Getting away

If you live in a city, just crossing the city-limits will ease away all the tension and the noise in your head.

Speedy Delicious Chicken

Mum's delicious chicken curry can be prepared in less than 60 minutes.

The magic of midnight

There's something magical about watching fireworks with friends at midnight - the hope and the joy of a New Year displayed in sparkling twinkles against the night sky.

God and Voltaire

If God didn't exist; it would be necessary to invent him - Voltaire

Hobo

Hobo is short for homeward bound

What feels better, what feels worse

It isn't necessary to know exactly how your ideal life will look like; you only have to know what feels better and what feels worse - Martha Beck

Karen Blixen

Out of Africa was written by Karen Blixen whose pen name is Isak Dinesen.

Timothy Hutton.

Timothy Hutton won an Oscar for his first film - Ordinary People.

Wasting time

Faffing means wasting time.

Spendthrift Malaysians

53% of Malaysians, in response to an international survey, revealed that they were worried about the state of the economy but just could not stop spending.

John Adams

John Adams is a Pulitzer Prize winning book by David McCullough.

The youngest king in the world

The youngest king in the world is the King of Bhutan who is a 28-year-old Oxford graduate.

Terengganu

Terengganu, a state on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, has a 150-mile coastline.

The Bigotry at The Lake Club

In Colonial times, a Malay Sultan was turned down membership at the Lake Club and a white man who was a clerk was admitted instead.

Visiting hours

Selayang Hospital in Malaysia is very strict about visiting hours. They don't even allow family members to visit patients unless they have a special pass.

Thinking Small

In 1960, admist an atmosphere of sucess=size, the little Volkswagen beetle revolutionised thinking with its one-page ad - "Think Small."

The Book Thief

The Book Thief by Australian author Marcus Zusak about a girl in Nazi Germany who is abandoned by her parents.

Hospitals and deposit money

There are some general hospitals in Malaysia who turn away those who do not produce enough "deposit" money to get a procedure done.

Souled Out

"Souled Out" cafe has more than one outlet

Buddha

Buddha means 'the awakened one'.