Don’t you just hate it when, in a hurry to go to work, this happens?
- Posted by bengodomon on 09:30AM May 20, 2008
Car breakdowns and other personal emergencies aside, some things that’s totally beyond your control just spoil your mood. On the morning of 12th May 2008, this sight confronted me on the only way >>
The Donggongon roundabout sigah controversy: which way should it be facing?
- Posted by bengodomon on 04:12PM May 18, 2008
UPDATE 29th May 2008: A little bird informed that the sigah cost RM400,000. —————————– This is generating some controversy. In Daily Express’ >>
Have you ever had a schoolmate like this?
- Posted by bengodomon on 09:24AM May 15, 2008
I did my A-Levels at Felsted School, a private school in England back in the 80s. And no, I didn’t have a privileged upbringing, I was just an ordinary kampung boy who somehow ended up there (will >>
Newsreports of cases of too much “aramai ti” [part 2]
- Posted by bengodomon on 12:27PM May 11, 2008
I last blogged about this last year, appropriately towards the end of the year. Now here we are again in the month of May, of which many Sabahans would know the meaning. So I think it’s good to remind >>
Do you think these songs are good enough for Akademi Fantasia 6 (AF6) finalists?
- Posted by bengodomon on 09:37AM May 8, 2008
There was a songwriting competition by MAESTRO which ended recently. Those selected will get the exposure afforded by Akademi Fantasia (AF) 6 finalists. Here are two of our submissions. All vocals, melody, >>
Unmissable photo opportunity with YB Khairy Jamaluddin
- Posted by bengodomon on 09:53AM May 6, 2008
On the afternoon of 2nd May, before the Malaysian Press Awards later on the same day, my brother had the rare opportunity to pay a visit to the office of *the* son-in-law, the deputy chief of UMNO Youth, >>
The best TV journalist in Malaysia is from Kiulu, Sabah!
- Posted by bengodomon on 02:48PM May 4, 2008
History has been made. My brother Elphege and his sidekick, Yazzer have won the nation’s top TV journalism prize in their first attempt, defeating stiff competition from all over the country. In >>
In pictures: Floods in Penampang,25th April 2008
- Posted by bengodomon on 05:21PM Apr 26, 2008
There are usually two major floods here in a year - by major I mean floodwaters would be at least knee-high downstairs. Floods here are most unpredictable. Where most people would sleep soundly at night >>
My Chronology of Events: The Worst Power Failure in the History of Sabah, 21st April 2008
- Posted by bengodomon on 11:19PM Apr 22, 2008
Well, at least since the commissioning of the East-West power grid last November, but has there ever been a case of 90% of the state experiencing electrical power failure at the same time? Here’s >>
Live vocal performance masterclass for Malaysia’s top vocalists
- Posted by bengodomon on 09:39AM Apr 22, 2008
On 13th April 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, some of Malaysia’s top vocalists were gathered at one place. And they were not there to perform, but rather part of the audience. Amy Search, Malaysia’s >>
The greatest ever “version” of Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child o’ Mine”, period
- Posted by bengodomon on 10:00AM Apr 20, 2008
This has been around for quite some time, but I stumbled upon it on youtube while looking for a video of that fabled Yehudi Menuhin - Ravi Shankar collaboration: when the greatest violinist of the 20th >>
Flashback: Chronology of Events leading to Anwar Ibrahim’s sacking on 2nd September 1998
- Posted by bengodomon on 09:58AM Apr 18, 2008
On 14th April 2008, around 8.50pm, deafening shouts of reformasi from the 20,000-strong (some say 40,000) crowd welcomed Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrival at Kampung Baru, central Kuala Lumpur, the venue >>
Exclusive photos of the Padas River, Tenom train plunge, 9th April 2008
- Posted by bengodomon on 10:02AM Apr 16, 2008
On Wednesday the 9th of April, 2.50pm, a Sabah Railway train (locomotive and 2 coaches) with 41 passengers and 3 staff, including driver Jividol Thaddeus, 49 left the Tenom station for Beaufort, a 49 km >>
Blatant display of power wastage on Kota Kinabalu streetlights
- Posted by bengodomon on 10:00AM Apr 14, 2008
The following pictures were taken on 6th April 2008 (Sunday) about 10.50am. I was driving towards Lido from Inanam on the bypass. I had just passed by City Mall when I noticed that alternate streetlights >>
How many Ferraris with Sabahan plate numbers are there? (Part 3)
- Posted by bengodomon on 10:34AM Apr 12, 2008
Back in February I mentioned about a real Ferrari F430 roaming Kota Kinabalu streets. Then one fine day a month later, filling up petrol I saw that Shell was doing what it did the year before: selling >>
