Archive for July, 2008
win tix to the mtv asia awards ‘08 by xpax!
Looks like the season of entertainment awards is upon us, this time on our shores. This year’s MTV Asia Awards will be held on the 2nd August 2008 (Saturday) at the Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands. From the website it seems that an impressive list of celebrities are headed our way. Karen Mok will co-host [...]
27 things that make me smile inside and out
27 not because of that sorry piece of shit Katherine Heigl calls a movie, but because I turn 27 this year. Also because I didn’t win tickets to SingFest to see Jason Mraz backstage, and I’m too cheap broke to buy my own equals to needing constant reminders that it’s not the end of the [...]
farish a. noor’s book launch and other things
On Saturday, I thought I’d do something that I’d never done before — attend a book launch. It was for Farish A. Noor’s [insert number here] new book, Di Balik Malaysia: Dari Majapahit ke Putrajaya at Rasta @ TTDI. If I am not mistaken, it is a collection of articles, as well as some translation [...]
only malaysians won’t make fun of me, ky excluded
Me: Oh? How much to make a passport?
Not Malaysian: Depends on the counterfeiting equipment and scale of operations, I suppose.
Not Malaysian: A few thousand, I’d imagine
Not Malaysian: Plus you’d have to find and hire the people with the expertise in forgery
Not Malaysian: Legal documents, especially from developed nations… can’t be a cheap skill
Me: -_-”
how do you shake it?
I’ve always thought that shaking hands when you meet someone for the first time is the polite thing to do. Of course, there are situations when you either don’t do it, or you really don’t feel like doing it. One would be if the other person has obvious hygiene issues and you wouldn’t touch him [...]