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Malaysia Day

Malaysia Day (Malay: Hari Malaysia) is a public holiday held on 16 September every year to commemorate the establishment of the Malaysian federation on that date in 1963. This event saw Malaya, North Borneo (which was renamed Sabah), Sarawak, and Singapore unite into a single state. Singapore, however, was expelled from the federation less than […]

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Kristian Leontiou – Shining

Kristian Leontiou is a Londoner from a Greek Cypriot family which released his debut in 2004. This is the second single from his debut certified gold album Some Day Soon. This is my favourite track from him although it peaked at 13 on the UK Singles chart. He parted ways with Polydor a year after […]

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Relaxing Wave Videos

I bet you would have seen hundreds of videos on Youtube which showcases looping audios and scenes to help one relax or simply used as some background sound. Well, I am to shy to be in front of the camera and I hate to hear my own voice. I discovered a genre of faceless videos […]

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Otto Knows – Million Voices

This songs loops and loops but it is infectious. It is a track from the Swedish DJ known as Otto Knows. This song was released in 2012 and charted at number 6 in Netherlands which could be where I first heard this tune. The video of the song was filmed in Lésigny, France. Otto Knows […]

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Restoring Old WordPress Posts From Wayback Machine

Hi, you might have notice that some of my older posts have resurfaced. It is part of some work in progress which I mentioned earlier this year to restore my older posts. I did it manually through Web Archive but discovered a tool that can assist for free. The tool is called Archivarix. After completing […]

Asian Dub Foundation – New Way New Life

It is over 20 years now since this song was released. It is from the ground breaking group Asian Dub Foundation from London with their own unique genre of mixing rap, rock, dancehall and south asian music. The band and this track was fronted by Bangladeshi-British Rapper former member Deeder Zaman. Besides the song being […]

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Princess Diana Memorial Paris

Today is Malaysia’s National Day and also a tragic day for the people of the United Kingdom where they lost Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris in 1997. I recall that I just started high school but my mum in particular spoke highly of her and how she was challenging status quo and […]

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CoCo Lee – Wherever You Go

In a tribute post to the late Hong Kong/American CoCo Lee with a track from her English Album, Just No Other Way released at the end of 2019. This song was the second single released and my favourite track from the album. I recall having a signed copy of the CD single somewhere in storage. […]

La Fetes des Loges

The Fête des Loges is one of the oldest fairgrounds in France, which has been held almost every summer since 1652, from the end of June to mid-August, on the Esplanade des Loges, an area of eight hectares in the forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. We took notice of this fair from a big billboard on the […]

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Katy Rose – Overdrive

Happy Friday! I am sure I have posted about Katy Rose before but still haven’t manage to restore my older posts! I was instantly hooked when I first heard this track and am surprised she didn’t become as big as some other acts. Katy Rose is an American singer song writer and producer. She released […]