Monthly Archives: January 2009
Shoe-Shine Boys In Jakarta’s Cengkareng Airport
I just got back late last night from Jakarta — my first business trip for 2009. My schedule’s been hectic, hence I haven’t had the chance to write anything for the past couple days, despite my having already secured a replacement for my now-good-as-dead Sony VAIO. With the worldwide economic downturn far from over, companies … Continue reading
An Unexpected Award
Whew! How time flies! A well-worn cliché but oh-so-true. It seems like only yesterday that the whole world was scrambling to fix the Y2K bug. Instead, it’s been a good 9 years already! It’s hard to believe more than 11 months have passed since I registered my own domain name, partly out of whim, partly … Continue reading
Welcome, 2009!
DH, the kids (except the twins, who were fast asleep) and I drove to KL-Ampang Elevated Highway just a few minutes before midnight last night to watch from a distance the fireworks at KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Centre). As expected, the entire highway was packed with people, with hundreds of cars lined up bumper-to-bumper…literally. We … Continue reading
