A Word A Day Keeps the Wordbugs Away Boost Your Manglish/Singlish Word/Phrase Power No meaning lah!- No point (in doing it) Come, come, (come)– Follow me; Come in Don’t disturb- Don’t mess; Don’t make noise; Don’t trouble/bother me/him Aiyoh!- Expression of shock or surprise Don’t simply, simply hamdam (hentam) (this is a good one)- Don’t just do [...]
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Learning Local Lingo (Manglish) Part 2
Posted in Art, crankies, Entertainments, Lingo, Manglish, tagged Local English Lingo, Manglish on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Durian of Tawau
Posted in crankies, Happenings, Inspirational & tranquility, Landmark, Legend, Places, Roadsign, Travel, tagged Durian, Landmark, Roadsign, Tawau on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Durian Town Tawau- a town that is so proud of the King of Fruits, Durian, they even have s street named after the fruit. After having come back from Tawau, I am still searching in vain for a Durian Street in Kota Kinabalu. Why can’t KK town planner/council be as creative as Tawau-ians? Durian, my kind [...]
When the Boats Come In
Posted in crankies, Happenings, Places, tagged Boats, Fishing boats, Kota Kinabalu, Places, Sabah, Travel, Trawlers, Water, Waterfront on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dance Ti Thy Daddy Song Come here, maw little Jacky, Now aw’ve smok’d mi backy, Let’s hev a bit o’ cracky, Till the boat comes in. …………………………………….. …………………………………….. Dance Ti Thy Daddy Song . Beats me! Me no understanding either.
Lovebirds On A Slow Boat To China
Posted in crankies, tagged Funny, Humour, Lovebirds on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Loveboat Made in Hong Kong
Loud & Clear……….To Me!
Posted in crankies, Landmark, Places, Roadsign, tagged Humor, Places, Roadsign, Travel on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Access To Govt Flat Road (Jalan/JLN) How much clearer can it get? Creative Road Sign in KK Obviously everyone got lost on the way home. Coming up: Powerboat race
Come Dancing
Posted in crankies on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dance, Baby, Dance! Baby courtesy of Megababy.com
Rider’s Chick(en) Out
Posted in crankies on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Damsel in Distress more about “Rider’ s Chick“, posted with vodpod Reality Check!
Biker’s Stunt
Posted in crankies on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Valentine Present to Biker’s Chick more about “Worst Highway Exit“, posted with vodpod How Not To Do A Turning in the American Highway!
There Goes Another Biker’s Chick
Posted in crankies, Nostalgia, tagged Biker, Humour on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Real McCoy! Picture courtesy of http://www.freefunnypixs.com/
Learning Local Lingo(Manglish) Part 1
Posted in crankies, Lingo, Manglish, tagged Humour, Lingo, Malaysian English, Manglish on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Note: This is a Local English Language Lesson Series to be updated from time to time. Have a happy English Crunching, local sytle. ——————————————————— Lah the typical ubiquitous acoustic sound rendered by a typically typical Sabahan and Malaysian. As in… i) Cannot lah- Not allowed, cannot do it ii) Come lah- please come with [...]
Come Hair, Stay Out of the Sun!
Posted in crankies, Creepie-crawlies, tagged Humour on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Forget the sunblock, get the hairblock instead!
Boxing Smart
Posted in crankies, tagged Humour on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Inspirational Light-bulb- ding! Smart Alecs have been telling me to think out of the box! Well, Smartie Pants, I’m still looking for that box that will fit me with my head sticking out! Picture courtesy of http://www.freefunnypixs.com/funny-animals.php
Autobahn Bowling, Malaysian style
Posted in crankies on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wait your turn! Malaysian Bowling in full swing Courtesy of Star Online Yup, our very own Malaysian-style 22-pin ball Bowling. Play it on the way to work & on the way home again. And it’s all free! Welcome to Malaysia!



