Year: 2003

Uncle Eddie Lim Seng Huat passed away this afternoon at a nursing home in Seremban. I don’t know exactly how old he was, medicine I think around 55. He was moved there from my grandmother’s house last week, for sale and according to my cousin, was quite unhappy about it. According to another aunt, he…

My Army buddy Tat Kai (the one who slapped his own balls trying to kill a mosquito) called today to say the on again off again reunion of mates could be on again if he could get hold of Foong and Ho Yeo. Foong had to have dinner at his in-laws and Ho Yeo wasn’t…

At ten pm Friday night, E called and asked for tea as per usual. I drove to pick her up and we had a jolly good time at a different location this time. We went to the beach at East Coast Park and had beer and chicken wings, cooled by the sea breeze and I…

Sunday afternoon I had coffee with ST, when her mother called and asked to meet her at a shopping centre nearby. ST asked me to accompany her for a few minutes. I thought nothing of pretending to be her boyfriend for a while so her parents can think that yes she’s not loafing around taking…

The cat purrs, pharm The spatula on a wok clangs, The fan hums, The spoon against a cup clinks, The kite flutters, The raindrop on a window splats, The leaf rustles, The neon light on a signboard buzzes, The thunder booms, Phones ring, birds sing, children chatter, puddles splatter, But her smile on my shore…