Social distancing

March 30, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Social distancing fits me to a T. I have been practising social distancing all my life. I welcome it. In fact, one of my pet peeves is people invading my personal space. I cannot and still cannot understand why people sidle up so close. Literally and obliviously in my face. It’s not that I am […]

Thin and not thin

March 16, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

I didn’t do a facial for a very long time. I eventually decided to book one. It was not because I thought it would help me look like I wish I did – not likely to happen. It was to not lose the balance on the package that I had signed up for. The aesthetician, […]

Eating out, and together

February 24, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Eating out is mostly enjoyable in Malaysia. The choices are plenty. Food is usually delicious. Prices are generally reasonable. But, expecting meals to be served together, at the same time, is not always a given. I am not referring to food courts or mamak stalls, where synchronising is a little difficult. Because we are likely […]

Two moans

January 20, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

I have two moans. One local and one not. At first, I didn’t and couldn’t be bothered to waste my time and effort to write a letter of complaint. What was the point? I’d either not get a response or something not worth reading. I got the latter. A standard email thanking me for my […]

Condo living

December 9, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

My husband and I like living in a condo. The one big advantage is security. I like that I can park my car, walk into a lift and up to my unit. Not having to get out of my car, open the front gate, drive into the porch and close the gate before I can […]

Haze…again

September 16, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

I bought an air pollution and haze KN95 respiratory mask last week. The mask was designed specifically for the situation at hand. Yes, another year of the same old, same old. Haze. It’s back. It’s choking Kuala Lumpur and many states in Malaysia with its familiar and acrid thick smog. Unwelcomed. Unwanted. But, here it […]

Liars, leaders and supporters

August 12, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

This is the world I live in now. Not telling the truth isn’t a big deal. It’s almost fashionable to lie. There are no repercussions. There is no price to pay. Even when liars are called out on their lies – with evidence staring them in their faces – they get away scot-free. The liars […]

Women and Men

July 8, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

A former colleague and I inadvertently stumbled upon a discussion about women and men. There was no light bulb moment. We had no clever answers to explain the perennial gender differences. But, he did share an interesting viewpoint about the women-men dynamics, particularly in the personal and domestic spheres. According to him, women expect too […]

Mishaps and mishaps

May 6, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Rush hour traffic that is going no where

I had to ask, why me? Within a space of two weeks, my car was ‘assaulted’ twice. The first Tuesday, a motorcyclist scratched the side of my car with his pannier after I had actually made space to let him ride past. The chock-a-block traffic and uselessness of the situation put paid to my fleeting […]

Pet peeves

March 18, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

A list of do's and dont's that should include no spitting

The almost serene atmosphere in the KLCC Park was interrupted by a loud and all too familiar sound. The kind that is never nice, and a big pet peeve of mine. It was the sound of some guy trying to suction phlegm out of his lungs. Not once but several times. It was the exact […]