Name your toes
Q: What is the name of the finger between the thumb and middle finger? A: Telunjuk. That was the answer given by a radio contestant to Lite Fm’s Cash Climb trivia quiz. Of course it is the wrong answer...
View ArticlePost-a-card-or-letter contest
When was the last time you received or sent a card or letter by post? I bet most of you can’t remember. Neither can I. What we get in the postbox are the usual statements, invoices and junk mail....
View ArticleNo, thank you
Giant opened at Setia Alam on 12 August 2010. The layout is rather like nearby Tesco’s. You have to take the escalator to the first floor where the hypermarket is located. Giant’s entrance is located...
View ArticleTummy in hiding
No. 3 is different from my other children in that he has fatty genes from my side of the family. (Two of my brothers like to compare whose tummy is bigger at family get-togethers.) The other three have...
View ArticleMemories
You think you’ve gotten over someone’s death, that you’ve come to terms with your loss. That you’re done with your grieving. That you have moved on. Then, one fine day, you see reminders of your...
View ArticleGetting kids to read & play
That’s the title of my talk at the Bookfest tomorrow. If you’re there, please drop by for a listen or just to say hi. Date : Sunday, 5 September 2010 Time : 6.00 to 6.45 pm Place: KLCC convention...
View ArticleWinners!
Winners: Post-a-card-or-letter contest This contest was waaay too hard : there is a grand total of 4 participants. Only four people who read this blog has snail mailed a card or a letter to someone in...
View ArticleOf cords and corn
The fabric cord with a name tag attached to it that you wear around your neck – we always refer to it as a name tag, don’t we? Actually the name tag only refers to the tag. What is the name of the...
View ArticlePowder or CO2?
I need to have the fire extinguishers in the office serviced. At the moment, we have the powder type. Someone suggested that it may be good to change to CO2 as the powder extinguisher leaves behind a...
View ArticleFUN at Press Conference
Fun for Kids in Malaysia is out in bookstores now. ParenThots, the parenting portal of The Star is running a contest on Facebook. You can win a copy of the book for yourself. But if you don’t like...
View ArticleGoodbye my blog
I have decided to stop blogging. For loyal readers of this blog, you know that’s not the first of such an announcement. I have wanted to pull the plug to this blog several times but somehow I...
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