CY@CY Says Welcome to my dreamscape. Where a Lim is also a Ling.

Having enjoyed Keigo Higashino”s “The Devotion of Suspect X “, I did not hesitate to buy his second novel “The Salvation of A Saint” when I saw it in Popular Bookstore a couple of weeks ago. Once I began reading it, I was once again hooked and despite having not much free time, I managed to finish it in a ...

I watched the Psy live concert at the Seoul World Cup Staduim on YouTube earlier this evening. Psy gave a very energetic performance and I chuckled at his parody of Beyonce. The highlight of the concert was the unveiling of the music video for Psy’s latest single “Gentleman”.     "Gentleman", the long-awaited follow-up to "Gangnam Style", hit online stores ...

My application for migration to Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) has been approved. I received a confirmation email from Mr Sigueh Kua of Maple Leaf Migration Services this morning. This really comes as a great surprise as I did not harbor much hope that my application would be successful. Canada PR & Canada Immigration for Skilled Workers ...

A 4-minute creepy but wonderfully creative spoof of Mandopop star Derrick Hoh’s dance-pop number “Forever” has gone viral online. The spoof entitled “Dead Girl Seeks Meaningful Relationships” has been viewed about 70.000 times since it was uploaded to YouTube on February 26. In April 2005, Derrick (何维健) auditioned for Project SuperStar, a nationwide talent competition in Singapore organised by Mediacorp, ...

Malaysians crave for titles. There is little doubt about that. Just look at the number of awards dished out every year, from federal titles to state titles. But this number does not meet the demand which must be in the thousands. In Malaysia, Datuk is a Malay term for an honorific title that is bestowed upon individuals who are deemed ...

Malaysia has always been proud of being one of the top producers of natural rubber and apparently that has affected the Malaysians to the extent that they have a rather laid-back “elastic” attitude towards time that is commonly termed as MRT (Malaysian Rubber Time). This is similiar to jam karet in Indonesia. MRT is “elastic” and tardiness is not seen ...

2012 is now history. It will be remembered as the year of Gangnam Style. I turned 55 in 2012. I survived the Mayan calendar. As I start the first blank page of my new 365-page book, I pray that the book will be filled with great memories. 2012 has been a very memorable year.  For me, the year was filled ...

Mom is such a special word To me mom is the greatest person in the world She brought me into this world And refused to let me go When dad wanted to give me away Because of mom, I am still a Lim I almost drowned when I was a little kid Because of mom, I am still here today ...

Christmas is just round the corner so I just want to share this joke with you with the hope that you will have a hearty laugh. Merry Christmas to you all! There was a man who worked for the Post Office whose job it was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day, a letter came addressed ...

Colloquial Singaporean English, widely known as Singlish, is an English-based creole language spoken in Singapore.  With Singapore’s multi-racial background, it's not surprising that 'Singlish' borrows from the many different languages spoken in Singapore. First-time visitors often find themselves confounded by the Singlish colloquialisms that pepper Singaporeans' speech. Sinful English, a three-minute "how-to-speak-Singlish" video shot by a group of Americans and ...