I am Thompson Boy

Just a quick note that I am very much excited because it’s going to Christmas very soon and it has come earlier to me this year. Queen Bitch gotten me the new Starbucks’ 2008 organizer and I have to say that my friends, all of them have been very good to me. Cookie’ve gotten me the one for last year but this year’s really kick some design ass. There was so guys over at work (you know designers) and they would gladly spend tons of money buying miniatures and toys and all those stuff and I found out that this year Starbucks has bought in tons of Christmas themed items so it’s not just the usual bear (which btw cost 50 bucks now) and mugs. I can’t help myself and gotten a pair of these ceramic tree ornament. Not that I will be putting up the tree. I am just too lazy for it. I know that I have been behaving quite well of late, vowing not too buy any more crap and I have certainly stuck to that. I mean there’s enough fridge magnets styled Bearista to fill up the whole fridge and it hurts to...

There was an article that came out on Saturday’s paper and it brought back really sweet memories from the past. I think I have written about it on and off in the past, in fact I still think about it now and then. I guess you should be reading the article first before you continue – so here’s the link . For those who are too lazy or just in case the link expires, please scroll down all the way. Okay, to continue…the article was about the small town in Perak called Papan and I for one used to live there during my younger years. I was raised in Ipoh and during every year end or mid semester break, I would travel all the way from the town to Papan to spend all my time there. My late grandparents and my late uncle’s family lived there. It was a big house, colonial style – half ruined but still occupied able. They probably moved in there after the war where all the rich tin tycoons left. I really wished I have the gift of describing all the nooks and corners and every patch of wall but I do...