Disillusioned yet happy and hopeful
He said ‘no’ and gestured to my husband and me to make a U-turn and walk back the way we came. ‘No,’ ‘no’ was all he said. That is until I spoke to him in Bahasa. Apparently, we were walking towards the workers’ quarters, and not back to the resort. Yes, a resort that we’ve […]
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It’s still my birthday month, yes, one more day to go. Last Tuesday, my mum-in-law asked about my birthday celebrations. I explained that it would continue until the end of March, as I cannot go cold turkey on my desserts. I needed a week to slowly wean myself off the sugar overload. Officially six and […]
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I must have missed the biology class on digestion in school. It was only recently that I realised how little I knew/know about how food I eat gets digested and how long before the non-digested bits leave the digestive system. The length of time was what I found interesting. I thought it took four hours […]
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The plan was good. The timing, not. My husband and I’ve been talking about flying to England to visit family for some months now. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been checking for the best fares and ideal flight times. Deliberation and a tad of blasé-ness lost us a couple of better fares, so we […]
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I ‘woke’ up, and continued not sleeping, and walking into my living room feeling tired. Not an unusual start to many mornings for insomniac me. What was different was how quickly I turned smiley-happy. One of the buds of the orchid plant, yes orchird plant, was opening up. It was beginning to bloom. I forgot […]
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My husband and I had a four-night, five-day stay at Tanjung Jara recently. It was the longest holiday that we’ve had, locally, in a very long time. We usually do two nights. By the third day, we are ready to go home. And, the last holiday was only for one-night in Malacca, which we thought […]
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I couldn’t, maybe I could’ve, but didn’t in my condominium unit. Last week, my condominium manager sent out a notice for an electricity calibration exercise for the whole building. The notice said there would be temporary power disruption affecting all owners and tenants. Temporary. Hmm. I checked with the manager if temporary meant momentary, not […]
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I went to my temple in SS3, last Tuesday. To do prayers for my eldest brother-in-law. He passed on 1 January. Brother-in-law number 1 was not well for a while. At least not after he had a major heart surgery on 8 March 2023. Recovery was slow and involved many hospital visits. Over that time, […]
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I visited my mum for Pongal last week, not at her condominium, but at her final resting home. Pongal was an important celebration for my mum. It marked the beginning of the Thai month, which I, for the longest time thought, was the first month of the Indian calendar. Mainly as it falls in January, which […]
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I learnt a new word from a local radio station, while I was driving. It was the Tamil word for necessary. I wasn’t particularly concentrating but I think the DJ said something about trying to teach listeners one Tamil word per day. A ‘learn-a-word-a-day’ sort of thing. As it sounded interesting and a bit of […]
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