ireland is the best country in the world, according to the economist.
and malaysia is the 36th.

hmmm..interesting.

yes, ebay can be a dangerous place. you just don't know with who you are dealing with. yet, sometimes all you need is just plain old common sense.

i'm going to slow down on the blogging for a while. but do drop in from time to time. give me a couple of weeks and i'll blog like never before. in the meantime, here's a picture of blossom, our cat back home in malaysia.

[are we there yet?] turns one

on this day last year, i posted my first entry on this blog. well, it's not really a proper entry, but it counts anyway. since then, i've blogged about a lot of things. from goreng pisang to a trip to terengganu, from song lyrics to my deepest feelings, i blogged about anything that deemed appropriately bloggable.

true, i'm no jeff ooi or mack zulkifli, and i would be lucky to get 10 hits per day but i'm proud of [awty?] and i'm going to continue posting in my effort to find the answer to the question 'are we there yet?'

why call it [are we there yet?] i hear from someone at back, well obviously 'screenshots' was taken and at the same time my.... hey wait a minute, this would be a great topic for my future posts wouldn't it? so stay tuned. hehehe...

to you non-bloggers out there, you might ask what's so good about blogging? maybe you think that bloggers are just a bunch of narcissists, trying to emulate journalists or something. maybe you're right. but for me, apart from polishing my writing skills, [awty?] gives me the opportunity to get acquainted with new people, and reconnect with long lost friends while keeping in touch with my current buddies.

yes, i'm going to go on as long as i can and as long as blogger and the photo hosting remain free. so for the taste of what to come, here are a few planned future entry titles:

- the 'fongkar' guy
- the bosnian lady
- the irish and jogging
- me and the irish 'makcik's
- home sweet home
- the day we lost him
- what's up with that?



i think i'm going to stick with this template for a while, even though there're a few technical issues. but i'm going to change the header pictures from time to time.

i would to take this opportunity to thank blogger, photobucket, flickr, fotopages, the petaling street project, kubrick and michael k. pate, noipo.org, and to the visitors of [awty?], whoever you are.

here's to another year. or two.

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. c5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qc2 f5 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. a3 Bf6 11. O-O-O Kh8 12. f3 Qe7 13. Bg3 f4 14. Qxe4 fxg3 15. hxg3 g6 16. Qxg6 Bd7 17. f4 Rf7 18. g4 Rg7 19. Qh6 Rxg4 20. Bd3 Rg7 21. Nf3 Qf7 22. g4 Rag8 23. g5 Bd8

hmmm....

ahh.....

no, no that's not right...

arghhh...

('accidentally' knocks the pieces off the board)

i'm back.

what do you think of my transparent screen? better ones here.