Bibliophobia...!

Some of my acquaintances by now are familiar with my ongoing battle against at least one cat. To be precise, its p—p. Early this year, I f...

I recently cooked a spaghetti aglio olio for an early pre-Christmas party. Nothing new about that, except... I used Chinese-style roasted ...

Descending from a shopping mall escalator days ago, I spied an Indian girl with a pen and a board covered in signatures. Seeing me, she call...

My first time, and it was not gentle. This year, they held the sale at Hall A, the Agricultural Exposition Park in Serdang, within the spr...

Friday, 25 February 2011 It was not the first time I came to Solaris Dutamas, and I can only remember why I was there the second time. A m...

Every January, Readings @ Seksan's celebrates its birthday. This year marks the event's sixth year - "kindergarten age", a...

So long, 2010. Where have you been all this time? Though this year seemed a little slower, it still feels like it just whizzed past. I th...

I've been missing a few Readings sessions due to personal problems, but things got a little better for me to attend the latest one , and...

Despite having a front-row seat at the latest Readings@Seksan's I was unable to take any still photographs. My digicam was doing videoc...

Goodness, is it Readings' fourth anniversary already? Time doesn't just fly, it's got an intergalactic warp drive strapped to i...

Compared to last year, the mood at KY's Xmas eve party was subdued. Some of the usual suspects were missing, but that wasn't all. W...

Sometimes I wonder why I started this in the first place. With the exception of a few bad Photoshopped graphics, Bites has been mainly te...

Typing this on my new laptop. Feels strangely liberating, even if the keyboard's layout feels awkward. Can't wait to take it on tour...

After an absence of a few months, I returned to Seksan for a Readings session. There was my resignation, red tape at the old workplace, a t...

Monday, May 26, 2008 Popular Bookfest 2008 was a much better book fest - because there was more floor-space at the KL Convention Centre. The...

"So part of today's proceeds will go to the disaster victims in Burma and China?" I asked the waitress who gave me the change....

No time to wax lyrical over this latest misadventure. I'm tired, and my head is still in sync with the movements of the waves. I won...

Coffee and conversation with the indomitable Yvonne Foong - and it's the second time I made her wait. This time, it's because I go...

I had some hopes for the biggest book fair held this year at the Putra World Trade Center (PWTC). By the time I left the venue they were ut...

While I am contemptuous of some mainland Chinese's eating habits and flaunting of wealth, I wouldn't mind trying some dog - it's...