Springfield, IL: What’s for dinner?
A pal of mine and her significant other are planning to come visit!  They should be in town in time for dinner this evening, and asked me to choose us a unique and/or typical Springfield venue. Some options I’ll offer — thanks to some Springfiled Twitterers! — are: D’Arcy’s Pint: At first I wasn’t too keen to check this out, why would I want to bother with an Irish Pub? Then I saw their extensive horsehoe selection! No, not those metal things nailed to the bottom of a horse’s hoof…. the horseshoe is essentially an open-faced sandwich/burger buried

Autocomplete Me: do Swiss … ?
You know a malaysian abroad has to do equal justice to “my” three countries, right?  So here goes.. after having tackled the autocomplete suggestions relating to “do Malaysians…” and “do Americans…” today we look at the Swiss! Oh my.  Most o

Autocomplete Me: do Americans … ?
Let’s have more fun with autocomplete, shall we? First we looked at “do Malaysians…?“, now let’s see about Americans! … and a malaysian abroad

Autocomplete Me: do Malaysians … ?
Having recently found Autocomplete Me, I was inspired to see what the giant search engine might suggest for a query about Malaysians… Let’s see if a malaysian abroad can help y’all out… Do Malaysians speak English? Yes, although with Malaysian pronunciation and enunciation, the mixing in of local words, and literal translations of local phrases, many might more tru

Springfield, IL: The Bloody Mary Mafia
. So the wallflower silent observer that is me is trying to start life in Springfield with an emphasis on challenging my introvertedness (is that even a word? Spell check suggests “introversion”), making connections, meeting people.  People who blog.  Who tweet.  Who share their life — whether in 140 characters or blog posts; whether providing only tantalizing snippets or spewing mega-long paragraphs — online.