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This blog is closing down - Monday, January 8th 2007 1:27 PM
A decision has been made to discontinue this blog service. Don't worry, I'm not 'retiring' from writing on the net, yet. I'm just changing to a new blog: xurfnet.blogspot.com...
Photos of the Year 2006 - Thursday, January 4th 2007 9:08 AM
Time comes and go, just like that, leaving only memories to reminisce the traces of its past. The year 2006 had been monotonous to me.Well, I did make new friends, signed-up a...
Breaking News: Second wave of flood hits Xingshan - Tuesday, December 26th 2006 2:07 PM
Rain in the last 24 hours has flooded Xingshan again. Three relief centres have re-opened to take in evacuees.This came as the situation in the north of the state is improving....
Johor Flood Crisis: Red Alert - Saturday, December 23rd 2006 9:31 AM
While the condition around Xingshan is improving, areas in the central and northern part of the state remain critical.64,000 are displaced with 7 people died. Parts of the state...
Ma Ji died - Thursday, December 21st 2006 9:12 AM
Ma Ji (Ma Shuhuai), right, a renowned crosstalk comedian master best known for his mastery of puns and satirical dialogues with other performers, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006...
Flood updates: Aftermath - Wednesday, December 20th 2006 10:31 PM
Nearly 30,000 people have been evacuated in what is seen as the heaviest rainfall in a century.According to the Drainage and Irrigation Department records, this phenomenon of...
Xingshan flood - Tuesday, December 19th 2006 10:12 AM
Xingshan is flooding. The Pasir Gudang Highway near Taman Daya is inundated with water. A colleague who was stucked on a overhead bridge, unable to move, described the situation...
SJER + Singapore - Tuesday, December 12th 2006 5:22 PM
Will the ambition to reinvent Xingshan into another version of Hong Kong or Shenzhen be successful?This was the question I ask wherever I go. I personally 'polled' the peoples...
Leaving or Quitting? - Wednesday, December 6th 2006 11:58 PM
Wherever you turn in the internet these days, when discussing issues about Malaysia politics, there bound to be calls by a minor few to leave the country. The reasons? Racial...
Xingshan this week - Friday, November 24th 2006 11:34 PM
This few days, the morning sky has been very clear and beautiful. Too clear and beautiful, the sun just shines through my body. Look at this beauty (borrowing a quote from Steve...
XurfNet BraveBlog Down - Monday, November 13th 2006 11:04 PM
The blog was down earlier in the day due to a technical fault between the service provider's e-mail service and my webmaster e-mail account. It was intimated to me in...
Sagittarius Cafe - 射手座 - Monday, November 13th 2006 10:32 AM
One of the best live band in Xingshan has got to be the duo at 'She Shou Zuo' - Sagittarius Cafe in DNP Plaza. One is a keyboard/guitar player and the other a solo...
Importance of Zhongwen - Thursday, November 9th 2006 7:27 AM
Watched two other films over the weekend: 千里走单骑 'Qian Li Zou Dan Ji' (Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles) and 霸王别姬 'Ba Wang Bie Ji' (Farewell My Concubine).[1...
Keke Xili (可可西里) - Friday, November 3rd 2006 1:53 PM
Went to see "Keke Xili" at Nanfang college. And I am glad I went for it.It is a powerful epic that tracks the life-and-death struggle of a small group of local Tibetans who...
House Rules - Tuesday, October 31st 2006 1:38 PM
The Chinese have a saying. Actually, the Chinese have many sayings. One particular saying goes like this:‘國有國法，家有家規’(guo you guofa, jia you jiagui), 'a...
Kukup trip - Thursday, October 26th 2006 6:14 PM
My first time to Kukup had been quite a fun. For those who have no idea where Kukup is, here's a map which I've marked its location. Kukup is a very small town built upon a...
Holiday - Friday, October 20th 2006 2:45 PM
Have been busy rushing some projects on hands before the end of this week. Starting next week, I'll have plenty of time to relax and enjoy myself.I will be on a week long...
More Tuck Oon Thongs - Thursday, October 12th 2006 2:30 PM
This time, suppliers of stationery and photocopy machines are complaining. They have discovered that they have now become Tuck-Oon-Thongs! The Tuck-Oon-Thongs were responding...
GOING OUT - Friday, October 6th 2006 10:15 AM
No. 192: University of MalayaNo. 187: University Kebangsaan MalaysiaUM is on its way out. It slides further down the top 200 rankings this year. It has skidded out of top 100 in...
Love Airways magazine - Thursday, October 5th 2006 5:10 PM
It's all about SEX ! You watched it on tv and it now comes in printed form. Singapore will launch such a magazine come this October 22. 10,000 copies of the 100-page "Love...
Wallowing in fantasy - Tuesday, October 3rd 2006 4:06 PM
This morning, more comedies have come to my attention. The Star reads, "Kuan Yew: I'm sorry" The NST reads, "Lee says sorry" But Lee's publicised reply letter to Pak Lelah...
Hazy Xingshan - Tuesday, October 3rd 2006 12:18 AM
It has arrived...  picture taken from Landmark Mall Finally, the haze has returned to blanket our city and turn the sky grey. It has seemingly became part of our seasonal...
Bloggers are warned in the papers - Friday, September 29th 2006 4:04 PM
Recently, some bloggers were arrested... A politician is sacked for criticizing the government in his blog. You see, this is the type of attitude and action by our gahmen that...
Marginalised Tuck Oon Thong - Saturday, September 23rd 2006 3:57 PM
Lee Kuan Yew speaking at a forum on the sidelines of Worst Bank and I-M-Fun meetings that Malaysia and Indonesia mistreated their local Chinese minorities into compliance....
Hurt again: Heshame bloopered - Thursday, September 21st 2006 11:18 AM
Last week, our Education Mini-star mostly in-charge of LOWER education level was hurt by the Deputy Minister of HIGHER Education Ong Tee Keat. He said he was hurt by the...