2 days after Christmas
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:12AM Dec 31, 2007
Boxing Day, 26th was a “rest day.” On the 27th, activities picked up again. First there was Christmas presents opening at the house. The tradition of opening presents on New Year’s eve >>
The top selling music album in the Malay - Indonesian language: Peterpan: Bintang Di Surga (2004)
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:36PM Dec 30, 2007
This, Peterpan’s 2nd album was released August 2004. After only 2 weeks, it had sold a staggering 350,000 copies. By end of 2005, it had sold 2.7 million copies. Songwriters aiming to make it big >>
One of the top selling music albums in the Malay - Indonesian language ever: Dewa 19: Bintang Lima (2000)
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:00PM Dec 30, 2007
Reportedly sold 1.7 million copies. Songs include Roman Picisan and Dua Sejoli. Perhaps this is second only to Peterpan’s “Bintang Di Surga” (2004), which sold more than 2 million copies. >>
A demonstration of how NOT to sing Pelangi’s “Biarku Menjadi Lilin”
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:24AM Dec 29, 2007
Today we will have a music lesson. For that, we will choose a frequently requested song, which can be found in any karaoke bar in Malaysia. That song is “Biarku Menjadi Lilin” by the group >>
Benazir Bhutto’s suicide bomb explosion caught on camera: this could well be the photographs of the year
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:12PM Dec 28, 2007
There’s no time to compose, no time to change lens, no time to do manual setting. Everything happened in a flash, then total chaos. 20 yards in front of the car, still stunned by the 3 shots being >>
Benazir Bhutto was one of the world’s youngest ever prime ministers
- Posted by bengodomon on 01:26PM Dec 28, 2007
Love her or hate her, the late Benazir Bhutto was a remarkable woman. She attended the most prestigious universities in the world: Harvard and Oxford. She graduated from Harvard at the age of 20, then >>
Christmas Day activity roundup
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:15AM Dec 27, 2007
On Christmas Day there will be so many invitations and open houses that by the end of the day, you’ll be so full you could hardly think straight. In the afternoon, I went to 3 open houses, including >>
Nourishing the skin from inside out
- Posted by bengodomon on 12:42AM Dec 27, 2007
Logic dictates that it would be better if you could take care of your skin from inside out and not merely from the outside. Apparently that’s the hot thing now. If the idea of basking in the sun >>
Has this ever happened in the history of Malaysian TV: car crashes into studio, startling newscaster delivering news
- Posted by bengodomon on 12:03PM Dec 26, 2007
Apparently happened in Chicago, a little after 10pm, 23rd Dec 2007. Absolutely priceless facial expression: Video here
The greatest performance and music video of “O Come All Ye Faithful” ever?
- Posted by bengodomon on 11:58AM Dec 25, 2007
Not to be left out of the holiday cheer, I would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year! Currently, on Yahoo! Music, leading the pack of the top holiday videos chart is aging >>
Classic Malaysian comedy: Jamali Shadat & Hamid Gurkha - Manaku Tada Manaku (1974)
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:30AM Dec 25, 2007
Another track from the classic 1974 album, which I heard many times when I was small off a vinyl of course. All characters played by Jamali Shadat, except the traffic policeman who’s played by Hamid >>
Travel guides for 500+ cities the world over
- Posted by bengodomon on 07:50PM Dec 23, 2007
At the time myself and three friends went to Venice, we only had a Europe By Train guidebook and a European train timetable which we later lost. Still, it was an very interesting adventure, going to a >>
‘Tis the season for Sabahan-style irreverent SMSes
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:55AM Dec 23, 2007
kuhulur salam seharum Tiger kasih sayang itu sejernih montoku setulus hati seputih linutau walaupun dosaku sehitam Stout kumohon ampun sebanyak pusas maaf kupinta sampai kesumpak Tahun depan akan diadakan >>
Newsreports of cases of too much “aramai ti”
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:16AM Dec 21, 2007
This year alone I have seen and compiled at least 4 related newsreports. Daily Express, 25th February 2007, One Montoku Too Many Daily Express, 12th March 2007, Who Needs Watching With Guards Like These? Daily >>
Breaking news: Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan involved in road accident
- Posted by bengodomon on 06:46PM Dec 19, 2007
At km 36, Tamparuli-Ranau Road, near Kg Bongol. Required 10 stitches on his head.
