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Obviously it’s no more a secret once I published this blog post but this shop is still rather hidden. The biggest frustration with buying strawberries from Cameron Highlands is it tends to get sour once you reach the low lands. Some attributes it to the higher temperature. But

Special Vegetarian Set I admittedly had overdosed on red meat this Syawal. Too much beef rendang and beef satay in my belly. Hence, I decided to search for Indian vegetarian food. Azwin also keen to try it out. I heard there are nice meals to be had around Brickfields area

Just finished reading this book by Tim Marshall on Saturday so here’s a quick review. The idea is simple, geography as the ‘forgotten factor’ to the success or failure of nations. It is not the factor but simply the one that’s routinely overlooked. Also

Once when I’m about to take a nap I thought to myself; “Wouldn’t it be great if the Do Not Disturb mode is active as long as the timer I set? That will solve the problem of people contacting me while I’m taking

I’ve tried using FluidUI and Mockflow to design apps. Both worked well and easy to use. However both requires subscription and the price is a bit too steep. Mockflow starts at USD29 for a small team of three. At that price it’s

Photo by RR Abrot / Unsplash The image that Starbucks wanted to convey is a rustic, authentic coffee house. However, a quick glance of what most of the patrons are drinking is a glaring irony.Most of them are drinking desserts, and the new flavors these days don&

eWallet had boomed in China, and the rest of the world is clamoring to catch up. Both merchants and operators are really pushing the adoption of eWallet. Right now in Malaysia it’s a battle between Boost, GrabPay & Touch N Go. Photo by Jonas Leupe / 

When in the pineapple town of Pontian it’s only apt to go bananas on eating pineapple. The key is a super juicy pineapple that went full ripe on field. It melts in the mouth eating it with buttered white bread. Despite it’s simplicity, this is something

A cup of americano I’m actually not a coffee drinker – I grew up drinking tea well into adulthood. Coffee was rarely served by mother and grandmothers. Usually it is weak sweetened tea that accompanied our meals. It’s only in 2015 when I started to seriously

Every now and then I do corporate photoshoot for friends. It maybe bands or startups. This time I do it for a legal firm which is a first for me. Below are some pictures straight from the camera (no edit). I use a Canon EOS M50 tethered to my MacBook

In the run up to GE14, some of my friends did talk about leaving Malaysia for good if things don’t change. Things did change but the same people still talks about emigrating. On the other hand, another friend reaffirms his commitment to be here for good despite lucrative

Working in tech means that you are inevitably will get caught up in hype. Enormous VC funds distorts the market further by sustaining the hype even longer than it normally should. I recently moved all my Medium post to this Ghost installation. At one time, Medium is touted to be

Photo by Panos Sakalakis / Unsplash In an effort to lessen my dependency on BigTech, I decided to install Opera on my desktop, laptop, smartphone and tablet. Discovering Opera Touch is what really made this possible. All this while I only know Opera Mini – which gave me

Of course you can just open a stall in front of your house selling nasi lemak. However, most likely there will not be enough customer. If the Internet can really save you then at least you’ll need a smartphone and a data plan. That will cost at least

Photo by Mohamed Ben Zineb / Unsplash Since reading Cal Newport’s Deep Work, I tried to adopt some of the strategies to go deep. In fact, some of it started earlier as Ramadhan kicked off. Logged out of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. This really cleared out

Photo by Perry Grone / Unsplash I think for the first time ever someone from the 1% explicitly calls out philanthropy in relation to inequality. This is an excerpt from Abigail Disney’s testimony to House Financial Services Committee. Read the full statement here. — Philanthropy

Photo by Kobu Agency / Unsplash I started reading this book on my iPhone last Friday but it proved to be such a strain to the eye. This is true despite the improvement brought by the dark mode. This morning I loaded it to my Kindle and powered

This old guy really means business. He straight away said that ads was what really mattered in newspapers. People wanted to know the latest offers at supermarkets, latest job vacancies, stock prices, houses for sale, rent and so on. The journalistic side is just coming along. Newspaper was powerful because

What’s the difference? Evaporated creamer only have some milk solids without the milk fat. The fat portion is replaced with vegetable fat. Palm oil is commonly used. Evaporated milk have both milk solids and milk fat. There’s no vegetable fat that acts as filler. Apart from

Reflecting upon my online adventures since 2002, it is clear that friendship from blog are superior than those forged on social media. Don’t get me wrong, you are not worse if I known your from social media but the majority of lasting friendships came from blog. Despite higher

Look for optionality, rank according to optionalityPrefer open-ended payoffs, not close-endedDo not invest in business plan but people I pay particular attention to rule number 2 because I think this is the part most people overlook. There’s two distinct payoffs; i. “Bounded-left” — which is limited losses and; ii. “Bounded-right”