Awang Goneng and the Irish setting

March will be a month of romancing for me. The first would be with Awang Goneng, who romanced with his past growing up in Terengganu. What started out as a blog ,led to a book that many are talking about, and still talking about.
I love Terengganu. I could never get enough of it. The sea, [...]

The Leap of Fallacy

Thanks to the fallacy of the Gregorian calendar, the leap year babies can only celebrate their birthdays once every 4 years.
Many times I find ‘civilizations’ strange. When something is not right, but because they discover it against the discovery of the ‘other’ civilization that produce the right one, they will die-die stick to it, although [...]

Beyond My Wildest Dream

Some years ago, to even attempt to cook was beyond my wildest dream. Everything changed in early 2006 when survival was imperative and that the husband prefers home-cooked meals more than anything else. Hence the laborious effort of metamorphosis of myself from a Kitchen Goondo into a Dewi Dapur took place. With much success, I [...]

Kebab Connection

It’s Wednesday night and once again it’s time for German Film Festival at University Malaya.

This time it’s a comedy : Kebab Connection, about a young Turkish boy in Hamburg who idolises Bruce Lee and wants to be the first Kung-Fu Film maker in Germany. He did come to a certain success, making Kebab King commercial [...]

Cleansing Ritual

I bought this Healing Through Juices book sometime late last year and since January 1 this year have been religiously following the recipes in there for detoxifying purposes. The one that we never miss everyday is the Watermelon+Strawberry combination. The recipe is simple, blend watermelon and strawberries together. Add ice and make an ice-blended juice [...]

Kesimpulannya, it’s a comic relief…

Today, my tuition kid handed in his assessment book homework from last week.
Subject : BM.
Topic : Simpulan Bahasa.
Arahan : Isikan tempat-tempat kosong dengan simpulan bahasa yang sesuai.
Berikut adalah jawapan yang diberikan oleh pelajar darjah empat tersebut.
1. Pengantin perempuan itu kelihatan cantik macam burung parrot.
2. Norizan tidak jadi membeli kain batik itu kerana harganya mahal [...]

Nostalgia

Something that I chanced upon from the wonderful 80s. This song was a hit when I was in early primary school I think. I’ve always like the Jamal-Ogy combination and of late, I’m into comfort music ( read:80s and early 90s ).
I wonder why… hmmm.

The other one I like is the [...]

Nyonya

It’s 1.50 am on a Sunday morning and I just woke up. I mean I did go to sleep but somehow was awakened and now tried as I might, I could not go back to sleep. My mind kept thinking of the play we attended just now at Istana Budaya– Nyonya.

Written by Indonesian playwright [...]

Meluat

I have always been very proud of where I come from and the identity associated with that nation. I beam whenever I have to make an introduction about my country, its positive qualities and what it has achieved to be proud of.
But of late, I become more and more terribly annoyed, embarrassed even, of my [...]

Tiny Red Dot

I reconnected with a secondary school friend whom I sat next to when I was a hormonal 13 year old clad in green uniform. Where else if not for FACEBOOK. Seems the whole world is in there right now.
Anyway, through FACEBOOK we could see the location of the rest of our classmates. Almost half the [...]