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The West has Halloween, the East has Deepavali
Saturday, 28 Aug, 2010 – 1:18 | No Comment
The West has Halloween, the East has Deepavali

It would seem that October is a pretty happening month in both hemispheres. As we vast approach the end of it, the West is gearing up for Halloween on the 31st and we back …

The Top10 things to see in and around Kuala Lumpur
Tuesday, 24 Aug, 2010 – 16:15 | 3 Comments
The Top10 things to see in and around Kuala Lumpur

One of my friends e-mailed me a while ago. She was going to visit Malaysia and asked for the top-tourist spots around Kuala Lumpur. Her two-month travel had already taken her through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand …

Asia, Land of Bronze Goddesses or Ivory Queens?
Tuesday, 24 Aug, 2010 – 3:50 | No Comment

It’s strange how two people looking at the same thing can develop such conflicting opinions about it. What the West sees in tanned skin, the East sees in pale skin; as though they were the …

Kings of Tennis, now Kings of Humiliation
Saturday, 21 Aug, 2010 – 14:19 | 8 Comments

Remember the post about how the Kings Of Tennis tournament was going to grace the historical ground of Penang’s Esplanade? – They dug up the field to make way for the court!
Well forget that hype …

Make a run for the Tokyo fish market!
Wednesday, 18 Aug, 2010 – 12:22 | No Comment
Make a run for the Tokyo fish market!

Tsukiji is the largest fish market in the world
If you would like to have a sneak peak at the way Tokyo trades its fish, you had better hurry up! The highly popular Tsukiji fish market …

The most Dutch piece of Japan
Monday, 16 Aug, 2010 – 11:20 | No Comment
The most Dutch piece of Japan

Nobody in their right mind would expect the following picture to be a scenery image from Japan:

And yet it is. Just like these ones:

Some smart business men must’ve visited the Netherlands during its peak …

Kamaboko
Saturday, 7 Aug, 2010 – 5:45 | No Comment

You love Bento right? Especially if they are Kyaraben Bento! But today lets take a closer look at a common ingredient in Bento. Let’s discover Kamaboko.
What is it? In 2 words, Kamaboko is just fish …

Bedroom secrets of the Chinese
Sunday, 1 Aug, 2010 – 14:32 | 2 Comments

Liu Dalin. Have you heard of this name? Well if you haven’t, lets get to know him.
Dalin, is controversially famous back in his homeland China for be one of the pioneering sexologists who brought them …

Leapin Lizzards!
Monday, 26 Jul, 2010 – 23:17 | No Comment
Leapin Lizzards!

Isn’t is strange how fear mesmerizes us? I suppose that’s why chill givers such as horror movies, ghost stories, creepy crawlies and animals with giant saw like teeth have such appeal.
And that’s why I think …

Art or scrap?
Sunday, 18 Jul, 2010 – 17:59 | No Comment

We know what we have manholes for and we certainly know why we need them to come covered. But do we really need them to come patterned (in an out of the ordinary more than …

Art embedded on a manhole cover
Friday, 16 Jul, 2010 – 4:20 | 2 Comments

The Japanese are amazing. They are scientific technological wizards yet artistic geniuses all at the same time. While the rest of the world simply does ‘practicality and functional’, the Japanese take it one step or …

When foreigners think they’re Asian (a controversial post)
Wednesday, 14 Jul, 2010 – 3:32 | 16 Comments

It’s a common thing to find Asians who want to look like Caucasians, but it’s a whole other annoying thing when foreigners think they’re more Asian than the Asians themselves. That’s how they start earning …

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