Archive for the ‘Introspective’ Category

Eugene’s Farewell Dinner

Time flies when you are having fun. I guess we really had a heck lot of fun over the past few years. Need I say? Everyone has been saying that time flew by extremely fast! I don’t think no one has coined this saying yet, so make sure to credit me if you use it! Not only time flies, but people...
February 9th, 2010 | Introspective | Read More

The Broken Cup

The coffee has dried up. The cup that holds it is broken. These would be the two correct sentences to describe Coffeestops 2.0! The coffee is the warmth and liveliness the website offers. As for the cup, it is not the friendship/kinship that we hold dear. It is the commitment and effort invested. Maintenance...
January 16th, 2010 | Introspective | Read More

Leaving on a Jet Plane

‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane… I don’t know when I’ll be back again… Right, I’ll be back on the 6th of January if any of you miss me. I’ll be visiting Vietnam. Woot! Hope to get some nice stuffs from that place! Will be leaving at 6 AM. Woot! Toodles!!...
January 3rd, 2010 | Introspective | Read More

Curtain Falls…

It’s been more than a year since I left home. And when the clock strikes 12, I will officially begin another. It is amazing how time flies. If time were like grains of sand safely clinched in your hand, it would feel as if there were a tingling sensation at the bottom – the grains of time...
September 8th, 2009 | Introspective | Read More

Merdeka – What it means to this Orang Cina

I am an Orang Cina…A Malaysian Orang Cina. And I am proud of it. It’s been a year since I’ve been in the United States. Last year, on this very same day, I wrote about my improbable journey and my pledge to return to Malaysia once my stint here is done – a pledge in which I still...
August 31st, 2009 | Introspective | Read More

Summer: The Elixir of Life

(Note: In line with Coffeestops 2.0, we would like to introduce you to our new series of ‘Coffeesnoops!’ In this series, our ‘CoffeeBrewers’ will pursue our self-chosen assignments. These servings would be longer and much richer in nature, when compared to their counterparts....
July 6th, 2009 | Introspective, Photography, Weather | Read More

The Silencing of O’Hare

Foul Weather   If there are two things the aviation sector gets easily frantic about, they’ll be wild life and cranky weather. Even with all the jewels and marvels of Chicago, nobody can deny the weather here is seriously messed up. It can be Malaysian heat for a week (approx 31-34 Celsius) and...
July 4th, 2009 | Introspective, Weather | Read More