I learned about this small country when I was researching something else online one day. It’s the smallest country in Europe, with about 34000 population. And it’s surface area is about 160km2, 1/6 of the size of Singapore. It’s bordered by Switzerland and Austria. You cross … Continue reading
Time passes by quickly, before I knew it, I’ve completed my first semester in my 2 years pursuit of a masters degree. I managed to score a 3.91 distinction for 2 core papers and 1 core programme paper. At the age of 38, I do have my concern on … Continue reading
I first learned about Strasbourg in my linguistic class in 2005. It is quoted as an example to linguistic assimilation, where German is spoken largely among the French (throughout the history Strasbourg politically changed-hand several times between Germany and France). The book quoted Alsace has “had a troubled linguistic … Continue reading
One of the things of becoming a teacher is that your students tend to hunt you down. Some stalk you, some trace you, and the milder ones follow you. Half of my friend’s list in FB represent my ex-students. So when one of them knows that I’m visiting London, … Continue reading
Hear ye, hear ye, FREE app giveaway!
After 4 months of stressful nights, the simple iOS app to help you reduce your lesson planning time (I hope) has finally been approved and available in App Store. Download it for FREE. I don’t include any tier sell, so it’s going … Continue reading
Like what I’ve written as the tag line of my app for its submission to App Store; it takes a teacher to understand the teachers’ pain in lesson planning, it has been in the back of my mind ever since I’ve started to teach.
I’ve read some of the … Continue reading
[Update 15.12.2015] The author Chua Kok Yee will be meeting me 2nd January 2016 (11am) at Silverfish Book, Bangsar Village 2. Join us if you can.
[Update 2.12.2015] I got the novel “The Lost King”, Scot Gardner from Popular in Paradigm Mall.
[Update 30.11.15] Thanks to information from my blog … Continue reading
Well, I might be exaggerating, because nothing really stops me from falling asleep in this world. Perhaps the closest would be a light sleep with lots of dreams. I always dream of dark blue sea when I’m stressed, maybe I have to consult a Tarot Card reader after this. Last … Continue reading
I’ve heard of MyTeksi and Uber as early as a year ago. However, when I installed the apps, there aren’t any taxis around to pick me up; not in Kuching, neither around Kota Kinabalu.
Last week, when I was in the university campus, me and my friends decided … Continue reading
I’ve only done my basic degree when I was 28, and I was on a sponsorship. 10 years later, I joined a university to do my masters degree in ESL. The 10 years lapse being my indecisiveness on whether to continue to serve a bond or quit the … Continue reading
