Just observations...

Two days ago, Muslims in Malaysia celebrated the arrival of the new Hijri year 1442. The first day in the month of Muharram is considered si...

In Malay culture, there is this peculiar term known as ` saudara durian ' . It is a sarcastic phrase which literally translates to `duri...

The town of Kuala Rompin in the state of Pahang is located on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula, about 120 kilometres south of Kuantan. ...

It's really not that hard to write a review of something... a book, a movie, music, restaurants or anything else. Just put down a few li...

We are in the bright sunny island of Penang this weekend to attend to some family matters, details of which would be revealed soon in this b...

Let's start the first post of the new year with a collection of photos taken during my makan-makan adventure throughout 2012. Some of t...

It was a public holiday in Johor yesterday, so we made our way up to Tangkak to visit my brother-in-law who had just returned from performin...

In the days of secondary school, a few friends and I pooled some funds and went into part-time business of selling burgers and ABC (or ais k...

My first taste of an arabic dish was when I was a small boy. For breakfast one day, my mother cooked some mashed green-coloured beans with s...

Our second son, who studies at a university in Indonesia, is back at home for a short term-break. We picked him at LCCT last Sunday. Yesterd...

When I was a young boy, I loved eating durians. It used to puzzle me back then, why westerners find the smell of the fruit so disgusting. I ...

Well.... I'm not actually having fun. For the past two weeks I have been entrenched in my new job with hardly any time to think about bl...

In the previous post, I wrote about the passing of my friend's eldest son due to a complication I have never heard of before. Although I...

I first started my career as an engineer with a state-government agency in Johor back in 1984. I shared a house with a few other bachelor fr...

Without doubt, the most favourite meal to start the day for most Malaysians is a plate of roti canai . Pair that with a glass of teh tarik ...

In the previous post, blogger Hliza asked about the taste of kacang pool . It is quite hard to describe. So I thought that if I posted the ...

Seems like I'm in the mood of using part of Malay proverbs as title for my posts. The full peribahasa Melayu reads, `Alang-alang menyel...