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The breakfast I had that morning at Granja Heidi. Accompanied by Amy Verner's brilliant article, Sins of our youth.
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I hate New Year talk. But this same time last year, I was in Cuzco. Nearby Mama Africa, a man holding a bag of flour bigger than his fist said,’u wang cocaina ma freng?’
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I don’t care what you say, but he’s hilarious.
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Subtle decor - Joyce, Hong Kong
Sometimes, when your perimetres are limited, you can be as, if not more creative.
Also, that’s one way of telling you lot to stop whining about government regulations and cultural confinements.
Bollywood would have never explored the depiction of romance as remarkably as they did, as quickly as they have developed it, had snogging on screen were permissible.
My friend’s landlord promised her a free TV. One day when she came home and saw him about to leave, she asked if it’s in yet? He replied,
Women say that to me all the time.
During peak hours in Jakarta, cars aren’t allowed to enter parts of the city unless there are at least three persons in them.
Each morning, some members of the public stand by the road to get picked up by a car not meeting its quota. The ‘passenger’ will then ride the journey into town and get paid for it.
Some of them, are dressed as a casual citizen. Some are dressed as though they are really going through another day of corporate life. Some motorists, resort to using live size dolls.
There is a standard understood market fee to pay for these freelancers, including regulars. From time to time, when not in agreement with the compensation, they refuse to leave the vehicle.
AirAsia Annual Dinner Party, Back To School theme.
I got this from Zam Nayan (left) via Twitter. He was one of the volunteer videographers for KL Freeze in Unison. Something he does professionally for a living, and decided to help out a bunch of people he never met before for free. Thank you Zam and dD for linking us.
*Kudos to Tony for branching beyond the perimetres of business.
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As a background to the character of the coming story, some weeks ago, I took a former student of mine to lunch. When I indicated I’ll be paying for the both of us, the 17 year old kindly offered dutch. Kindly so until I detected, it was a question posed to me, whether or not I could afford it.
Recently he called,
Oi fckr where are you?’
Working. Would you rather me somewhere else?
I just got to MidValley.
Well done.
Eh? Oh. I called the wrong Zain. Heh heh. Sorry dude. Take care man.
Wayang Fajar
I managed to make it in time for the last show of Wayang Fajar, the first part of Wayang Cahaya. What captivated me was the format of the prduction.
Wayang Lampu
I’m not sure how best to put it, but I take it as this is all under Projek Wayang produced by the Five Arts Centre. I have in the past missed Wayang Rakyat, Wayang Buku and Wayang Lampu.
Wayang Buku
I almost caught Wayang Buku once. I had a slot at Readings @ SekSan in 2008 when promoting the Read while Waiting Project, and had to leave early to speak at Farish Noor’s book launch. Had I not, I would’ve seen how was it that Fahmi and Azmyl had actual coversations with books.
Wayang Rakyat
On the whole though, do keep a lookout for works by the Five Arts Centre and that of others where its members are also involved, like PopTeeVee, which were also supportive of the work I’ve been involved in.
