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About two weeks ago, I was quite surprised to check my statcounter to find out that someone from the local newspaper surfing through my site. Soon-after, I received an email from a Ms Sandra Davis for a face to face interview. I wasn’t sure if I should meet her because sometimes some journalists tend to ...
It looked pretty cool when it first came out in 2005(!) but as time goes by, it started to get a little embarrassing to go around with my old namecard. Being the cheapskate frugal person that I am, I thought that I’d just use a marker pen to cancel out the outdated information like the ...
Yesterday, I made the painful decision of not going to Italy to see Cartcart in June. This is to save some money for the both of us for the wedding at the end of the year.This is heartbreaking because I miss him tremendously and I feel miserable. But after a while, I was inspired to ...
According to Statistics Singapore, the number of divorce rates has been on an increase. There was a stage when 1 out of 3 marriages will end up in a divorce.This trend was a concern for the Muslim organization bodies in Singapore such that for the past 15 years or so, they ...
Its such a pet peeve of mine when I hear people mispronounce common Malay words such as Nasi Lemak, Otak-otak and Jelak.Here is the correct way to pronounce them :Stop saying Nasi Lomak! from rinaz on Vimeo.
I was in desperate craving for chocolate and I hauled my sis and I, over to the Esplanade for a dose of Max Brenner goodness. I was joined with the lovely Mintea and her sister.Enthusiastically, we ordered a number of items from the menu :It was all good, but we did not feel the high ...
Just too adorable for words! I first saw this clip from Precious and later on, I found out from Mintea that the clip was directed by Yasmin Ahmad - an acclaimed film director. She also told me that Yasmin Ahmad directed the Petronas ads that never fails to make me feel so sappy in the ...
Its been about a month now that I’ve been using the eee pc. So far, its been pretty good. It is really handy to have especially while waiting in public. Just yesterday, while waiting for my turn at the customer service, I was so engrossed that I missed my turn! :PUsing Skype with webcam ...
One of my favourite things to eat is Fried Chicken. It might not be the healthiest food to eat, but the moment Juli asked me out for Fried Chicken, I could not say no!The placeArnold’s is located on the 2nd floor of City Plaza - which is quite recognizable by its very retro sign at ...
Recently, my family and I went to the Ayer Rajah Food center for some local food delights. One of the food that we ordered was the Sop Tulang - cow bone marrow cooked in savoury sweet tomato sauce.Its not the healthiest thing to eat, and you risk having your mouth stained in red sauce, but ...
The first thing on my mind when I was there was, “Sweet mother of Vespa. I’m in two wheeler heaven!”On the 12th of April, I was at the Singapore Expo to see the different displays of motorcycles (and a couple of bicycles) at the Bike Asia 2008 event. This event was jointly organized by the ...
Another lovely evening with the pingsters!Ping.sg, the blog community that I am a member of, launched their official T-Shirt, graced by about 50 ping members at Essential Brew last monday night.It was cold and drizzling on my way to Holland Village due to the monsoon season that we are having here in Singapore. I had ...
Truth be told, I had no intention of watching Leap Years if it was not for Malique whom was so impassionate in recommending it to me.Hence, I went to watch it with the lovely VanClaire at Plaza Singapura last Sunday. And it was such a tear fest! In the end, I think I washed away ...
I’ve always enjoyed eating Indian food. So when Daphne suggested a ping outing to Taj Samudra last Sunday, I just could not pass it off.The PlaceGetting here was quite a cinch as I’m familiar with the area - it was in the same main road as my favourite Indian Restaurants like ...
On Friday, the 18th April and for the first time ever, I was at a press conference thanks to the awesome Brian and Tania of Ogilyv for remembering how much I love Canon products. Many of the pictures and videos in this blog itself are captured with the Ixus and 350D. It was a classy ...
On my trip to the Bike Asia a while back, I took a copy of the Freewheeling Magazine and while flipping through, I noticed a small article inviting all lady vespa riders for a day of fish spa.Having already been to the fish farm about a month ago and thoroughly enjoying myself with the Vesporeans, ...
I had the most harrowing experience ever in Kuala Lumpur. And I hope that you did not go through what I did. So I’m posting this to let everyone know.I love Kuala Lumpur but there are too many unscrupulous touts there which is ruining my experience.Mum and I spent the weekend in Kuala Lumpur to ...
Last Saturday, I was at the Braddell Heights Community Center for an Egyptian Food Workshop. Prior to this, I participated in a quiz, and was pleasantly surprised to find out that I won a pass for this workshop some days later. Its been a while since I’ve been to a cooking workshop. Probably the last ...
Bon Jour! Salut! I had zee most lovely time last Thursday night, being with friends over coffee. What better way to spend zee time together? Oui?I was initially surprised to receive the invitation by EastWestPR but after hearing the Carte Noire commercial on 938live for some weeks, curiosity got the better of me and I ...
Last week’s episode of America’s Next Top Model has completely inspired me to do this :Lipschtick from rinaz on Vimeo
Ipoh's Tau Fu Fah!