Because you get to join their mob. And be part of the brat pack. My little boy is the poor neglected, forgotten, taken for granted kid. The older boys have been to several countries. When he sees the photo albums, he will ask, “Mommy, how come kor-kor get to go but I don’t get to [...]

Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Lilian
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I shot this video on Dec 8, 2009. Actually, I went on a long walk at the Perak Road wet market and two kampungs in the Jelutong parliamentary area with some DAP folks. It was a four hour long walk, under the hot sun, into smelly kampung with bad infrastructures and such. However, the views [...]

Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Lilian
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As Penangites, we must celebrate March 8. We must have that sense of pride that our efforts, put together have brought in a new state government. It is a new government, with its teething problems and imperfections. But let us persevere and hope things improve. To those who are no longer living in Penang or [...]

Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Lilian
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I read Alice in Wonderland when I was a kid. The image of the mad hatter who was late for the tea party by the queen stays on in my mind. ‘I am late! I am late!’ That’s how I feel on most days. I usually am never late. I always am punctual unless the [...]

Posted on March 5th, 2010 by Lilian
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My boy and I went to GAMA’s Four Leaf cafe today because I wanted to do some grocery shopping. I haven’t been to the cafe for like decades already. It seems to be doing well. But the place was rather packed and very small. So, each table is like side-by-side, elbow knocking on each other. [...]

Posted on March 4th, 2010 by Lilian
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I was just flipping through the calendar for March and am so happy that there is a one-week school holidays sometime in the middle of March. That means two more weeks of sending son, picking son and I get a one week break. (photos are from my Nokia N97, just downloaded to my PC, taken [...]

Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by Lilian
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