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Erna Mahyuni
Erna tweets too much on @ernamh. Angry Sabah native, slave to her dog/cat and blogs at ernamahyuni.com
More from Erna Mahyuni
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Tech Takes: Are the new smartphones creep enablers?
APRIL 17 — I used to think limited optical zoom capabilities on smartphones was a bad thing. Am not sure about that anymore. The age of ultra-zoom smartphones potentially...
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Makan Apa: The curse (and blessing) of your neighbourhood’s popularity
APRIL 10 — Every so often, you get someone from Penang/Ipoh/Subang/TTDI and some other popular local hotspot saying, “Can’t you all stop coming here and causing traffic...
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Tech Takes: Do we really need so many digital wallets?
APRIL 3 — Much as I think having plenty of options is great, I’m finding the overwhelming amount of digital payment options a mite overwhelming. From Boost to WeChat, Samsung...
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Makan Apa: Winning the Malaysia-Singapore food war
MARCH 27 — It’s become a little ridiculous how often Malaysians make noise about Singaporeans “claiming” Malaysian food. We moaned at Crazy Rich...
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TechTakes: It's time to stop sharing hate on social media
MARCH 20 — Too many of us are unwittingly enabling purveyors of hate speech. It happens each time we retweet or share messages of a hateful nature. In the beginning, I supposed...
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#MakanApa:The love we try to find in food
MARCH 13 — It is a defining characteristic of Malaysians that we are generally obsessed with food — talking about food, while we’re eating, and already planning the next...
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What to do when your telco/Internet provider lets you down
MARCH 6 — I find myself in the unenviable position of having to lodge a police report against my broadband provider. How did it come to this? It was supposed to be a routine...
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#MakanApa: Holding fast to the food we love
FEBRUARY 27 — I spent my birthday lounging in a hotel bed, watching silly TV. A show came on that was talking about Singapore’s “dying” heritage cuisine. Mr so-called...
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The bigger China picture
FEBRUARY 20 — If you take a look at the bigger picture, the Huawei situation is really about politics. China is an emerging superpower, despite not having truly achieved...
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MakanApa: Can we stop putting cheese on everything?
FEBRUARY 13 — Last week on Twitter, my timeline was full of disgusting things disguised as food. I’m talking about the cheesy char kuey teow that went viral. It was...
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To the reader who wanted some privacy advice
FEBRUARY 6 — Happy Chinese New Year, dearest readers! The gods have decided to rain pineapple tarts on me and I hope they were as generous to you. A reader emailed me with a...
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Why it’s hard to make Malaysians care about security?
JANUARY 30 — The concept of physical security is easy to explain to most Malaysians; witness the heavy grilles on doors and windows, the automated security doors on houses. But...
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#MakanApa: Remembering my mother's 'poor people' cooking
JANUARY 23 — Poverty is often misunderstood because people think it looks like a UN donations poster — skeletal children lying in a wasteland. In reality we are surrounded by...
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Tech Takes: The thing about fitness trackers
JANUARY 16 — I have a confession to make: I am a yo-yo dieter. Every so often I will go on a health regimen, drop pounds and once I reach a comfortable weight, I will go back to...
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It’s not a human right to spread secondhand smoke
JANUARY 9 — The way some smokers are going around moaning as though they’re a persecuted minority is irksome. Look, the research is there. The danger of secondhand smoke is...