The Week That Was
Since returning home about a week ago, I noticed that the most-frequently spoken word among my friends and family members was “petrol”. My car’s full tank of fuel now costs a digit extra, and that’s something that cannot be ignored. Last week I took leave to exercise my right as a Malaysian citizen (even PRs who have been residing in the country for more than 50 years are not entitled to such right!). I went to the post office (the same one where I registered to be voter) to collect my RM625 petrol rebate.
06 Jul 2008 narrowband 12 comments
One fine morning, I decided do something about my pool of pending friend requests on Facebook. I had been trying to recall if I knew them, before approving the requests. I studied their profile but they rang no bell. I’d be more than happy to approve if we had at least something in common - like going to the same school or uni, or having met at some event before. But no, some of these requests appear to be very random. So I like to initiate a conversation in order to get to know that person better. And I like to do away with the ubiquitous “Hi, intro pls” one-liner. So I jump straight into something like this: