169848646560898842024-03-06T10:29:14.010+08:00As Good As It GetsReceptionist: How do you write women so well?
Melvin Udall: I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountabilityLegal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.comBlogger522125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-89719716816422535352015-04-08T14:36:00.001+08:002015-04-08T14:36:29.428+08:00Taking the train to Taj Mahal
Most people will imagine when anyone uses the train in India, the person will have to jostle among crowd to get to the train and then ride on top of the train like those pictures showing so many people in India riding the train like that with some holding to the doors for dear life and then there were those who had to crammed inside the train with nary any room to breath.
One Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-49128733077377569282015-03-16T14:32:00.000+08:002015-03-16T14:32:57.702+08:00New Delhi vs. Old Delhi
Those who have ever been to Delhi would not say they had been to New Delhi. They will only say they have been to Delhi or in the words of the locals, DEH-Lee. Here's how New Delhi is pronounced - http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/New+Delhi.
How old is Delhi can be gauged by the so many ruins you can find peppered around Delhi if you take time to explore it. Without needing to Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-14805068016280072352015-03-10T16:05:00.001+08:002015-03-10T16:05:41.152+08:00The serenity of Lodhi Garden, Delhi
They say Delhi is noisy, especially the Old Delhi where there are tricycles, autorickshaws, bicycles, cars, motorbikes, buses and let's not forget the people. It cannot be denied it is noisy and if you read my previous post, you can see a glimpse of it.
One other thing about Delhi, it is said to be dangerous to go out at night and there is no safe place at all. I beg to differ as although itLegal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com1Lodhi Gardens, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi, Delhi 110003, India28.5936814 77.22183380000001328.5867104 77.211748800000009 28.6006524 77.231918800000017tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-3580488753971128752015-03-02T16:47:00.002+08:002015-03-02T16:48:24.466+08:00New Delhi : A noisy city
They asked you to honk, hence the incessant honking
As I was researching to go to New Delhi last month, one thing kept coming up : New Delhi is noisy. New Delhi is not the first Indian city I was going to go too as I have been to Mumbai before. When I went to Mumbai in 2012, as that was my first time in an Indian city, the supposedly Bollywood city, I was ready for anything there. The horrorLegal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-47313699704121173332015-02-24T20:38:00.000+08:002015-02-24T20:38:11.642+08:00India made me wanna blog again
I have left blogging a long time ago. Although occasionally I do write a post or two, they were mostly afterthoughts which sometimes are left in drafts and never published. Most of the drafts are for my property and financial blog : Legal Cat-asthrophe, as I was using it to write my books or to promote my new book.
Being a writer may have made me a bit of a snob. I expect to get something inLegal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-25666340025320651882012-10-02T13:36:00.000+08:002012-10-02T13:36:13.372+08:00Paradigm shift
We just did an unconventional thing by selling our own home without any discernible rhyme or reason except that the price that was offered was attractive enough for us to sell it. Something which started as another crazy idea became a serious paradigm shift for us. Some friends and even family member couldn't fathom why we did it. Most think moving is something they will never do in their Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-73474033262451777102012-07-18T15:01:00.002+08:002012-07-18T15:01:55.769+08:00An ode to friendship
I am not really an extrovert person. Those who know me will beg to differ. My wife just recently had this idea of me being the big bully who loves to pick on the defenseless and makes fun of them. Then there are the dirty jokes/words/inferences I like to tell. Still, even with my public persona, I actually love to just sit at home. Writing, watching television series, read a book and sometimes,Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-72310221261525463572012-06-08T15:57:00.000+08:002012-06-08T15:57:41.973+08:00What to do in Perth, Western Australia....
Although the trip at the end of April, last month, was my fourth time to Perth, Western Australia, it was the first time I really explored the biggest city in Western Australia and is said to be one of the quietest city in Australia. It doesn't have a night life except on Thursday, Friday and Saturday whilst most shops and restaurants closed at 5pm. So, how do you enjoy such a city?
1. Perth Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-33692372386054831762012-02-29T12:30:00.000+08:002012-02-29T12:30:03.955+08:00Malaysia Social Media Chambers
I was a part of a collective who organised the Malaysia Social Media Week 2012 which was held between 13th and 17th February 2012. We are known as Malaysia Social Media Chambers which is currently in the midst of being registered with the Registrar of Society. It is a collective of people who are active in social media and all are welcome.
Currently we have a few like-minded people Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-8757832876234660322012-01-31T14:11:00.000+08:002012-01-31T14:11:05.096+08:00The end of my #365 makan project
In 3 days time, I will finally finish filling up the Facebook albums (3 in all) which shows what I had for lunch. This was my entry on 2nd February last year announcing the project : My #365 makan project
It was supposed to be mostly what I eat in Malaysia. However, I went to Jakarta, Mumbai, and Kazakhstan in 2011. I included a few of the lunches I had there and I managed to Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-12294867536034612502012-01-05T13:12:00.000+08:002012-01-05T14:13:42.158+08:00Adult holiday
It is not really of going away with a group of friends but it was a kind of a unique holiday. All of us travel in twos or threes or with our own companion, family or friend. We arrived at the designated area. Did the one thing we have set ourselves to do, which was to celebrate the coming of the new year 2012. Did a few other stuff together, sometimes with only half of the whole group, Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-69304278084069463142011-12-20T11:33:00.000+08:002011-12-20T11:33:15.322+08:00FlexiRoam, a convenient to call from foreign lands
I have to admit, I am not sure whether I will need this service or not. However, having an option to call from foreign countries is great. I went to Kazakhstan last June and I only had the option to tweet (through Twitter) and BBM my wife for nearly 10 days as I didn't want to incur cost if I made any calls.
FlexiRoam seems to be the solution for that. It is a phone call only solution Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-67723115197206413972011-12-15T20:44:00.000+08:002011-12-15T20:44:09.537+08:002011 : The year I learned to love rice
Yep, am born and raised in Malaysia where the food is always partnered with rice. There are so many type of rice and the way it is cook that there Malaysia imported from so many countries. So, in a way, it is weird for me to just get acquainted with rice.
I am so not really into rice when my wife and I eat out that she would go to her mom's when she wants to really eat rice (which she alwaysLegal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-9752194070054295542011-11-14T02:40:00.001+08:002011-11-18T16:03:46.823+08:00The Twitterjaya Wedding
So, Twitterjaya had a wedding over last weekend. What's so different about it from all those announcement on Twitter is that this wedding was made in Twitter nearly in total. The courting, the drama, the proposal and then the wedding itself.
The wedding was between @jud9e and @ritarita_ritz. A sailor and a personal assistant extraordinaire. They met exactly a year ago, courted and then Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-503582465176181852011-11-08T14:20:00.000+08:002011-11-08T14:20:24.254+08:00How to make lemang in modern times
The last time I join the festivity of making lemang, it was when I was still just a wee lad. Not wanting to let a tradition dies, I just want to observe and participate which lead to the most important event : The eating part! When my wife said that her family is going to make some lemang at her kampung in Tapah Road, during the Eid ul-Adha, I just jumped into the opportunity to join them. Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-3655250073090773472011-11-02T15:44:00.002+08:002011-11-02T15:44:48.297+08:00Three Seven and counting
Celebrated my birthday last week. A small affair like every year with just me and my wife. I don't harp about my birthday and actually hate celebrating it. However, my wife made it memorable all by herself. Here were the highlights :
Wife sent a balloon surprise early in the morning of my birthday
Wife brought me to dinner at Prime, a posh steakhouse in Hilton KL (she really knows myLegal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-45328931438843667772011-10-14T15:45:00.001+08:002011-10-14T15:45:53.314+08:00Tuan Senang Besar : Stopped in the middle of a run
@TeeAssBee on Twitter or Tuan Senang Besar on Facebook was a man I get to know from social media. Yesterday, he was no more. This is an account on how he existed or what I perceived of him and it has a lot to do with how social media connects us.
Kharis, his real name died on 13th of October 2011 while he was running somewhere near his house. I got to know the news through Twitter upon Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-24486141168460426982011-10-12T11:40:00.000+08:002011-10-12T11:40:34.115+08:00ANTARA GAPI : A Greater Klang Valley Alternative
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Seems that the argument is how Malaysia seems to have changed the way they greet one of the most celebrated day in Muslims calendar. There are two eid in Islam. Eid ul-fitr and Eid ul-adha. One is after a whole month of Ramadhan and the other is after the Haj season in Mekah.
The form is still the same.
The evolution goes like this :
Selamat Hari Raya - > Eid Mubarak -&Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-38588370004228985422011-08-15T13:33:00.001+08:002011-08-15T13:33:53.708+08:00The iftar tango....
Every year, like any other year, the iftar or buka puasa part of Ramadhan will be in focus. People tend to go overboard when it comes to spending for buka puasa. Before I was married, in a family like mine where buka puasa is an event in itself, my mom tend to cook more than necessary as during those time Pasar Ramadhan or Bazaar Ramadhan were not as popular as it is now. We overeat Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-80496810074660331962011-08-08T15:46:00.001+08:002011-08-08T15:46:44.015+08:008803
8 years ago, after Asar, which then was nearly the same as now, at 4.45pm, I solemnized and officially become the man in someone's life. I was so nervous about going to the mosque from my kampung in Negeri Sembilan, I actually took a wrong turn to the highway. I had to detour nearly 20 kilometers away. I am not sure whether I ever told anyone, including the person I now called wife, about that Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-71094047525645855392011-07-25T16:48:00.001+08:002011-07-25T16:49:49.215+08:00Spin Masters 2 - Generation gap : Tea Dance
I was invited to see the production of Spin Masters 2 at the Zouk KL on one fine Saturday on invitation of the production company, Kyanite TV. It was interesting due to several reasons including that I never seen a reality television production (or maybe any TV production for that matter). The Spin Masters 2 which is has been shown on Astro Hitz and kinda on repeat every day since Wednesday, Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-90411387526481134762011-07-08T14:44:00.004+08:002011-07-08T14:46:04.847+08:00Obedient Wives Club wins?
Have you seen this YouTube video which is an evening show called The Evening Edition by BFM Radio? This show is where two or three guests will be interviewed about one topic which can be favoured by both or dissented by both or to make it more interesting, where these guests have opposite views.
For this particular The Evening Edition, the panel consisted of the Obedient Wife Clubs whichLegal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-24713412237195670102011-07-01T12:43:00.001+08:002011-07-08T14:46:39.777+08:00Chelsea Football Club Tour 2011
Yes, the Blues is coming to Malaysia this month. Malaysia will be spoilt for choice this July with Liverpool and Arsenal coming to Malaysia and pitting their strength with our Malaysia team, the Harimau Malaya. Thanks to Noobie and Samsung, I am going to get to watch Chelsea play Malaysia at the National Stadium Bukit Jalil this coming July 21st.
I am not sure which team I will be Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1216984864656089884.post-88056785973388489402011-06-30T00:00:00.000+08:002011-06-30T00:01:16.277+08:00Cool Monalisa painting illusion
Was at the Marketplace of Creative in Kazakhstan when I keep seeing people stopping by at a corner and circling something in front of them. When I went to look I realised it is quite a cool thing to see. A painting which use the Monalisa but made out of something which makes it visually stunning. I am not sure which artist from the many at the World Islamic Economic Forum did it. Here have a Legal Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04859476049440029616noreply@blogger.com0