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Water Disruption 2020: Water Polluters – When Karma Finally Strikes!!!

Water disruption tap dry Selangor

Despite living in the tropics, disruptions has become part and parcel of our daily lives and it is due to man-made pollutions and often the culprits gets away with light or no punishments. Image source: Photo by PS Photography from Pexels  

If you have not been keeping up with the news from , a few days ago, major contamination caused the shutdown of 4 water treatment plants causing to almost 1.2 million users. This is nothing new if you ask as we have been having water disruptions due to polluters for some time now.

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Military 101: The Agile, Beloved F-5E The Tiger II Fighter

RMAF TUDM F-5E Freedom Fighter

(Small, sleek, agile but seriously packed with a powerful punch, Northrop’s F-5E Tiger II – the Royal Malaysian Air Force’s first supersonic and the first that was considered as the most advanced fighter jet in its inventory in the and 1980s. Image of the F-5F the two-seater variant source: Wikipedia)

I always have the special fondness when it comes to the especially when it is related Malaysian military. I had always found some similarities between the military and the kind of work I do. Well think about – every time I go out for projects, there is no difference with the military going for a critical mission. Both have specific objectives, timeline and always comprised of trained and specialised team members.

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Classic Beautiful Edho Ninaivugal by Ilaiyaraaja 1979

Agal Vilakku ilaiyaraaja 1970s tamil music

is a 1979 movie starring and Shobha and the was composed by the one and only Ilaiyaraaja. Image source: .

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Kingdom of Cambodia 2020: Part 8 – A Great Delicious Malaysian Lunch At Café Malaya

malaysian food lunch cafe malaya cambodia phnom penh

(Is there something called the perfect ? In , this probably be the case with a good dose of with sizable prawns, fish, chicken, and yes, the good old kangkung and this is a so we can go for another round)

After the end of our self-isolation and getting down to our real work in Cambodia, we by now have established a routine when it comes to having our lunch at our workplace. Since the cost of is not cheap here as compared to back in , we had to be rather picky when it comes to having a good lunch but without burning a hole in our pockets. We had shortlisted our options to just 3 main places – local Cambodia, Vietnamese and of course Malaysian restaurants.

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Outbreak 2020: Stupidity When the Law Is Seriously Clear

covid19 stupidity minister politicians law

(The is equal to all – in other words, there is no one above the law so the application of the law to anyone would need to be the same. But in reality, there seems to be some inequality when it comes to enforcing the law. Image source: Facebook) 

The problem with some politicians in the country is that once they have broken a law, instead of accepting that they have knowingly or unknowingly broken the law and apologising and taking the punishment under the law, they lie and try to cover it up with dumb excuses. This despite the SOP provided by the Ministry of Health is crystal clear on the matter.

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Budgeting 101: Easy Project – Fix It Yourself Water Heater 2020

drill DIY tools toolbox water heater wiring

(The year was ripe for a heater replacement project and you need to have one of these items on standby – a proper set with the basic items like screwdrivers, hammer, pliers, etc, extendable ladder, water leakage tools, spare bulbs & cables and of course a drill. Image source: Pexels).

One of the promises that I made to my wife beginning this year was to finally replace the old, broken in our master bathroom. Actually it is an old promise dating many years ago as the old water heater needed to be replaced years ago but every time I wanted to replace it, I would have forgotten about it or some overseas assignment would come and I would get busy with that. That will be the case until the next year comes and my wife would be reminding me again.

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Indian Cinema 101: My Favourite Vidyasagar Tamil Hits Part 2

mozhi Vidyasagar tamil movie

Continuing from Part 1, this concludes my favourite hits from the one and only . He created for Telugu, Malayalam and since the late 1980s but he was prominent in the late 1990s and the 2000s covering huge hits in Tamil such as Vijay’s Ghilli, Vikram’s Dhool, Kamal Haasan’s Anbe Sivam and Rajinikanth’s Chandramukhi.

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Kingdom of Cambodia 2020: Part 7 – Time For Very Tiring But Casual 2nd COVID19 Test

cambodia covid19

Continuing the adventure, we suppose to be in self-isolation for 14 days and on the 13th day, we are required to get the 2nd test done. This is necessary if we are to get back our deposit that was collected when we first arrived in the country.

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Blogging 101: Time to move from the Classic Editor

wordpress blogging

With blogging on WordPress, I always knew that this day would come even though I’m on a self hosted site. I guess it’s time for me to let go the and embrace the new .

With the introduction of the Block editor, the .com Classic Editor was set for retirement at the beginning of June.

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My Favourite Tamil Song 101: Beautiful Vidyasagar Tamil Hits Part 1

Vidyasagar Tamil Music

It is difficult to place in the scene – you see the 1980s and 1990s was dominated by the one and only Maestro Illayaraja and then 2000s thereafter we had AR Rahman changing the whole way we hear songs and then we had other directors like Vidyasagar. Image source: Times of India

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Outbreak 2020: Time to Lock Up Really Stupid People!!

stupid covid19 virus

Seriously, despite the obvious implications, there are still really people out there who not only endanger themselves with their stupidity but also endanger others with massive infections. They have become as dangerous as the virus which had killed more than 700,000 people around the world. Don’t they read and watch the news? Are these people just plain stupid? Image source: LifeHack

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Kingdom of Cambodia 2020: Part 6 – Does This Considered as Healthy Morning Breakfasts?

cambodia food breakfast

(The fried noodles for is nothing new for me – I often have the same for breakfast back in Malaysia too. However, I appreciate the breakfast here as they provide a lot of even for breakfast and these vegetable dishes were well prepared indeed).

Continuing the adventure, this post will be on breakfast as we started our self-isolation for 14 days and on the 13th day, we suppose to go for our 2nd test. That will determine if we will be free to go on to work on our project in Phnom Penh or get stranded in a Government until we are free of the COVID19 virus.

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