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They say that if necessity is the mother of all invention, then boredom is its father. The latter was pretty much the case for a bunch of Malaysian COVID-19 patients undergoing quarantine at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park in Serdang (MAEPS), Selangor. Following government-imposed SOPs, MAEPS has been accommodating low-risk COVID-19 patients, and many undergoing the mandatory quarantine have been finding new ways to entertain themselves, including holding a "fashion […]

How far would you go to secure yourself a good night's rest? For some, quite far, apparently. A Malaysian man recently made headlines for taking a highly-amusing approach towards reducing noise levels near his home at night. Fed-up with motorists making excessive noise while speeding down a street right beside his home during wee hours, Nur Muhammad Roslam Harun – a 40-year-old man from Terengganu – decided to build no […]

We all know Japan is big on doing stuff with genitals. They have a society that is seemingly obsessed with sex, and they even hold entire festivals dedicated to the penis and the vagina every year. It's no wonder then, that there's a bit of a fuss being made on Twitter about some Japanese marriage cakes that resemble human genitalia. An article that recently appeared on the Japan-centric news site […]

Update: WhatsApp has released a new statement saying that it has rescheduled the date for users to accept its new privacy terms to May 15, 2021. The previous date for the expected change was February 8, 2021. You've probably heard that WhatsApp is doing something to its privacy policy that's making people seriously consider switching over to rival messaging apps. It's a pretty big deal, and there's a very valid […]

Malaysian fans of the foul-mouthed, candid, and extremely animated celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay will be happy to hear that his first Malaysian restaurant is set to open its doors pretty soon. An Instagram announcement by the Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa in Bandar Sunway, Selangor on January 13, 2021 revealed that it would be the location for the soon-to-be-opened Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill. Not only will this mark the […]

The meat-replacement food trend keeps gathering steam over in Singapore. First there was lab-grown chicken, and now a meat-free chicken burger from KFC. Available starting January 13, 2021, KFC's new Zero Chicken Burger is the U.S.-based chain's take on a meatless fast-food product, and a response to increasing calls for sustainability and ethical practices in the food industry. While the burger itself resembles and supposedly tastes just like any other […]

Alongside laser blasters, flying cars, cyborgs, and freakishly intelligent A.I., the concept of the hologram sits among the list of things that represent the ultimate archetypes of popular sci-fi. Ever since R2D2 beamed out a looping hologram of Princess Leia asking Obi-wan Kenobi for help in A New Hope, many people have fantasized about what it would be like to have real and convincing – not to mention interactive – […]

With Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin declaring a state of emergency to combat the spread COVID-19 in Malaysia, the Southeast Asian country now finds itself in sociopolitical territory not ventured into since decades ago. Considering that Malaysia (and Malaya before the nation went independent) has already had multiple instances of declared emergencies, most Malaysians today will no doubt be wondering what to expect from the one only just implemented. What […]

Remember the 2009 Pixar and Disney animated movie Up? In that movie, there was a Golden Retriever called Dug that had on a crazy cool tech-laden dog collar that translated every one of his barks, growls, and whimpers into words that the main characters could understand. IMAGE: CinemaBlendI'm pretty sure that many dog owners (myself included) who watched Up back then all wished that there was a device that did […]