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Let me speak

More on the meme of the week. For some reason I was thinking of the “Por que no te callas?” incident (the king of Spain told the president of Venezuela to shut up, for those who don’t know and are … Continue reading

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Mini pencil

Let me tell you why this adorable mini pencil makes me angry. It’s because I can’t have one. My spouse is an American citizen. Let’s call him Mr. Potato because he’s from the Midwest and he’s kind of that shape … Continue reading

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Forum Suara Mahasiswa UUM

Finally getting around to watching today’s viral video. My reactions: (also check out Ameno World’s take on it here)  Right off the bat, this woman is a horrible emcee. WTH is this ikrar thingy? Honestly, Bhavani’s not a great speaker. … Continue reading

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Seorang Hobbit

Finally got around to seeing The Hobbit – it had been embargoed to my sibs and me because our parents wanted to watch it together. Overall it was pretty good, although as with the live-action Lord of the Rings films, … Continue reading

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Stuff I learned on this trip

(1 week holiday in the UK, 2 weeks tech transfer at contractor’s plant in Germany) The “Tube” does engineering works on the weekends, and not all of the stations can accommodate disabled people or tourists with enormous luggage. The reason … Continue reading

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Kelambu ikan

Because my dwarf puffers don’t wake up early enough in the morning to eat the mosquito pupae that rocket out of the gravel to shrug off their wormy skins to take to the freedom of the air…and the torture of … Continue reading

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Internet Blackout Day

I’m not going to update on the nail polish experiment today because I’m joining the Malaysian Internet Blackout Day in protest against Evidence Act Amendment 114A. This has been gazetted. It has been passed into law. If someone wanted to, … Continue reading

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Design of Manicures

Design of Experiments is a concept that I really think science majors, especially those who are going into life sciences where one has to deal with a great number of messy variables, ought to be taught at an early age, … Continue reading

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Trying to sound auntie

I’ve been seeing Anne-Marie Slaughter’s essay floating around Facebook for the last few days – the famous name, in combination with the title clearly indicating a sensitive topic, told me it was certainly something worth reading but I didn’t have … Continue reading

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The game of keep-away

Heaven knows I’m not a language prescriptivist. I’m one of those people who like using “they” in the singular on purpose because English lacks a gender-neutral 3rd person pronoun for adults. But I really can’t get my way around some … Continue reading

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