In today’s newspaper, there is a warning to us internet users who like to sit at cafes to get online, thinking that the free wi-fi access provided is convenient. Well, we are reminded to use the internet only if we are not accessing any critical websites, like banking or other financial sites. To me, I […]

A friend told me that her daughter plans to join the school band and she is not very happy about it. According to her, they train a lot and this could affect her studies. I think that extra curricular activities could in fact, be beneficial to us. After all, all work and no play is […]

A major scam operation was busted by Malaysian police – the masterminds are believed to be still at large, though. The people who manned the scam centre totalled more than 100 people, mainly from China and Taiwan, and also locals. Six bungalows, with monthly rental ranging from RM15,000 to RM20,000, were rented for this purpose. […]

Paula Abdul, singer and former American Idol judge, is letting go some 1500 of her personal items for sale on eBay. These include clothes, shoes, bags and accessories. These are obviously branded stuff, and because of her celebrity status, I expect them to fetch a good price. This is the second time Paula Abdul is […]

It has been a long time since my family went on an outing. I think it’s since my sister left the nest. This weekend, we are planning to go on a short picnic. We do not have any special occasion to celebrate but it’s good to spend some quality time together once in a while, […]

eBay UK, which claimed to have “mistakenly” assigned an old eBay ID, registered 14 years ago at eBay USA and has garnered almost 12,000 positive feedback, has restored the ID to its original owner. There is no explanation offered to the original ID owner on what happened or how this mistake could have happened in […]

My friend just sent me some photos of his newly installed audio room. He already has an entertainment room in his house, actually, but I guess that wasn’t sufficient and he needed to separate his audio equipment, away from his home theater system. My friend plans to host a “room warming”, sort of like house […]