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When English pokes the eye

Posted on Jan 11, 2012 by Ana

It took the line ‘clothes that poke eye’ (in reference to guidelines for proper staff attire on their website) to go viral to get the Defence Ministry (Mindef) to notice the blunder and take action. In this case, ‘taking action’ meant making the English version of their website temporarily unavailable.

Six annoying Facebook habits

Posted on Dec 28, 2011 by Ana

The social networking site has grown on to become more intrusive than before, making it that annoying thing we just can't seem to live without even if we tried. From frequent status updates to sending FarmVille requests; we look at some of the most annoying Facebook habits we come across on a daily basis.

How to be bad: Hailing cabs

Posted on Dec 14, 2011 by Ana

Question: What is the general rule for taxi hailing here? Taxi stands usually provide order and most people (except for a select few) are considerate enough to line up and wait their turn at taxi stands, abiding by the whole first-come-first-served rule. But what happens when there's no taxi stand? We become animals.

Midweek Moan: The greatest hits

Posted on Dec 7, 2011 by Ana

It’s the one year anniversary of Midweek Moan (time sure flies, doesn't it?), so instead of moaning it's a time of celebrating. We’ve compiled a list of the best Moans since the Time Out KL blog first launched last December. Here’s to more complaints and getting things off our chests for better peace of mind.

Jalan Batai shops - to stay or go?

Posted on Nov 30, 2011 by Surekha

Businesses along Jalan Batai at Bukit Damansara are rumoured to be demolished due to alleged developments of high-rise condominium blocks in the area. Business owners along the street have not received official notices about the project but there has been talk that that it will get the green light soon.

Pedestrian pet peeves

Posted on Nov 23, 2011 by Ana

I am all for the rights of pedestrians – how we should have better pavements, how pedestrian crossings should be well maintained and working at all times, etc. – but in many cases the average KL pedestrian makes me so angry that I wish it were socially acceptable to lightly shove these people in the right direction just to teach them a lesson.