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 […]

A proud again Malaysian

May 31, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

I am happier. I feel like a weight has been lifted. And, it will and has to be better because it couldn’t get any worse than it was. I am a happy and proud again Malaysian. I no longer feel shy or fudge my nationality when I am overseas. Yes, I did it. Not from […]

Being aware

May 18, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

I will not fare well if I have to give evidence in a court or to the police. Not because I would be nervous and a little intimidated by the seriousness attached to these offices, well that as well, but more so because I just don’t take enough notice of things happening around me, which […]

Snowy Sapporo

May 12, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

It’s just under eight hours away from KL. While it is not a hop, skip and jump away Sapporo is the place to visit if you, like me, like snow and the cold. Being a typical Malaysian, I get googly-eyed about all things snow. When home is an average sweltering 30C all-year-round, I can’t be […]