Above: journey started in the train from Cardiff to Paddington. Snapped on an iPhone by Paul McGuigan from the seat in front.Below: sunrise over India. Actually more spectacular than this because the dark clouds were alive with lightning flashes…of course, … Continue reading
There are people who think this place is just a bank for making money out of logs. This film was taken by a good friend of mine, Chan Kai Soon, in the Temenggor Forest Reserve. If you think this is … Continue reading
.When a hate-fueled mob of religious idiots start to demonstrate, what do you do to counter their vicious idiocy? Here’s a young guy who found the perfect answer. You work it so that the bigots unwittingly are instrumental in donating … Continue reading
It’s that time of the year when the birds in the garden become very obvious. We may not have a spring, but we do have a time of the year when birds breed. I have a species list of about … Continue reading
.Still been thinking about the ignorance of at least one small group of university students I mentioned in my post last Thursday. Here is a Malaysian talking about censorship and the effect it has had on our education system. You … Continue reading
My husband has worked most of his life to bring opportunities to students in the national language of this country, and to keep standards high. At ten years of age, he knew four words/expressions in English (yes, no, all right, … Continue reading
.You know, in the true tropics where the monsoons aren’t that big a deal, it is very hard to predict the weather. It may rain every day somewhere, but whether it hits your place or somewhere 10 kms away is … Continue reading
…from my husband. Who sustained injuryin the interest of bringing these stunning shots to you…He was bitten by fire ants. … Continue reading
And you had something boring like fried eggs for breakfast this morning? This is what was on our breakfast table. It’s a Kelantanese dish (Kelantan is one of Malaysia’s northern peninsular states, known for its good food). It goes by … Continue reading
. This via Bibliobibuli here. Who would have thought: the authorities have decided to sieze more local books from local bookshops in their ongoing attempts at intimidation (instead of going through legal means available to them to officially ban books). … Continue reading
