This Saturday ma good ‘ol highschool friend Charles “The Saint” Fulton is FINALLY tying the knot, i.e. purrrrsy whipped for life… and I say “FINALLY” because the darned bugger postponed his wedding 3 times, yes, THREE times over a period of more than a year… and I actually flew home once for one of his […]

Is it me or does the Australian Customs Service have me on their “Most Suspected List“, next to Bin Laden and Wacko Jacko?

It seems every time I’m incoming to or outgoing from Melbourne at the Melbourne Airport, Customs Officers always pull me aside for a “Random Check” or questioning. Regardless of which country I’m inbound […]

Last Friday was Little Shawn’s first time having it… Nothing naughty you perverts! Little Shawn was having his first bottle of ramune ラムネ.

For the uninitiated (read closely Little Shawn), ramune is a soft drink from the wonderful and wacky world of Japan. It’s part of Japanese culture as Vegemite is to Oz, and Xia Xue […]

Earlier this year my high school friend Sue and her fiancé took the plunge and joined the ranks of individuals losing their freedom to a lifetime of servitude and slavery to each other, i.e. marriage.

Their BIG wedding dinner in Kuching is scheduled for the 8th of July, and I was invited months and months in […]