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Signs of Life: September 2010
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Best Viewed With Low Expectations. Saturday, September 25, 2010. 155 km/h to Kampar. In typical Malaysian fashion, the train was still nowhere to be seen. It was suppose to arrive 12 minutes ago, at least according to the ticket that I was clutching. Ahhthe train must be arriving soon. The journey will take 1 hour and 45 minutes, again.according to the information printed on my ticket. The ticket to Kampar cost RM 26, a tad expensive considering a similiar journey on the slower KTM Antarabandar only cost...
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Signs of Life: October 2010
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Best Viewed With Low Expectations. Tuesday, October 5, 2010. TV1 Screwed Up the Commonwealth Games. After reading about all the negative hype surrounding the Delhi Commonwealth Games, I found myself looking forward to watching the opening ceremony held last Sunday. Then came the marching in of the competing countries, all 85 of them! Holy Queen, how did a tiny country like Britain ruled over such a large part of the world in the past? The ceremony commenced with yoga practitioners transforming the stadiu...
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Signs of Life: A Beary Good Hostel, Singapore
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Best Viewed With Low Expectations. Friday, September 3, 2010. A Beary Good Hostel, Singapore. Finding cheap accommodation in Singapore is difficult, more so if you are a Malaysian with the unfavourable exchange rate. The last time me and my girlfriend went for a visit (Jan 2010), we ended up staying in the red light district of Geylang. However for our most recent visit (July 2010), even the hotels in Geylang proved too expensive for our budget. The hostel is located right smack in the middle of Chinatow...
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Signs of Life: Gambling in the Dark
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Best Viewed With Low Expectations. Sunday, November 30, 2008. Gambling in the Dark. For many Malaysian Chinese, entering Genting Highland's casino is treated like a symbolic passage into adulthood. Being able to enter means that you have now reached the age of 21, matured enough to decide who to vote for and how to squander your wealth. Chow Yun Fat doesn't seem to have a problem with dark colours. I was wearing a black T-shirt for the trip, one of my friend (let's called him Superstitious Boy. So, I sat...
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Signs of Life: December 2008
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Best Viewed With Low Expectations. Thursday, December 25, 2008. Double Doses of Donnie. The Americans have SuperMan. The Japanese have UltraMan. The Chinese have Ip Man. My heart has been filled with heavy anticipation ever since the released of the impressive trailer. For the movie, Ip Man. After watching the movie last week, I can safely say that the movie surpassed my every expectations. It was so good, I watched it TWICE! Yeah, I know I am such a sucker for Donnie. Lick his own elbow. In the 1st half...
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Signs of Life: May 2009
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Best Viewed With Low Expectations. Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Of Oil, Seahorses and Crocs. Last week, my girlfriend visited me here in Miri bringing some much needed warmth from Semenanjung. I gladly became her tour guide for her short stay in Miri. Stop is the Petroleum Science Museum situated on top of the curiously named Canada Hill. This is where it all started, where oil was first found back during the days of the White Rajah. Perhaps the largest of them all is the Seahorse Lighthouse, which took us a...
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Signs of Life: Beijing 08.08.08
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Best Viewed With Low Expectations. Saturday, August 9, 2008. Beijing 08.08.08. This past few weeks has been quite hectic, coupled with no internet access in my residential college makes me unable to blog. But today is an exception, I am back home to watch the Olympics opening ceremony on the supposedly auspicious date of 08.08.08. The biggest show on earth is starting, anybody who wants to watch the news can tune in to other channel. Why do this? I dunno, maybe it's due to my overtly high expectations or...
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Signs of Life: October 2008
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Best Viewed With Low Expectations. Thursday, October 30, 2008. My Pic in The Star. My picture was featured in The Star last week, but due to my current period of intense studying I do not have much time to blog about it. To be more precise, my picture was featured in Thumbnails on the 20th October. It won 1st prize, which means I am RM 100 richer! And to save you the trouble of scavenging back your old newspaper, which you probably won't, I have conveniently provide you with a link to the picture here.
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Signs of Life: February 2009
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Best Viewed With Low Expectations. Monday, February 16, 2009. It's good to be back blogging after a long absence, was kidnapped by Choy San as Renaye will say. Truth is, things had been rather hectic lately but still, I managed to find some time for a trip to Melaka over the weekend. The place certainly transformed a great deal since my last visit. Noticed that there is a newly added phallic symbol at the heart of Melaka called Menara Taming Sari. It's actually a revolving tower named after the keris.
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Signs of Life: Flying Low Cost From KLIA
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Best Viewed With Low Expectations. Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Flying Low Cost From KLIA. Flying low cost in Malaysia usually means having to endure some slight discomfort while waiting for departure at the LCCT. However, plans are underway to construct a new mega low cost terminal (KLIA 2) that will make the current one look like a Tesco hypermart. Once completed in 2012, the terminal will look something like these graphical renditions.damn cun I tell you! Are we really that near to the Equator? Sorry...
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