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Malaysia

The End of the Affair

We can’t do this any more. We can’t keep going on like this.
It was fun while it lasted. Those are harsh words but true. How many times have you heard it before, from past admir­ers? How many times have I said this myself, to so many oth­ers?
It was fun while it lasted. Except, that’s not true.

il Lido

The Ital­ians say that he must have a long spoon that sups with the devil.
Be wary, be canny, when you deal with some­one of dubi­ous char­ac­ter. Sound advice, this. But when you are deal­ing with this devil — the Devil Wears Prada, and none other — per­haps the most dan­ger­ous exchange would be the credit card

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas…

We are proud to present the last post of Life for Begin­ners… for 2009.
Show­cas­ing the Amaz­ing DSLR Pho­tog­ra­phy of A Lil Fat Mon­key, Roy­ally Appointed BFF of H.R.H. Queen DSLR, and
Fea­tur­ing the Culi­nary & Bak­ing Gym­nas­tics of Fat­Boy­Bakes, Roy­ally Appointed Tangechi of H.R.H. Queen DSLR.
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It’s almost that time of year. A time for cel­e­bra­tion and cheer.

Tell You Something

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Tell you some­thing. The way to a lady’s heart must be through her stom­ach. The sweet­ness and the flavours she savour must pass through them irre­sistible lips, don’t they? Care­ful when you brush the grease and the cream from them lips, she might bite. And bite oh so nicely.
Still, let me tell you some­thing more.

The Boy in the Baju Melayu

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This ought to be about Eid ul-Fitr and how it is a sea­son of seek­ing for­give­ness and for­giv­ing. ‘Īd mubārak, my friends. Let take this time to rejoice for what we have and what we may offer to those who have not.
This ought to be about the food and the feast­ing and friends. Lemang and lon­tong.

Why Did the Chicken Go For A Reading?

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Q: Why did the chicken go for a read­ing?
A: To have its for­tune told.
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It’s like return­ing to Won­der­land, if you were ever Alice, that is. It is not like return­ing home, for this is not home. Home is a place where I want to be alone, where I am a king­dom of one, or at most

Fatboybakes’ Raya Tea Party

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It’s Eid ul-Fitr. In Malaysia, this means most of our Mus­lim friends and col­leagues have gone back to their home­towns to cel­e­brate the end of a month of fast­ing. Cities are emp­tied out, almost. The roads of Kuala Lumpur are free of traf­fic; I remem­ber a joke from my school days that one could lie