Welcome to the funhouse
This is the web home of humorist NURY VITTACHI (also known as MISTER JAM), one of Asia's most widely published writers. New pieces are printed every week-day. His writings appear first in the printed press, and then on this site. To use this site to air your own ideas, email us or use the comment function to get published immediately.- Who is this guy?
Click above for a quick bio of your host. Click below to go to a few of the publications that carry his writings - The Standard
- The Daily Star
- Macau Post Daily
- The Sun
- The Jakarta Post
- The Island
- Today
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The Information
- The Writers' Village
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Under the names "Nury Vittachi", "Sam Jam" and "Lai See" - Press Reviews
What the papers say about Nury's books
Recent Posts
- The only truly timeless blog on the planet
- Your name is your fortune
- What financial jargon really means
- C'mon baby light my fire
- Of dead chickens and strange diseases
- Facebook changes the way people relate
- Feeding experiments to try on your kids
- We just don't have the mindset
- Judges need their beauty sleep
- The Discovery of America
Nury's latest book
July 2008
Check out this series
Feng Shui Detective
From press articles: This series "has the charm of books by Agatha Christie", "Conan Doyle" or "GK Chesterton" but "are much funnier" with their "laugh out loud humor" and "globalized outlook".
Archives
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Categories
- 10 Silliest Real-Life Phone Transcripts
- Absurdity of Life in Asia
- Bizarre but true
- Book gossip Diary
- Business
- Celebrities
- Dumb Criminals of Asia
- Family humor
- Funny stuff
- Hong Kong Literary Festival
- How to Get Published
- Indian humour
- Letters from readers
- Life in Hong Kong
- North Korea
- On Literature
- On Movies
- Press clippings
- Quotations from Chairman Jam
- Reviews of other stuff
- Wit of the Philippines
More classic columns
- Scientists send DVD to Mars
Boffins forget to include DVD player - The strange tale of the funeral strippers
Only in Asia do you find sexy funerals - World's worst songs
"I fall in love with my left hand" - World's worst lyrics, part 1
Spice Girls really wanna zigazigha - World's worst lyrics, part 2
A wop bop a loo mop, a lop bum bum - Pasta starts to edge out rice
Unbelievably, Asians are switching to linguine - Dangers of new technology: books
Socrates thought books would be bad for us - Genetic differences between men and women
Scientists find men unable to have opinion on curtains - Exploding animals and other friends
For self-defence, simply blow yourself up - Worst Chinese songs ever
The lament of the single eyelid girl - The truth about modern art
If dung is art, then art is dung - What the shrinking dollar means for Asia
A tale of dirt and sneers - Asia's monster
Our version of bigfoot actually may exist - On The Rolling Stones
Cro-magnon man is alive and still rocking - What Asians think of Obama
A gratuitous attack on US interviewers - The world's dumbest criminals
Our thieves are dumber than yours, so there
Categories
- 10 Silliest Real-Life Phone Transcripts
- Absurdity of Life in Asia
- Bizarre but true
- Book gossip Diary
- Business
- Celebrities
- Dumb Criminals of Asia
- Family humor
- Funny stuff
- Hong Kong Literary Festival
- How to Get Published
- Indian humour
- Letters from readers
- Life in Hong Kong
- North Korea
- On Literature
- On Movies
- Press clippings
- Quotations from Chairman Jam
- Reviews of other stuff
- Wit of the Philippines
Classic columns
- Does Asian Humor Exist?
Yes, if you know where to look - That Fast Food Conversation
How tourists hear East Asian accents: Harlowelkumkaneye L. Pyoo? - Guide to Global Motoring Styles
Each city has a characteristic driving vibe - New Words for a New Era
Is that an Atkins-induced abdomoan I hear? - When SARS Stalked Asia
Hysteria germs can be highly contagious - Asia Has Too Much Press Freedom
We have the world's freest press, really - Why This Stuff Is Inflicted On You
The reason I try to make you smile each day - Jokes That Kill
The funniest joke in the world - Men Answer the Questions Men Won't Answer
Why guys won't talk about their feelings - Men and Women Speak Different Languages
No, my sports car is not fuschia - 16 Ways Life in Asia Has Changed
Nostalgia for things I miss, but not barbers - A one-act play in Englasian
Three varieties of Asia-Pacific English in a sketch - Examples of Asian humor
Okay, here are some ACTUAL Asian jokes - 20 Rules of the Road in Asia
Knowing these will save your life - Asian characters played by white actors
The strange mutation that occurs in Hollywood - Residents of Asia as foodstuffs
Are you a banana or a choc ice? - After Viagra
The next generation of super-pills - The ultimate email chain letter
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