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September 2019

Childhood Memories: Part 00 – Demise of the Indian Barber Shop

Indian Barber

Don’t think any Malaysians from my generation had not been to an in the neighbourhood. Image (Source)

My first experience of going to a barber was back in the old neighbourhood where the barber was actually the neighbour who lived in the same row of houses like us. Being a good friend of my dad, he often cut our hair as short as possible even though we tried our best to get him to cut in the latest styles.

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Fire Hotspots @ 13.09.2019

Fire Hotspot World

(The World is on – the latest satellite imaging shows Amazon is still burning. So is Central Africa and – Source)

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Tech News 101: Huawei’s Harmony OS

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I do not own gadgets although I recall using Huawei made modem for Maxis broadband a long time ago. Nonetheless, I have been following up on the troubles that Huawei – the seventh-largest tech company in the world by revenue and a leading pioneer on 5G – have been facing with the US market:-

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Environment 101: Indonesia Fire Hotspots & Haze

Indonesia Fire Hotspots Kalimantan

(No smoke without – the problem is does not respect borders. The hot spots are mainly emitting from . Image source: ASMC)

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Trip to Cape Verde 2019: Part 4 – Chaos, Impatience Passengers At Airport

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(Chaos, confusion, uncertainty at airport when we suppose to be in , we have a problem when adding impatient passengers into the equation)

The Cape Verde passengers started to assemble closer and rumours & assumptions started to fly – some passengers especially those with small children became restless. Someone shouted “It’s Not Fair!!!” and a bunch of passengers joined in.

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Space 101: Chandrayaan-2, ISRO’s Powerful Chariot to Moon

Chandrayaan

(Chandrayaan-2 Infographic Source: The Times of India)

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Trip to Cape Verde 2019: Part 3 – Scary Flight And Return to Lisbon

cape verde tap air portugal lisbon flight

(Calm before the storm – this was taken just before we took off from to )

This is our final leg of the journey from KL to Cape Verde and this time, we changed the airline from to TAP Air Portugal, flying on the smaller Airbus A320. And given the fact that we have been on transit in Lisbon for the last 8 hours, we were very anxious to get to our next and reach our final destination to Cape Verde for a hot shower, clean change of clothes and a good sleep on a soft bed.

We lined up at the boarding counter, cleared by the TAP staff after verifying the cabin luggage size and went down to catch the shuttle bus to the plane.

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BMF: Boycott This Instead!

Read These First:-

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(A notice is posted at a retail outlet in Seoul on July 12, 2019, stating that it is neither selling nor buying Japanese . A campaign of Japanese goods is spreading in response to Japan’s recent curbs on exports of key chemicals to South Korean semiconductor and display manufacturers. Image Source: Yonhap News Agency)

In recent days, this has been a hot topic on the news – there has been a campaign for Muslims to boycott products made by non Muslims (it has mellowed down to Buy Muslim Products First).

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Trip to Cape Verde 2019: Part 2 – Ultra Modern Dubai And Breathtaking Historical Lisbon

cape verde trip

(The trip to started well with the onboard the Airbus where there was a good view from the aisle seat and with the large screen in front and plenty of legroom – it was not a boring, tiring flight)

Boarding the A380 for the start of the journey to Cape Verde was proper & orderly – no morons around to cut queue or to make a scene. Boarding to the upper deck was even better. There were fewer passengers and there seems to be more up here (I may be wrong).

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