I’m a seller on eBay A part-time business to help me pass my day With more than two thousand 100% positive feedback Providing prompt service and selling no fake.   Stamps coins and currency notes are my specialty Collecting them used to be my hobby Selling them on eBay requires effort and patience It has developed into a passion.   ...

A friend of mine lent me the book “1963 A Slice of Bread and Jam” by Tommy Rhattigan a couple of months ago but because I have so many books on my TBR list, I did not get around to reading it until a couple of days ago. I thought it is a gloomy type of book about abject poverty ...

Queen has been one of my favourite rock bands since I was in Form 5 or Form 6. I even had a huge poster of them pasted on the wall of my room when I was studying in Montreal. I still listen to their songs regularly and my favourites include Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are The Champions, We Will Rock You, ...

I watched Searching without any inkling what the movie is about apart from the fact that the lead star John Cho has become the first Asian American actor to lead a mainstream Hollywood thriller with this film. It was only after watching the whole movie that I realized that the movie was set entirely within the confines of iPhones, iPad, ...

Today is my wife’s birthday and we decided to have dinner at Reunion Diner (團圓飯店) in Pujut 7. We have heard good reviews about the restaurant especially its signature dish known as dancing pole chicken. In case you are not sure of its location, it is in the same area as Hank’s Meat & Wine. The restaurant has a nice ...

Origin – Where did we come from? Destiny- Where are we going? The paradoxical interplay between science and religion is central to the plot of Origin, this time with the age-old debate of Creationism Vs Evolution. Dan Brown returns to his best with Origin, the latest in his bestselling Robert Langdon series. Once again he sheds light on extremists within ...

I have been reading thrillers for the past few months so I decided to try something different for a change.  Browsing through my book list, I chose The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas as it has the highest Goodreads ratings among all the books in my collection. This book has garnered so much praise and accolades that even John ...

  Cartoons are meant to entertain But some can cause you to be detained.   Balloons are usually meant for kids But yellow balloons for some strange reasons give some adults fits.   Baboons are monkeys belonging to the genus Papio But some humans are moronic baboons we have to endure.   Keep a watchful eye over your chocolates Crying ...

High up in the sky I saw an egret Watching it glide gracefully fills me with regrets About things not done and missed opportunities And giving up too easily when faced with difficulties.   Life should not be taken too seriously Sometimes I tread too cautiously Nobody gets out of life alive I shouldn’t have let my fears run rife. ...

After my big disappointment with The Darkest Secret by Alex Marwood, I decided to read something different for a change. So instead of thrillers, I opt for Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa, an exploration of the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship in an unforgiving society. Translated into English for the first time by Alison ...