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The Chilli Rush Experience
I just had an orgasmic chilli high at The Chilli Rush. I came to know of the outlet through colleagues and given my attraction to all things spicy, my interest was piqued. The outlet serves pretty good food at ordinary … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Malaysia
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Bersih 2.0
Today was Bersih’s peaceful rally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital. Approximately 50,000 Malaysians turned up to support Bersih’s call for free and fair elections, despite water cannons, tear gas and mass arrests by the police. There have been many videos … Continue reading
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Group Buying for the Masses
The online group-buying model is turning out to be big business. In 2010, the most popular group-buying site, GroupOn.com, made USD$713 million in worldwide revenues and in 2011, revenues are estimated to be on the scale of USD$3-4 billion. In … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Malaysia, Technology
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Driving Miss Daisy
I was driving home yesterday and almost got into an accident. It was a t-junction and I was driving up north the long end of t he T. As I was approaching the junction, I noticed that a car was … Continue reading
Posted in Malaysia, We can do better
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What’s in a CNAME?
In a bid to make payment for Unifi, I tried accessing the site at unifi.my. Chrome informed me that DNS resolution for unifi.my had failed. I ran a quick test: [ditesh@rhea] dig A unifi.my ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;unifi.my. IN … Continue reading
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That the government needs to exit the software ecosystem
tl; dr: The government of Malaysia has had a chilling effect on the growth of the Malaysian software ecosystem, and needs to make an exit in order for the sector to blossom. It’s hard to know where one should start … Continue reading
Posted in Malaysia, Politics, Technology
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Mahavir Jayanti 2011 Charity Programme
We had a pretty good time at the 2011 Mahavir Jayanti Charity Programme. This year, the family threw a huge fun fair in a hall for approximately 300 children from a number of orphanages and homes that support children with … Continue reading
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Two months on Unifi
I’ve been using Unifi for a while now, and I’m generally pleased with the quality of the Internet service offered. Latencies are low, connection is stable (it’s not uncommon for the VPN to stay up all day), and the bandwidth … Continue reading
Posted in Malaysia, Technology
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Racist Malaysia
It’s impossible to live in Malaysia and not encounter racism. When travelling to Sarawak recently, a fellow traveler struck up a conversation and started going on about a specific race of people in the country to me. I couldn’t shut … Continue reading
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MBA Programmes in Malaysia
This post seems to be timely, given the recent news that the top ranked university in Malaysia, University Malaya, has slipped to be ranked 208th in the world. The rest of the universities are in the 300′s. That’s right folks … Continue reading
Posted in Malaysia
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