Posted in Etcetera on Aug 15th, 2009
A friend – a certain Ms L – who owns an upmarket kopitiam in a shopping mall lamented that many of her customers are ‘hogging’ table space.
“How’s that,” I asked.
She said, “They sit for hours, nursing a cup of coffee or tea and the surfing the World Wide Web – wifi is free […]
Posted in Bon Appetit on Aug 13th, 2009
My wife and I were at the Mid Valley Megamall one recent evening and were deciding on where to have our dinner when we saw Pasta Zanmai, nearby to Madam Kwan’s on the Level 1. As the name suggests, PZ is a Japanese-Western fusion eatery, describing itself as a ‘Japanese casual pasta restaurant’. Hmmm, ‘casual […]
Posted in Fotoblog on Aug 11th, 2009
Recently I blogged about China-made Crocs lookalikes being sold at an open market. Last weekend I was at the market and there was an equally large crowd of buyers.
Damn cheap Crocs at bargain prices. Wah, so many designs … now, which Crocs should I buy?
Can you spot the Crocs lookalike(s)? One pair belongs to my […]
Posted in Fotoblog on Aug 10th, 2009
This visually-challenged man has to make his way round tables and chairs as well as to ‘feel’ the edge of the walkway lest he falls into the drain
Much has been said about our nation’s Caring Society, which is encapsulated as a key objective of Vision 2020 that “by the year 2020, Malaysia should become a […]
Posted in Fotoblog on Aug 9th, 2009
If you have been commuting along the LDP lately, you would have probably seen the newly-erected billboard below? It’s located about 200 metres from the Kg Chempaka junction. As I see it, it’s either an advertising gimmick or the owner of the two ‘missing’ Shih Tzus is heavily loaded to spend a small fortune putting […]
Posted in People on Aug 9th, 2009
Yesterday was, of course, a Double 8, said to be an auspicious day for weddings. I too got an invitation to attend a lunch reception to celebrate Rosilawati and Shaharum’s wedding. At noon, went to pick up Prema, Susan and Julie from the Giant Supermarket in Kelana Jaya before heading to the venue in Puchong. […]
Posted in Reflection on Aug 6th, 2009
<Mother and Child (detail from The Three Ages of Woman) c. 1905 by Gustav Klimt
There is a particular mamak restaurant that I often patronize when I’m in the Taman Tun Dr Ismail neighbourhood for breakfast. But it’s not the roti canai and teh tarik that I look forward to. When I’m there I never fail […]
