Monday, 31 August 2009

Tunku Halim's Speculative History.

Tunku Halim has an intriguing post which starts with the sentence:

"On 26 April 1994, in an elaborate ceremony at the Istana Negara, Tuanku Simon Mackay was appointed as Malaysia’s 10th Yang DiPertuan Agong"
 What follows is the best speculative writing I've read this year. Tunku Halim, I want more!

Friday, 28 August 2009

REVIEW: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami.

Not really cutting edge but here's a review wot I wrote ages ago. It just got published in The Star today. How nice.

Saturday, 1 August 2009

What's Up Ted.

Just a small update for you. I've just had the craziest week... and signs are pointing that the weeks to come are just going to get crazier.

Probably not as crazy as winning RM50,000 though, which I (along with my fellow team members, Ash and Lina) did.

A couple of months ago, me, Ash and Lina decided to take part in a little competition. All we had to do was send in a proposal to design a computer game.

No problem. Except that I was doing (and am still doing) the CELTA course, an intensive English teacher training course. I ended up having to accomodate sleepless nights just to get the presentation for the game proposal, my lesson plan for a class the day before the game presentation AND an assignment done in time.

So! The lesson here: burn the midnight oil if you want to end up holding a mock cheque like this:


Hurray!