Personal Interest, General Issues and News
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When in Cape Verde, I rarely take my dinner mainly because it will be too late at night to order something from the hotel kitchen (I don’t want them to scrap the leftovers).… [Click to read the rest] “Delicious Food in Cape Verde – Part 4 (Dinner)”
(Time for some snippets. We all are friends when your enemy is also my enemy. Pakatan Harapan in place of Pakatan Rakyat – they are better organised and led by experienced people in the political area but will they stick together when their individual objective clashes? Image source: The Malaysian Insight)
Hi folks, it has been sometime since I last blogged – frankly speaking, I have been spending more time at other places (some DIYs at home, updating my Facebook, watching Youtube, playing games, etc) instead of blogging.… [Click to read the rest] “Snippets – Gloomy 21 September 2017”
(Substitute the chill beer, wine and other liquors on a board with locally made, sugar high cendol and a plane is guaranteed not to crash into the sea – so says a joker in Malaysia. Perhaps he is right but then again this is not the right time and the place to say these things.… [Click to read the rest] “MH370: Time to Reassess the Shortcomings”
Read the whole childhood series here
(No Deepavali is ever complete without the crunchy murukkus – I am sure everyone agrees on that. The photo was taken on Deepavali last year)
Certainly, Deepavali was not like how it used to be back those days, somehow some things have changed, don’t you think so?… [Click to read the rest] “Childhood Memories: Part 26 – Deepavali Gathering At Grandma’s House”
With no new ideas, it has now turned into a “battle of the bottles”, so some quarters say.
Malaysiakini reports:-
… [Click to read the rest] “Hulu Selangor Poser 4”Former Selangor Umno liaison chief Dr Mohd Khir Toyo believes that the repeated attacks on PKR Hulu Selangor by-election candidate Zaid Ibrahim’s past as a drinker was a good campaign strategy.
(It looks like beer, it smells like beer and the people are drinking as it is beer but certainly it is not beer. Great stuff from Holland!)
Iran, I guess is the second country that I have been to without any drop of cold beer. Brunei was the other country although I could have brought a crate of beer after declaring to the customs.… [Click to read the rest] “Fantastic Trip to Iran 2009: Sorry, No Alcoholic Beers Here”
It is said that 97% of Brunei’s income comes from the oil & gas industry
It is therefore is not a big surprise that there seems to be a lack of tourism spots and opportunity in the city. Having said, it does not mean Brunei is not trying to promote its tourism sector, something that they will need when the oil runs out one day.… [Click to read the rest] “Trip to Brunei – Part 3”
(Image source: http://www.comeraghcc.com)
Here we go again
Selangor PAS wants the state government to include beer in its ban on the sale of alcohol in all Muslim-majority areas and state executive councillor Ronnie Liu to be removed from his post as head of local government
(The Star)
This is not the first time that the Selangor PAS raised the issue on banning of beers in this State.… [Click to read the rest] “Beer Ban Again?”
Got a call from my cousin on Friday night
(At about RM23 per pint, the German beer that we had last week was one of the smoothest – we have found our watering hole for premium beers)
Cousin: Hello bro, I am stuck in traffic jam and I am still near my office.… [Click to read the rest] “Oh Fuck! Aftermath”
(No offence to any ladies and any non beer drinking Malaysians out there)
(Strictly for die-hard fans. Image source: http://carcino.gen.nz)
I got this joke titled “Girl vs Beer” via the email from a friend of mine today. I guess a lot of them were upset with the idea of a blanket ban on beers (which luckily did not materialise):-
… [Click to read the rest] “The Joke on Beer”Most men like women.