Some things in life are more than just objects. They carry stories, memories, and the quiet strength of generations before us. This humble m...

My parents no longer do elaborate CNY preparations like they did in the early 1980s, when my late maternal grandmother was still around. Bac...

Every time I think about my childhood, my mind takes me back to Ipoh — the town where everything felt a little slower, a little kinder, and ...

Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, life had a different rhythm—one that many today may find hard to imagine. In a world without internet, sm...

Our dancing queen had an interview via Zoom with the Aspiration International School board and teachers today. It's an interview of the ...

My 46th birthday came and went in a modest and simple fashion. No chi-chi day-long celebration and no fancy gifts. Everyone was busy on my ...

My mum Whatsapp-ed me this picture of her taken with the girls about 5 years ago.  Alycia was 8, Drama Queen was 6 and Cass was 3.  Love thi...

I remember that our landlady had a washing machine.  One day, I asked her if I could use her washing machine to wash my clothes.  She said y...

My roomie and I found out one day, that at 8 years old, our landlady's son still had to wear a diaper to sleep. That's because our l...

This morning while driving back home from the mini mart, I saw a young lad. He was stout, short and had small eyes. I wondered if this would...

During our recent stay at my parents in Ipoh, my mum finally exposed to the girls some of the old 'treasures' that belonged to my br...

Today being a Sunday, we were homebound, except for Alycia and Sherilyn who followed by parents to the wet market early in the morning.  Dad...

During our recent trip back to Ipoh, my mum dug out some very, very old seashells and pebbles and showed them to the girls. When I saw the...

I was playing with some new photo apps installed in my new Samsung Note 3 and was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon a Gallery which showc...

I was going through my pictures folder to save some pix into my thumbdrive when I came across this pic. This picture was taken almost 4 year...

As I was going through my pictures folder on the computer desktop, I found some old pictures of Alycia and Sherilyn taken several years back...

Alycia was rummaging through my drawer and stumbled upon a 2-decade old newspaper cutting, to which she exclaimed "hey mummy, is that y...

During my time when I was a primary school girl, my mum bought me a rectangular shaped open rattan school bag, which looked like a picnic ba...

When I told my Sikh neighbor that I loved the homemade muruku that she had given me during Deepavali, she gave me another big tub of her hom...

My Sikh family neighbor gave me a basket of goodies this evening. When she called me, I was so hoping that she would give me some piping hot...