Category: column: words disobey me | joe kidd
When I got to the shop around noon today there were three policemen sitting outside of Bau-Bau Cafe. All of them resting on yellow chairs, nicely laid out in one single row facing the...
So I was “demam” for the last two days. In fact today, it’s the third day, and I’m still suffering from sniffles, a bit of a headache and the intermittent nicotine-withdrawal (which I must...
About two weeks ago one guy turned up at the ricecooker shop, browsed through the stuff and finally stopped at my table asking me questions about my band. One of his many questions particularly...
note: Early this morning, a cousin of mine died. He was just in his early 30s. This one’s for you, Adna. “Jangan Hisap Dada”: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore by Joe Kidd Ya. Dulu,...
Whatever Happened To Paul’s Place? by Joe Kidd It’s been almost a year since the much sensational tabloid-baiting New Year’s Kambing Hitam Raid at Paul’s Place. The most recent hoo-haa was when an ex-commando...
Blogs Kill Ricecooker. I imagine that’s the newspaper heading announcing the death of these very pages; in big black fonts. All the opinionated girls and guys who can write and I want them to...
Allo people, ricecooker may not be updated regularly from today till the 19th January as I’m going to Kota Kinabalu. Will try to do what I can when I’m there but, to state the...
This morning a busker + singer-songwriter friend of ours was finally released under bail after spending 3 nights and 2 days at a Polis lock-up. He was detained under the suspicion of being a...
There are a lot of people I call as “HEROES” but the top two for me are both dead. One is buried in a small plot in Jerangau, Terengganu. I’m looking forward to go...
“Sekarang ni ha encik, nyawa ayam lagi mahal dari nyawa orang,”
– the quiet taxi driver who drove me from Seksyen 14, PJ last Monday
a note for a yahoo mailing-list we had in the mid 2000s called “SE Asian DIY Touring”.