Pontianak

Let's face it, Natre of Thailand's SHUTTER and Sadako of Japan's RINGU - along with the other long-haired female fiends of Hong Kong and South Korea cinema - are merely copycats of the Malay pontianak. And right here, I can even 'sumpah' to you that the Indonesian version of this mythological vampire was one of the scariest I'd witnessed on screen.

Baker Wu Products

Samples of walnut cookies lovingly baked by my friend from Hewlett-Packard, Marilyn Wu (nicknamed Baker Wu). Ended up buying a set from her ($8.00) and another three more (walnut, butter and peanut butter) on behalf of my ex-colleague Madeline Leong, who placed her order through me :-)