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July 20th, 2010 - 13:42 § in Jobthing, Travels

Back to work

I don’t like traveling that involves flying. Especially when it has to do with work. The turbulence due to bad weather. The crosswinds. Airplanes crashing into each other in mid-air. Tires blow up upon landing. Birds accidentally fly into the engines. And to top it off, it’s all for the [...]

July 14th, 2010 - 18:01 § in Kelentong, Travels

Kampung love

I went back to my maternal village up in the highlands last month. It was a plan made at the last minute. Didn’t think about doing some budgeting for the trip. Didn’t do proper planning of what I intend to do in the kampung. Didn’t even think about asking for leave from work until [...]

May 26th, 2010 - 13:04 § in Kelentong, Travels, Videos

The thing about June

Before I go on with this post, I’d like to share with you a Youtube clip that I got from my friend, Gustri. I thought it was cool![...]

May 17th, 2010 - 10:56 § in Kelentong, Travels

Island of betel nuts

When people talk about Penang, they usually associate it with food, colonial heritage, THAT long bridge, snake temple, and probably how gay Francis Light was. Well, I was there for two nights and none of those associations mentioned above defined Penang for me. Yeah, of course, the food was good but[...]

April 4th, 2010 - 23:18 § in Kelentong, Travels

Walk then fly, ok? (end)

We sat at his veranda for about 30 minutes, hoping that the rain would slow down to a drizzle. It did not. It’s as if the rain really did not want me to walk back. The jungle path would be slippery with this kind of downpour. “I think we should just go, right? The rain’s [...][...]