2 Nights In Old Penang Guesthouse

I’ve stayed in plenty of hotels but this is the first time I’m staying in a restored pre-war shophouse turned guesthouse. I admit that I had my misgivings the first time my friend mentioned that she’d booked us into the Old Penang Guesthouse at RM25 per pax per night. I mean, at that price, let’s [...]

Penang Food In Pictures

Since I’m on the subject of Penang, I figured I’d share some food pics I took last weekend – partly cos the food did taste really good but mostly cos my pics didn’t turn out too shabby! I’m no professional but for an amateur pointer-and-shooter, I must say these aren’t half bad.

Char Koay [...]

Penang Bridge Half-Marathon 2009

It is 8pm and I am trying desperately to sleep. Which is stupid cos nobody sleeps at 8pm. But I have to get up at 1am and be ready for the Taxi Man at 2am so we can get to Queensbay Mall by 2.30am so we can be in time for the flag-off at 3.45am [...]

Iosodunnowai

I have a condition. It’s called Iosodunnowai*. It’s a condition that results from three things: a distorted sense of your own capabilities; susceptibility to the influences of the environment; and a general absence of brain activity at the time of decision-making. Put these three together with an activity that you would – under normal circumstances [...]

1Toilet: Together, We Flush

So apparently, the secret to world peace is sharing a toilet. Yesterday, the Terenganu state government announced that they will introduce … (drumroll please) … 1Toilet!!! In the school!!! Okay la, so the paper didn’t say 1Toilet will bring world peace, but they did say that it will “liberalise education”. Yes, very liberating indeed.
1Toilet is [...]

Redang: The Birth of Scuba Girl (2/2)

I wake up and it’s raining steadily. Aiya, what la. We start suiting up once the rain stops. Problem is, it is FREEZING. I hate feeling cold and I hate shivering, which is what I’m doing the whole time I’m putting on my wetsuit. Doesn’t help that the wetsuit is still damp from yesterday evening!

We [...]

Redang: The Birth of Scuba Girl (1/2)

That’s right. I finally get my butt into the deep blue sea. I’m on a boat speeding across the vast ocean to Redang Kalong Resort when it hits me: I’ll be doing my first open water dive today.

I think back to the past several weeks Slugabed and I had spent at Diver’s Den doing our [...]

We’re Malaysians And We Like ‘Em Ugly

As a country, we’re known for lots of things – great food, horrendous public toilets and idiot politicians who behave like extras in a B-grade soap opera – and last week, I added one more to the list. We don’t like good-looking people.
Case in point: Malaysian wives are up in arms, insisting on a ban [...]

Wherefore Art Thou, Shah Rukh?

Dangerously debonair Bollywood Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has confirmed today that he is too busy to come to Malacca to accept his datukship. Oh no. This is going to make us look stupid. No, wait a minute. We already look stupid. For the benefit of my valued readers, I have taken the liberty to recreate [...]

Exercise A Must (Oh Is It?)

I wake up this morning feeling lazy. I’m supposed to get in a short work out before heading off to the office but I don’t feel like it. I’m having my coffee and flipping through the papers, a battle raging in my head: maybe I should work out, maybe I shouldn’t, maybe I should, maybe [...]