FoodOp: The Things We Take For Granted

Friedchillies foodie Honey Ahmad dwells on the foods we remember --or not. What do we take for granted, only to forget? Read more

Community Board: Ada Apa Dengan Agama?

This month, we have Lainie Yeoh and she shares her thoughts on why we should get to know the world a little better. Read more

What Was I Saying Again?: Sudah Potong Your Member?

Brian Gomez talks about the joys of being a Member of the Public. Read more

Focus Focus: Jangan Takut

Fahmi Fadzil shares his experience of being asked for a bribe by a policeman. Read more

FoodOp: Conscious Eating Towards Eating With A Conscience

Honey Ahmad speaks her mind about Meatless Mondays and the global food issue. Read more

Focus Focus: When A River Gives You Mud...

Go make a brick house. Read more

What Was I Saying Again?: A Conspiracy of Signs

In the February 2010 issue of KLue, writer/public intellectual/truthsayer Brian Gomez wrote a letter that opened all our eyes! Speak truth to power, brother! We republish the letter -- which should be mandatory for any upstanding Malaysian -- after the cut.

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FoodOp: Fever, and not the good kind

Feed a cold and starve a fever? Not the case for dengue, as Honey Ahmad discovers ...

So ... I got dengue. I seriously have no idea how it happened. I can't even remember being bitten by a mosquito, much less pinpoint the hot spot where they hang out. I remember someone saying that it's the good areas of KL that get dengue because the infernal Aedes only breeds in clean water, so all those places with dirty, stagnant water is fine. Typical ... Read more

Community Board: Superstitions

I hope it's still not too late to wish everyone a Happy 2010! Although, with Malaysians' propensity to celebrate festivities longer than they actually are - hey, Aidilfitri is all month long - some people probably still wish "Happy New Year" right until February.

Speaking of New Year, I just found out that making noise during the New Year is a very common superstition around the world. This practice supposedly chases evil spirits and demons away from your house, and will keep you with good luck all year long. The Irish bang on their doors and walls; in Iran they bang pots and pans; and, most familiar to us, the Chinese set off their boisterous firecrackers. Read more

What Was I Saying Again?: No Centrefolds, Just Resolutions

Hello again, kanak-kanak sekalian! Welcome to 2010, although if you bothered to take the advice in my last column, you would have skipped 2010 and gone straight to 2011 via, I don't know, a Delorean stolen from Libyan terrorists. Read more