Category: Life

After the shocking passing of my father in February 1995, I had returned to Malaysia to be with my mother. I must have spent over a month back home, missing the final weeks of language school at Bunka and its graduation ceremony. My next stop in the journey was to be at a senmon gakko…

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is the title of a 1975 movie from a book of the same name. The phrase is actually from a children’s nursery rhyme. In writing this post, the phrase came to mind as it would seem an apt depiction of how insane my 3 years in Japan was as…

The Coming of Age – Life in Secondary School & Beyond Episode Two (1990-1993) SM (L) Bukit Bintang (1990-1991) The year was 1990. I started life in 4 Sains Hijau with a bunch of familiar faces. The decision was made to transfer to arts stream, and I had to wait for the transfer to be…

The Coming of Age – Life in Secondary School Episode One (1987-1989) Sek Men Sains Selangor (1987) & SM (L) Bukit Bintang (1987-1989) Oh! What turbulent years these were. A time when you’re at that stage of life, just finding your feet and discovering yourself. Your character, and who you want to be. And, having…

Sometime in mid-2020 (the year that wasn’t), I was looking at things to do to fill my time. The pandemic that raged through a large part of the year had rendered most outdoor or group activity undoable, and I also have the luxury of some extra time off work due to the less busy work…

I was born and raised in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Went to school there. Spent a large portion of my adult life there too. So it’s just natural most my blog posts will center around my life and times in PJ. This would be around the 80s through to the early 2000s, when life was much…