Posts Tagged ‘ friends ’
I had to fill in a few forms today. The good thing was, while the forms came in a Microsoft Word format, I had Microsoft Office to open them up with. Unfortunately, when I opened up the forms, they looked very different from what they were supposed to look as the formatting was all out [ READ MORE ]
Since this is an annual thing, I thought that I should just put a few words down to tell the kids who got rejected by JPA – Don’t Give Up! Dear JPA Reject, I shall use the words that I had once heard, from a good professor of mine: “Although you may feel dejected, do not feel [ READ MORE ]
Since I was in Bandar Utama yesterday, I decided to pop by 1U just for the heck of it. Since it’s just days before Chinese New Year, the whole place was decorated for the festive season and I was even lucky enough to be there for the lion dance performance. This actually brought back some [ READ MORE ]
I have just finished reading a good novel, Quicksilver, by Neal Stephenson. This novel was a gift from a good friend of mine. I like the author and while there are those who have complained about the book, it was not such a torture for me to read because I took several months to finish [ READ MORE ]
Alright, a friend of mine got married yesterday and I got drafted in as one of the ‘guys’. Since I had a new car, I did not mind helping out. My car has already seen 2000km in just 30 days. Not too shabby eh? Anyway, my duty was to follow him down to the bride’s [ READ MORE ]
This was our last full day in ChiangMai and one that was not on the official tour. However, our guide was so nice and came to bring us around on his own anyway. We wanted to go to a local morning market to buy some Thai rice and other sundries such as dried longan. Since [ READ MORE ]
A rather odd thing happened to me recently. One day, while checking my email, I came across an email from an old friend – someone whom I’ve not seen or heard from in more than 16 years. It was a rather strange sensation, being contacted by someone from my distant past. However, it was [ READ MORE ]
A couple of friends of mine from China decided to drop by to visit recently. One of them was attending a conference in Singapore and decided to spend a week in Malaysia as the air ticket only cost an additional £30. So, I played host for a few days and brought them around to a [ READ MORE ]
My question was simple enough and I was perfectly prepared for a no or a yes but what I got instead was an ambiguous answer that leaves more questions than it answers. I had sent my question and her reply to 3 different people who came back with 4 different interpretations. Plus mine, that gives [ READ MORE ]
A friend once told me that I am a diva, in the sense that the way I do things is often very dramatic. Well, my life has always been a very dramatic one, regardless of what it is that I do or not do. So it was, with recent events. I needed to ask this [ READ MORE ]