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Oil palm or palm oil
I have a confession to make. I can’t differentiate between the two (and you call yourself a writer? Ayoyo!). Should I say oil palm estate or palm oil estate? Do I cook with oil palm or palm oil?...
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Unscrupulous advertisers
My office is in a block of 3-storey shops. We take up four units which means there are four post-boxes at the bottom of the staircase which belong to us. Sometimes thick wad of brochures would be...
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Brains, plates & cabbages under the sea
Not real brains, plates and cabbages but corals. I saw them during my trip to Tioman island last week with the family. I didn’t know what these corals were called but I told my kids that they look like...
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Eh Poh Nim nominated for award!
The Star-Popular Awards 2010 is here. And Eh Poh Nim has made it to the non-fiction list! The full list of nominees is not available yet but I do know that MPH’s Urban Odysseys and O Thiam Chin’s Never...
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Gruesome find
You would not believe what I found on the staircase to my office this morning. No, it wasn’t a bunch of dead flies or a discarded paper cup with leftover orange cordial or Ah Long’s namecard or a stack...
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Preventing spider visits
I’ve always wondered why some people type out their email addresses in full on their website. For example, urine@toilet.com will appear as urine at toilet dot com. I accidentally stumbled upon the...
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The Awards are Back
They’re Back! The Star, Friday 9 July 2010 The only local book awards that give you, the reader, a chance to reward your favourite authors and win prizes yourself. THE third time’s the charm, they say....
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Cheap Western Dinner
This morning I caught a bit of Rachel Ray on TV. The dishes she prepares are easier than Martha Stewart’s. The recipe was fish fillet fried with bread crumbs with a side dish of pasta. That reminded me...
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Lydia for President
Vote for me please. No, I don’t aspire to be president of anything… the title is just to grab your attention. But you could vote for my book, DO YOU WEAR SUSPENDERS – The wordy tales of Eh Poh Nim so...
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Free to vote
This year Popular and The Star are making it easier for readers to vote, unlike in previous years. This time you can vote for your favourite books in three ways: 1. Cut out and send in the original...
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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...
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Post-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....
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No, 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...
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Tummy 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...
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Memories
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...
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Getting 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...
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Winners!
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...
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Of 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...
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Powder 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...
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