Sybreon Ones Nought

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 we did not have the tour company minivan, we went about on local ...

We started our day by visiting the tribal people - Karens. These are those famous long-necked women that depress their collar bones for beauty. The thing that interested me more during our visit was their use of local engineering and technology. I observed that their roofs were made with regular dried leaves and they used water power for their machines. Such things interest me because I'm a hardcore ...

This day was our only day in ChiangRai. So, we began with a trip up to Doi Tung Palace, which is where the King's mother used to live. According to our guide, the entire mountain used to be poppy fields. However, the Queen decided to fix the problem by turning the whole place into her private villa and gardens, employing all the poppy planters as her gardeners instead. ...

This was our first proper day tour in ChiangMai. What amazed me when I first got out of our hotel was the conditions of the streets outside. While the area was lined with the night market the night before, it was totally cleared up by morning. Not a single speck of rubbish was to be seen on the streets and the only visible evidence that anything had actually ...

Okay, I thought that I should get this all written down while the memories are still fresh in my head. So, here goes. We left for the LCCT at the wee hours of the morning and drove two cars there. Since this was my first experience with AirAsia at the LCCT, I would like to put on record that it is nothing like my experience with Stansted and Ryanair. ...

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 also a very curious and interesting experience too! Anyway, my friend, Angeline had recently ...

I have always been curious about Tunku Kurshiah College (TKC to the older folks and KTK to the younger folks) after a friend of mine from primary school, got admitted into the school. Although I have forgotten how she looked like (I have a vague recollection of some studious looking kid in a headscarf), I can still remember her name. Until today I still sometimes wonder what had ...

My whole family went for a short holiday over the last few days to Cherating, which is a famous beach off the east coast of peninsular Malaysia, facing the South China Sea. It is a sleepy village with nothing but miles of coastline and beach resorts. It was a much deserved break for the family, away from the city. We decided to drive there in two cars. My brother-in-law ...