I like December

December 24, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

What a wonderful time of the year, December is

December is my favourite month of the year, second only to March as that’s my birthday month. There’s a sense of joy and lightness in the air, imagined or otherwise, at least in the airspace that I breathe and live in. December means year-end holidays, Christmas, presents and eating loads of good stuff. How can […]

All about the money, money…

December 17, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

I was watching ‘A Star is Born’ and multi-tasking by looking up Lady Gaga on my iPad. It was a general browse about the stars of the movie. I wasn’t checking on anything in particular but her net worth popped up, which was pretty impressive, but what really threw me was how much Kylie Jenner […]

Mad and maddening drivers

December 10, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Scurrying and rushing to keep up with the flashing green man

I felt compelled to write about the driving culture in Malaysia, if you can call it that, following a recent drive to Fraser’s Hill. Being a local, I am amply aware of our ballistic and ‘kiasu’ tendencies when we get behind the wheel, deservedly and sadly, earning us the shameful label of being rude and […]

Old faithful Vicks

December 3, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

My first go-to when I have the sniffles or a cold is Vicks VapoRub. I have used it all my life or at least as far back as I can remember. The vapour it emanates, a menthol-minty aroma is soothing and nostalgic all in one. The latter because it reminds me of my mum caring […]

Leavers and remainers

November 26, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

The only time my husband and I take an early morning flight is from England to Malaysia. Up at 5am and out the door by 6am to catch the 10am flight home when the leavers (us) and remainers (family) are still half-awake and a little groggy from sleep. I dread the leave day as it […]

Grateful, thankful and blessed

November 19, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

I have managed to get to my fifties; grateful for living and remembering more happy days than not. I am happy with my personal life, and content with my reasonably successful professional achievements. All my organs function, not at full capacity, but they work ok, and my limbs are intact and allow me mobility. I […]

French

October 29, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

I like the way French sounds to my ears. Almost musical with the right intonations. If I could feel the French language, I would say it would be like a bed of pillowy soft marshmallows. I don’t speak French. I wish I could. My Indian tongue gets twisted and I mangle the words. Whatever words I […]

A no-plan holiday in Somerset

October 15, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

Picturesque villages everywhere in Somerset

We spent close to a week in Downhead, Somerset. The plan for this particular holiday was to have no plan. A sort of free and easy sojourn, which is rather easy to organise when there is just the two of you. My husband and I decided to wing it when we got to Downhead, a […]

Invisible people

October 1, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Invisibly and quietly doing all types of jobs

Issues relating to foreign workers emerge regularly in Malaysia. Hiring programs, levies imposed, illegal and legal status, recruitment agents and negotiations with source countries are some recurring topics.

Do now list

August 12, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

If we knew we were going to die in a year or within a specific time frame, what would we do? This is not a morbid thought or question, if anything it made me think about what I wanted, liked and enjoyed most in my life. My husband and I intermittently speak about what we would […]