tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18187723828309135682024-03-13T06:04:05.821+08:00As Zewt As It GetsA Living Vicious Existence Rendering Newly Harnessed Opinionszewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.comBlogger720125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-41872079017477474992022-07-28T17:33:00.003+08:002022-07-28T17:33:22.293+08:00Tuck-Talk recommendationA big hello to you, am going to make this quick. If you've read my previous post, you'll know I have a Malaysian cantonese podcast up and running. It just crossed 500 complete listens (yay!). Here, I would like to recommend some top episodes, hope you will enjoy them....The origin of "Bluff Ghost Eat Tofu"https://open.spotify.com/episode/0sEGHeWCh5nalx27d2SZIf?si=zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-9817102415164276542022-05-01T18:34:00.003+08:002022-05-01T18:35:59.228+08:00Introducing Tuck TalkHello to the world once again. It's funny how I (almost) completely forgotten about this blog. Thanks to a genuine comment (because there are a lot of bots generated comments) from a friend during the blogging days ... I am here once again promoting my new venture... a Cantonese podcast, here is the link:Tuck-Talk (A Malaysian Cantonese Podcast)I now live in a country where zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-13823741696682367112020-08-26T19:17:00.001+08:002020-08-26T19:17:15.835+08:00The art of not doing anything“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability
to sit quietly in a room alone” – Blaise Pascal.If there is one thing that I really discovered about
myself in the last 6 months, particularly in the last few weeks, is that the
above famous words from a historical figure do not quite apply to me. Having
lived alone in Singapore for almost five year, I knew I am not a person who
always want tozewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-54732438511718035622020-07-15T09:39:00.002+08:002020-07-15T09:55:13.185+08:00Isolation returnsIt was just a few months ago…The world was put on a lockdown, an effort to
intentionally isolate the human race in order to curb the scourge that is the
coronavirus. Strangely though, it felt
as though the effort to isolate the human race actually raised inter-human
communications to a much higher level, thanks to technology.How many times did you FaceTime your family?How many times did youzewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-81517210772866434892020-07-05T22:26:00.004+08:002020-07-05T22:46:59.776+08:00A discovery during my reconnection journeyFollowing my last entry, I have more or less combed
through my email archive, communicated with a lot of people, some of you have
graciously replied and it has been an awesome experience communicating with
those who replied. Amidst the elation, I would nonetheless pause and reflect on
an unfortunate discovery during this sentimental re-connection journey.In the year 2008, 2 years after my Mom’s zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-10390730397427453232020-06-29T09:32:00.002+08:002020-06-29T09:33:10.455+08:00Sentimental connection to legacy readersI was feeling rather sentimental a few nights ago,
perhaps it was because I have reached another milestone…. It was my birthday,
another number to that ever increasing number, a number that you don’t quite
keep track after a while. Wouldn’t you agree?And so, I decided to log on to my Zewt e-mail account
and went through a lot of the mails that I used to receive and the
communications that I had zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-88402162874793881352020-04-12T09:21:00.000+08:002020-04-12T09:21:34.687+08:00Zewt in hotel quarantine
It was such a good feeling
to actually know that there are people still lurking around here, it gives me
hope that people still fancy reading. I
myself have also missed some bloggers that I used to follow, and I too wish
they would make a return. However, we
all have our lives to live.
I wish everyone who is
reading this is having a good life and that you are zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-317198502134549972019-11-04T11:21:00.001+08:002019-11-04T11:21:32.846+08:00Hello world, are you still around?
And so…. it has been 7 years, months and 13 days since
I have shown any sign of life here. So
many things have happened and I feel as though I am now living in a completely
different world. Amongst the change is the
death of blogosphere as we used to know it.
It is all now about products and services and people just do not read
blogs for the sake of reading anymore.
And sozewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-28511934982009529152012-04-22T22:46:00.002+08:002012-04-22T22:46:51.535+08:00A free trip story
A friend of mine asked me why in the rarest of occasion when I do write, it’s quite certain that I will be bashing the country. Well, let’s deviate from that for this one… though, not exactly much…
A story was relayed to me when I was back at my KL office last week. I have heard of such stories being circulated via word of mouth and you probably did to. But to actually hear it zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-58489985597049910652012-02-05T16:36:00.000+08:002012-02-05T16:36:03.718+08:00Dear Home... what happened to you?
It has been a long time since I had the Chinese New Year reunion dinner back at home, it has been an affair at the restaurant for a while now. But my aunt and my sis decided to cook and hence, we had our last reunion dinner back at home.
Speaking of home, it has also been a while since I went back. I mean when I am back, it's usually for a brief stay as most of the time, I will takezewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-88784964463709644502012-01-02T23:37:00.000+08:002012-01-02T23:37:36.335+08:00Testing testing 1 2 3Hello world!!!!!! Do you miss me? (perasan....)
Alright, as a new year is upon us... I would like to think that I should update this blog a little bit more often. Have to admit, work has been a killer in this tiny red dot.
Anyway, I do like to know whether any souls still wander into this blog anymore. Have to admit another thing... Don't think I would like to write when this blog zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-6838474145345730492011-09-18T22:38:00.000+08:002011-09-18T22:38:04.268+08:00Malaysians in orgasm and cum watch this videoAll Malaysians were led into an orgy of orgasm via the "ISA-to-be-repealed" announcement. Unfortunately, not many realised that the orgasm they felt (or still feeling), was induced through syiok-sendiri type masturbation instead of full fledge sex.
Firstly, ISA is not abolished yet... and the terms of conditions applicable are... 2 new laws to be enacted as replacement for ISA.
So while zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-53645614421875827662011-08-09T18:23:00.000+08:002011-08-09T18:23:29.876+08:00Hypothetical problems from legalisation of illegal workers
Over the last few weeks, there have been several allegations about how the Malaysian govt’s move to legalise illegal workers has taken a further step – by granting these once illegal workers citizenship, a right to vote. Some sites even published screen caption of people with red MyKad being a registered voter, etc. etc.
There will be people who choose not to believe such allegations, zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-38376791218291378182011-06-28T21:47:00.001+08:002011-06-28T22:26:25.267+08:003 degrees of mediocrityThe first degree…
Slightly more than 2 years ago (before I moved to Singapore), me and a bunch of friends made our way to Singapore for a sports event. A friend of mine brought his girlfriend along. For the girlfriend, it was her first holiday trip out of Malaysia.
No, my friend was not dating a young teenager. But rather, she is from a not so well to do family which zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-75813222234533849882011-06-06T20:41:00.000+08:002011-06-06T20:41:44.534+08:00A piece at MII know I have not been updating here but hey.... I did pen my thoughts here.
It's a column that I mentioned in my previous post.
I will still be writing here still... zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-56999696947699162402011-05-26T23:57:00.001+08:002011-05-27T01:22:11.122+08:00Just because it's home?Migration or in a lesser context, move to work overseas seem to be the flavoured discussion at the moment. MalaysianInsider even started columns where people wrote in to say why they leave and why they stay.
Anyway… one of the main reasons why people decide to stay, besides the usual good nasi-lemak, char-kuet-teow and bak-kut-teh (which was specifically mentioned by someone in that zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-39064404161875304232011-05-02T10:42:00.000+08:002011-05-02T10:42:35.569+08:00Conversation at the MRTIt's election fever in Singapoe and the other day, I was in the MRT standing next to 2 (presumably) Singaporeans, amongst other people of course. But the conversation of these two caught my attention.
1 guy flipped the newspaper he was holding and said… “See… this is very healthy, opposition is actually getting very good media coverage”. Well, I have no idea who is opposition and whozewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-42443186371731163762011-04-15T21:13:00.000+08:002011-04-15T21:13:55.017+08:00I did something for tomorrow, did you?During the last peoples' power tsunami, I was out of the country... for a substantial period of time. I missed it...
As the country heads into another historical moment tomorrow... I will again be out of the country, and also be out of Singapore... for the entire week.
I hope it is a good omen.
And... to those of you who once commented anonymously that you choose to "stay back and zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-71658926014487729112011-04-10T19:57:00.000+08:002011-04-10T19:57:53.231+08:00Speaking the languageWow...it has really been a while since I blogged. I am not going to say... "So sorry for not updating my blog, etc. etc. etc"... as I know the readership for this blog has reduced tremendously...
Anyway... read about this piece of news and I have something to say about it...
It’s quite a diverse composition of nationalities here where I work. Since arrived, I have met or spoken to (zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-68984566613587594802011-03-22T18:02:00.000+08:002011-03-22T18:02:29.963+08:00The memory lives on...4 years have passed...But memory lives on...
zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-67005659646295010672011-03-13T16:44:00.000+08:002011-03-13T16:44:53.537+08:00A new jurisdictionIn my current role, I am given the opportunity to participate in formulating the strategy for our function globally. Our strategy is to be in line the overall strategy of the company; and we call it “the collective agenda”. Essentially, it aligns the focus of the whole department.
One item within our collective agenda for 2011 is geography focus. Apart from the usual suspects, zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-82943580759087792572011-02-13T15:32:00.000+08:002011-02-13T15:32:16.991+08:00Between Egypt and usWhen I attended a conference last November, I was seated next to a gentleman whom I have been exchanging emails in the last couple of weeks. You would have guessed the content of those e-mails when I tell you.... he is from Egypt.
We are of the same profession and he heads a similar function of mine in a French electric company based in Cairo. We kept in contact after the conference zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-45149208394098206842011-01-30T21:02:00.001+08:002011-01-30T21:03:08.386+08:00Short & Sweet: Episode 9 - That cabbie statementI don’t know what gave us away but as soon as me and my wife got into the cab and told him our destination, he asked “Where are you from?”
His next question was… “So is your country going to was more money to build that tower?”
I responded with a cynical smirk.
His next statement was bold…
“If Lee Kuan Yew was to rule Malaysia, you all will be first world country already!”
And the interesting zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-38030087452698741682011-01-11T21:23:00.000+08:002011-01-11T21:23:14.557+08:00That... is efficiencyI received the e-mail from the Singapore external consultant on a late Monday morning. They requested for quite a number of documents to process my Singapore employment pass, after I have agreed to take up my current role.
It was a very lengthy mail and as I was rather busy at that time, I only browsed through it briefly at the point of receipt.
As the day began to slow down, I managed to read zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818772382830913568.post-39175874021807750622010-12-28T21:15:00.000+08:002010-12-28T21:15:16.773+08:00Letter to thyself – Round 315 people entrusted me with their letters in the first episode. 2 years ago, only 6 subscribed to the idea with 2 asking me to send the letters back to them only after 2 years. I hope they are surprised by what they have written 2 years ago.
As another new year looms, I reckon it’s time to resurrect this again.
It’s a pretty simple exercise…
You write whatever you want to write to zewthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825991430180369393noreply@blogger.com16