In passing…

Gulai lemak nangka, eaten with hot white Thai fragrant rice, with sambal belacan cili padi and ayam kampung goreng garam kunyit, panas-panas straight from the kuali. Add some kerabu taugeh with babat and sliced green cili padi. Eat using the right hand, wash it down with sirap rose with lots of ice.
Kampung weddings are awesome. [...]

I think, it’s a wrap

Today is my last lesson for the little dwarf I have been homeschooling for the last six months. I have completed the syllabus and his mother thinks he will need a break for December before joining the main stream Sekolah Kebangsaan come January. Which came timely as I do need to give myself a break [...]

Of Eu Film Festival and cultural/language differences

While issues on the fatwah on Yoga, Michael Jackson’s conversion to Islam and the never ending ongoing drama in the local politics became the talk of the town, I indulged in something quieter in the form of the European Union Film Festival. It happens every year here and last year’s was also around this period [...]

It was a jolly small fire

I was on auto mode. Got up with the mind programmed to make breakfast. It was meant to be egg+cheese+beef burger for the husband and muesli bars for dieting me. Placed the pan on the induction cooker, put some oil on it, turned the induction cooker on. Then it’s Tito’s time to poo and I [...]

Of hoarding and Lawrence

When things are tucked at some remote corners for a long, long time, the perspective that I carry of that thing, whatever it is, is that it is unused or not needed. Because if one needs it, one will use it . Because the fact that it is sitting remotely unseen, untouched, unused, unutilised means [...]

Of not wanting to do anything ( else )

So Michael Jackson is now Mikhaeel and two makciks are fighting for the Wanita Umno no. 1 post. One with the signature ‘tudung jambul’ and the other with the equally signature ‘Cikgu Bedah’ look. All three of them, in some weird sense, I find intriguing. Especially the first one.
This eventful year is coming to an [...]

… and still walking

Legs are meant for walking. And so we maximize them to the fullest. When we travel, we prefer to walk. And walk. And walk. And really walk. We see more that way. And capture/experience/assimilate/bask in more with the surroundings. In this trip, we just wanted to walk yet again. And we did….

If in Melaka I [...]

A walk through…

After the nice morning bus ride from Bukit Mertajam to Butterworth, we arrived at the Ferry Terminal, joining throngs of other Penangite from mainland who travel to the island for work. Feeling like Penangites ourselves. After paying Rm 1.20 each for our ferry ticket, we joined the queue to board the ferry, along with the [...]

Sepagi Di Bukit Mertajam

‘ Nak pi mana? ‘ The elderly man in blue KTM uniform asked. I looked at my watch and it was 5 am in the morning. My things were strewn on the mattress on the bunk bed of Keretapi Tanah Melayu. The husband was on the top bunk, I guess he was as blur as [...]

Race, makcik.. race!

From the corner of this internet kiosk in Batu Feringghi, I caught sight of ‘her‘ again. ‘Her‘ is not a person, not even a ‘noun’ I think. An ‘adjective’ would be more like it. A species, sort of.
There is always a grim, determined look on her face. A semi-annoyed- semi-cynical expression on her face. Her [...]