Other Sight of the Coin

Car interior at night with sun shade open. View of dahsboard lit in red and blue vibrant colors. A tall building appears in the sun roof. Picture taken from back seat. Showing driver and front passenger half image.
March 26, 2025

40 Years of Driving Experience overuled.

Technology is supposed to make life easier. But what happens when it starts making decisions for us? I recently upgraded from my trusty 2006 Toyota Camry (a no-frills, no-arguments workhorse) to a 2024 Chery Tiggo 7 Pro—a car packed with sensors, AI, and opinions. Old Car: Knew every rattle, every quirk. It adapted to me.New Car: Monitors, warns, and occasionally… overrides me. Then came the moment that made me pause. The Parking Lot Revelation A double-parked truck left...

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January 5, 2025

Braised Chicken

Scrolling through Instagram, I came upon this Braised Chicken dish that looked ideal for Sunday dinner. The video made it look easy and the caption said that the recipe would be in the linked bio. Turns out, the recipe was nowhere to be found but it was too last as I had already taken some prep steps. Anyway, I decided to forget ahead and the final dish came out perfect. Here...

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April 10, 2024

Crypto Futures Trading Rules

1. What the market wants to do is more important than what I THINK it will or should do. Follow the trend and park your thoughts. 2. Always, always set a stop loss. 30% to 40% If it gets triggered, reread tip 1 3. Watch your margin. Better to trigger a stop loss than margin call. Only buy in amounts you can afford. 4. Discipline. If 1 trade worked for you...

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March 23, 2024

Dining Out KL – Red Red Botak Head

Was looking for a new food experience and found this restaurant, Red Red Botak Head, at Gardens Mall. After our event with KFPH, we ended up here for our dinner. I ordered the Unagi Laksa while Hanaa had the Beef Tenderloin Miso Shoyu Love. For side dishes we had the Bilis Bawang Butter and Oriental Baby Octopus. And to end the dinner, dessert was the Red Red Botak Head, a pink...

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February 4, 2024

Manni’s Day out

I wanted to go to the Jesselton Artisan Market this weekend and Hanaa suggested we use that as an outing day for Manni. Imagining that it would be crowded and too much stimulation for Manni, I was reluctant at first. However, when i saw how enthusiastic Hanaa was for that experience, I got behind it. After sending off Aunty Judy at the airport, we stopped by a pet shop to buy...

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November 20, 2023

Gyoza skills

One thing I learned and appreciate about Gyoza is although a simple dish, it can be a test of one’s cooking skills. Being able to make a filling that can convey a flavorful bite after being wrapped in guoza skin and fried is one test. The other test is in the frying of it. I’ve seen people just dump the gyoza in and fry it like a piece of meat. I...

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November 20, 2023

A Gyoza Day

It’s been a while since I made Gyoza. This week, without actually planning to, over 2 trips to the supermarket, I seemed to have collected the ingredients required to make it. When I opened my fridge on Sunday morning to think of what to cook for evening dinner, I saw that all the ingredients ofr Gyoza was there. Just needed to get the skin. And that was easily accomplished at Recipe...

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November 17, 2023

Another one leaves the nest

My son, Jan, and his girlfriend, Joan, are taking their next step in couple life. After staying under our roof from the start of the pandemic, they have decided that it was time to move on in their lives and live on their own. Although a bit sad at this change, the heavy heart is tempered with the knowledge that this would be a good thing for them. To live independently....

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November 13, 2023

Where the Empurau fish brings us

Finally arranged for the consumption of the 2.5 kg empurau fish that was gifted to us by Robert Goh. Robert had also suggested to us a restaurant that knew how to cook this expensive and humongous fish. If you are not familiar with this fish, the Empurau fish is a very sought after and expensive fish. This fish can go for RM 1,000 or about USD 250 per kg. The bigger...

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September 15, 2023

The Knot

My baby girl got married!!! Liyana chose September 15th as her wedding date because its in between her maternal grandparents (9/14) and paternal grandparents (9/16) wedding anniversaries. We couldn’t make it to the exchange of vows and will be celebrating the marriage in a bigger way, next year, here in Malaysia. There were some hiccups before the solemnization. Apparently in BC, officers that can perform the solemnization have a geographic area...

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