(Paper Mario Sidekick II, originally uploaded by firda.) This is what you get for having a gaming geek for a boyfriend. You get to be his sidekick character in a video game. And of course you have to be a little blue dinosaur which he gets to ride on instead of, say, a princess.

Test Your Vowel Power is part of a PBS show called “Do You Speak American?”. I obviously don’t (speak American) because all my answers/guesses are wrong. I swear that the fifth word was “Troy”. Take the test and let me know how you did, especially if you are American.

Montage-a-google will search Google for images based on the keyword(s) you enter and display them as a montage. Almost all of the images it came up with when I entered my name or my weblog name seem to come from Google cache because they’re no longer online. Interesting project nonetheless.

I got my love of music from my mother. I know a lot of oldies songs because of her. She liked to listen mostly to songs from the 60s. I like to think that it was because they brought back happy memories to her. There have been at least three occasions while I’m here in…… Continue reading My Mother and Music

I made this for breakfast. The recipe’s below. Not very well written but oh well. (Also, this is more or less a test post from Flickr so pardon the mess.) Ingredients: 2 handfuls of coleslaw (no dressing!) 1 handful of beansprouts 150 gr all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon of tapioca flour 1 teaspoon of onion powder…… Continue reading Bakwan Sayur

It’s official. Nikolai, the founder and sole organiser of the Bloggies™ has spoketh. I’m eligible for a nomination in both the Best Asian Weblog and the Best Canadian Weblog categories. Fear my world domination! Or something. Speaking of weblog awards, have you checked out my wonderfully silly Award-o-Matic? I really need to update the award…… Continue reading The Bloggies™ Update

I’m sure there are times that, while browsing the Web, you come across something that someone wrote so eloquently which reflects your thoughts so perfectly that it could’ve been written by you, if only you were that prolific. This “So There” entry is one of those things for me. Those are things that I’d like…… Continue reading So There

First of all, if I owe you an email, please be patient because I am swamped. I will get back to you. I guess this is what you get for taking a break from replying emails for 2 weeks. My justification: it was holidays season. Search referral of the day is “how firda beka learn…… Continue reading A Mixed Bag of Randomness

The Fifth Annual Weblog Awards, also known as The Bloggies™, is here again. Go nominate your favourite weblogs in as many categories as you see fit! I don’t know if I’m still eligible for a nomination in the Best Asian Weblog category (which I’ve won three times already) but you can always nominate me in…… Continue reading The Bloggies™

So, it’s 2005 already. The New Year’s Eve highlights include my falling asleep during the viewing of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou at a local cinema (not that the movie was horrible or anything; I was just sleepy) and my feeling depressed for the rest of the night, which continued on to most of…… Continue reading Yearly Wrap-Up