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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Flying adventures

August 19, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Flying adventures and … misadventures

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 […]

Precious water

May 27, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

We had a four-day water disruption not long ago. The public, including my husband and I, were duly informed and advised to store water for the duration. We were instructed to check online, using our home address and postcode, whether we would be affected by the disruption. I did the latter and accordingly, didn’t the […]

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 […]

What for and why?

April 15, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

I cannot quite explain what I feel when I read the arrests of former ministers and corporate leaders. It isn’t jubilation or satisfaction. I thought I would feel happy because justice is finally about to prevail but I don’t. Now, I am just disappointed and sad on many levels. Disappointed at how these leaders, who […]

People make all the difference

February 18, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

My mum is prepared to travel 30 odd kilometres or km (one way) from KL city centre to see her cardiologist in Shah Alam, the state capital of Selangor. There are four credible hospitals including a heart specialist centre within a five km radius of where we reside. I, on the other hand, sit through […]

Agreeing to disagree

January 28, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Recently I met up with my university mates for brunch, and in the same week, had dinner with friends whom I used to work with. That very weekend, my brother popped over to my mum’s in the afternoon, and we had tea. To be precise, he had coffee and I had some chocolate that I […]