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Michael Woodford, Live in Essex 16 Mar 2013 | 11:52 pm
I arrived at the venue about fifteen minutes before the designated start time of 2pm, and already in the front row sat Michael Woodford, former CEO of Olympus, the subject of the day’s 2-hour talk. Us...
Aventuras con es pescado 11 Mar 2013 | 05:39 pm
At the peak of blogging as a social activity (yes, those halcyon days), often one’s blog post would be in response to or inspired by the post of another. The nature of such posts could be friendly or ...
Yo soy Idlan Zakaria 8 Feb 2013 | 03:12 pm
I suppose I am quite lucky in that my work allows me to fix my schedule for the most part, rather than the other way round. Sure, you’re at the mercy of timetabling for the most part when it comes … C...
Updates 8 Sep 2012 | 03:19 pm
A few write ups coming very soon I promise. At least two before the weekend’s over yeah?
Anatomy of A Loss 7 Aug 2012 | 06:35 pm
I am sat in my living room. It has just gone past 1pm, but smack dab in the middle of Ramadhan lunch is thankfully not an issue. I am wrapped in my Jalur Gemilang, which I found after rummaging in … C...
Discovering Terengganu 5 Jun 2012 | 03:51 am
For most of my childhood we bypassed Terengganu. Not intentionally, of course. Or perhaps, it was intentional really, because these trips were designed for us to get to Kelantan, and in a hurry. Add t...
Uno 11 Mar 2012 | 10:09 am
Research ideas are very, very welcome – especially in my line of work. I have a little notebook I usually write them in and come back to them in a lifetime or two. But sometimes when I get really inte...
Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam 5 Mar 2012 | 12:29 pm
“It was very interesting,” K said on the train ride back. “But it was a bit too anthropological. I was expecting more about the rites and the rituals.” Earlier, over dinner, I opined that the exhibiti...
Curiosity, Artefacts and Other Cats 4 Mar 2012 | 11:46 pm
About a week before I booked the tickets to the Hajj exhibition at the British Museum I tweeted this: Interesting responses came from friends and Twitterjaya in general, many recognising the irony of ...
New Beginnings 29 Feb 2012 | 02:12 pm
In one manifestation or another, this blog is entering it’s tenth year, and over those ten years, blogging has changed tremendously. As has also the frequency with which I write new entries in this bl...
