Letters from the Equator

I was in Bangkok recently and having heard that they produce some neat interior decor, I asked the 43places community about where I can shop for interior products. They gave me three suggestions:
- Siam Discovery Centre- Suan Lum night bazaar- Chatuchak weekend market
Since I wasn’t there over the weekend, I went to the first two [...]

view of bangkok from vertigo Originally uploaded by jaremfan.
Well, we’re back from our little trip in BKK last week. Thanks to all my Thai friends who showed us a good time each night we were there. We got to eat really great thai food every night, [...]

I thank God for the following:
- centrino-equipped laptop- docking cradle + 19″ LCD monitor- comfortable salary- office in the grounds of a hotel resort- globally-accessible corporate intranet- opportunity to work on cutting edge and cool technology- sponsored subscriptions to gadget and innovation magazines
I don’t deserve any of this, but then… am I not a recipient [...]

Many asian chinese use white as their dominant shade of color in their homes, which is funny cos most whites use colors and wallpapers on their walls. When mom used to buy paint, she would pick out beige-y colors and variations of off-white colors, which to the naked eye, doesn’t really make a difference….. it’s [...]

It’s funny that I’ve been so enamoured by the concept of social networking but I haven’t even tagged a single post that I’ve published on any of my blogs. I even signed up as a technorati member many moons ago, and made a claim on my blog, without ever venturing into tagging.
Not that social networking [...]

bangkok 2003.jpg Originally uploaded by lertlid.
We’ll be away for a short vacation to Bangkok over the next few days. I hope to take a breather from pay2surf madness, the endless search for the next car, and figuring out ways to put together my pet project website.
I [...]

yummy yum. I found this tip off friedchillies one day and I had the chance to get some grub on a Saturday afternoon at Uncle Cheng’s. He makes really good Seremban beef noodles (the dry type, with the asam laksa wormy noodles, and kacang inside). Speaks good english. Clean restaurant, hidden in the middle of [...]

Looks like the Canon S80 is out. It looks and feels like a small brick. The lumix LX-1 looks and feels better, even though it weighs about the same. The only sucky thing is that it doesn’t have an underwater housing. I did research alternatives, such as ewa-marine’s plastic bags, but a hard case is [...]

Malaysia now has an ATM machine that allows you to renew your passports very easily. All you need are the following items:
- existing Malaysian passport (the new one, with the chip at the back of it)- RM300- passport sized photo x1- your opposing thumbs, undamaged- your MyKad identity card
It’s really very simple. All you need [...]

I’ve spent the past 3 and a half hours reading digicam reviews. My wife has just about devoured 2 small novels by this point. I’ve decided I can never be too careful about choices. And it’s 3.40 in the morning.
I post this a reminder to myself that I do this for the sake of sanity, [...]