…you know, take your kids to the nearest playground and probably half of the equipment will be lying on the ground, broken or vandalised. This is why panic-stricken Malaysians — who are certain that Lynas Corp over in Pahang is … Continue reading
Good news. The authorities have taken action on the Great Hornbill killing. I salute them. “An army officer and three of his subordinates who slaughtered a great pied hornbill and posed with the dead bird have been suspended from duties,” … Continue reading
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 the best… Coming in at No. 10: I’ve scored another Aurealis Award shortlisting! That makes my sixth. I think I shall give up the idea of ever winning as I doubt … Continue reading
Yep, we’ve done it again. Let’s get one thing straight (no pun intended there, my friends) — put in the simplest of general terms, people are born with their sexuality/gender identity. It’s NOT a choice. If you believe it is … Continue reading
Photo: Me and my 2 fellow trainers and the participants after giving a training session up at Fraser’s Hill for beginning birdwatching — as part of the tourism project I’ve been working on for the past three years. Watching the … Continue reading
My husband and I were swapping stories in the car…harking back to our primary school days. I lived on a farm and we had our own dairy cow, so if there was one thing I had plenty of when growing … Continue reading
Malaysia is many things. A multi-racial country of modern highways and skyscrapers and modern education, where there are more women in university than men, where our top banker is a woman, where women are vice-chancellors (presidents) of universities. I go … Continue reading
Where Chinatown morphs into the rest of the old city The centre of Chinatown: Petaling Street, where the bank loses out to the hucksters Buyers’ paradise, but the tree refuses to give up Pancake-making is such a messy affair… … Continue reading
I am home again. I know, because I had to catch a frog in the kitchen last night and release it outside, because I was woken up by the mosque this morning, because there are bulbuls in the garden and … Continue reading
…just for the heck of it. Orchids, obviously. And the next post is from Melbourne. I wonder how I can be noramlyed this time? … Continue reading
