One of the highlight of any holiday for me - is definitely the hotel.
Friends and family would scoffed at the idea of spending money on hotels and would happily look for friends or relatives to stay with.
While I’d go out of my way to avoid exactly this.
Not for me this way of saving money as […]

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Handphone-wise, whether locked or unlocked phone, the two names that I noticed are regularly bandied about are the iPhone vs Blackberry.
Being familiar with none since I use a model which I bought second hand 2/3 years ago because it was already out of fashion then (imagine the kind of ancient phone I have), all I […]

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A friend told me that you can get a low as $4++ for a direct flight from Bandar Seri Begawan to Shanghai - lower than the $5++ which I was quoted for September 2010.
We have no plans to visit this city (this year) as I don’t see it as a holiday destination fit for kids […]

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Today I was told of an old woman in her 90s who is left to wander homeless in a Sarawakian town - because none of her 10 children wanted to look after her.
But since this is just news passed down by word of mouth, I cannot be sure of its accuracy.
What we do know for […]

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Recently, I decided to inform the water department of certain problems which I felt should be addressed quickly. It it will cause some inconvenience to others and it also meant that we will have to pay more - albeit justifiably.
But I cannot see precious clean water flowing out on the road without feeling guilty. And […]

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