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 […]

Sleepy me

February 25, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Insomnia, my nocturnal state of being. I have difficulty going to sleep, staying asleep and when I do sleep, I wake up too early, feeling tired and looking like a wilted daisy. I go to bed yawning and feeling exhausted (obviously as I haven’t had enough shut-eye the previous nights), but instead of falling asleep, […]

Young, busy and self-absorbed?

February 11, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

My now friend and ex-client said a decision she made when she was young continues to be her biggest regret. She was not present for her dad, who suffered a stroke and subsequently died. She still feels he may have lived a little longer if he had better care and attention but she was just […]

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 […]

Customer Disservice

November 12, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

I lament at how companies focus so much energy and money in attracting new customers and not half the fervour in retaining, and dare I say, pleasing those they already have. Promotions and goodies are lavished on the latest conquests while loyalty is taken for granted. Banks, telecommunications companies, magazine publishers and satellite TV service […]