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  • I Think My Bedtime Stories Have To Improve

    A month ago, Naomi and I started a new bedtime routine of “chat time” with Kai, intending for it to be a chance for us to talk about our day. It started off really well, with Kai eager to come up with stuff to talk about, and listen to our stories of what we did…

  • Happy New Year!

    Here’s wishing everyone a great new year of the snake! May you have the opportunity to eat more! (Yes, “eat more snake” too).

  • Vale, Uncle Datuk Lee Yoke Yea

    My father’s older brother passed away peacefully in Seremban this morning. I think he was 90. He was born in Qionghai County, Hainan Island and moved with my grandfather to Port Dickson in the 1930s.

  • A Public Apology

    The other day at the ATM doing the mundane thing of topping up a cashcard (why hasn’t the system improved over more than a decade), I felt a rumble in my stomach that to my mind, warranted a fart, and so I let a silent one rip. It was to my shrinking horror that I…

  • Taxi Company Won’t Let Sick Driver Have Rent-Free Days

    I rode in a cab yesterday to a meeting, and the driver was apologetic the moment I got on. He didn’t know where my destination was, and asked if I had a preferred route I knew of, and if I could guide him. He said it was only the second day he’d been driving, and…