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I’m not talking about the sort that you find on furniture or car interiors. These are harmless things. Physical veneers which we come across on a daily basis serve to enhance the visual appearance of certain things, like tabletops. What kind of…  

Various cities along the west coast of Malaysia experienced [tremors][tremors] around midnight last night that rippled from an 8.7-magnitude earthquake just off the coast of Sumatra. I felt nothing as I was already sound asleep at the time. My brother Lionel did…  

Friday, March 25th 2005. Good Friday. Han and I returned from dinner as usual, and the car’s headlamps caught Marco resting in the far corner of the porch. Han went over to make sure he was alright and to fuss over him…  

If you haven’t played [Taboo][taboo] before, I strongly suggest that you should try it at least once when you’re still able to speak (or sing!). Last night Han’s family and I were howling with laughter at the way we each had our…  

Most of us tend to look forward to celebrating occasions—typically birthdays, anniversaries, religious festivals, weddings and such. These dates are rightly deemed to be special, so we await them with anticipation and excitement, making preparations that can range from the very simple…  

I’m taking a break from the mindless data-entry I’ve been working on since yesterday. I look out the window at the far wall of my office, the choking hazy sky not offering much joy. A colleague calls out to check the spelling…  

At the end of a gruelling day at work on Thursday last week, I was quite alert and bubbling over with excitement when Han and I finally came home close to midnight. We had met with 2 wedding photographers that evening—[David Chua][david]…  

After much coaxing, my financial controller relented and let me get a 1Gb iPod Shuffle at Singapore for SGD 270. This worked out to be about MYR 100 less than the RRP here in Malaysia. I would have gotten it for about…  

Yippee!!! Just 10 minutes ago I clicked the ‘Send’ button in my e-mail and officially mailed out my first, proper analyst report after 2 years of working in this company. A couple of weeks ago I accompanied my colleague, Raymond, to Muar…  

This is a photo-intensive entry. I’m so glad I had a camera with me throughout the trip to Singapore! Anyway, here we go…