Monthly Archives: March 2007

yBook free e-book reader

If you’ve ever downloaded texts from the Project Gutenberg site and were frustrated with the formatting, or if you’ve tried reading large e-books in weird formats, this download’s for you. I got this off the Lifehacker webby (another excellent website): yBook! ...Continue


review: silverfish new writing 6

I picked up this collection of short stories while hunting down hunting down appropriate English workbooks for a colleague. I was in a bookstore, so I was in a trance, almost. I spotted copies of the ‘Silverfish New Writing 6′ collection of short stories on a sparse shelf while looking through other bits of local fair, flipping throu ...Continue


my momma…

‘Twas Mother’s Day in the UK last Sunday, and howsy’s meme’d me, so I will respond (heh heh!)

5 Things My Momma Told Me To Do (that I never really did):

  1. Don’t eat after 7.00pm: you’ve got to be kidd ...Continue


anwar ibrahim risking everything

Now if I follow the chronology of Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s appeal process correctly, the latest development, as reported by MalaysiaKini is that the IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union) will not recommend a royal pardon. I’m sure the IPU is not saying they won’t support a royal pardon, only that it is beyond the ambit of t ...Continue


international women’s day, 9th March

I regret not blogging about it earlier, but I was at a lost for words about what to write. I wondered if the day called for a simple appreciation of womanhood in general, when I realized I didn’t know what ‘womanhood’ meant to me. The more I asked myself what that term meant, the more I found myself delving deeper and deeper in ...Continue