This past Saturday was no ordinary one. No, sir. It was a Super-sized Saturday. Well, for me at least. Let’s have a peek at my itinerary that day: 8:30a.m. – 10:30a.m. BodyBalance class with Klevin. Tai-chi, pilates & yoga. He showed me some graceful new moves that will appear during my instructor training in March. …
What is Chinese New Year but an excuse to overeat, get annoyed daily by your long-winded pseudo-old-man of a 14-year old nephew (he keeps at it till I counter with “Whaddya want, Pakcik*?” and then he disappears for a bit), forgo all forms of exercise, and oh, did I mention the overeating? Still, what best …
Here’s the poster I designed for the upcoming MPH Breakfast Club for LitBloggers, the first of its kind, with Eric Forbes at the helm. Sharon Bakar will introduce London-based Yang-May Ooi (author of The Flame Tree and Mindgame) and Eric will do the honours for Indian-born Sharanya Manivannan (author of Iyari, a collection of poems …
Writing & Publishing in Malaysia, Part II: Local bloggers can be of the gregarious sort. After Lydia’s book talk (read Part I here), we flocked together like literary pigeons of the heroic persuasion (one must be to brave the notorious Sunday-Midvalley-plus-last-minute-Chinese-New-Year-shopping traffic) and chittered away. Packing up, we descended upon the sanctuary of most Malaysian …
Writing & Publishing in Malaysia, Part I: Yesterday afternoon, I attended Lydia Teh‘s book talk, I’m Proud to be a Malaysian, held at MPH Midvalley. There was a decent turnout of the usual Sunday crowd out to do their Chinese New Year shopping. Besides Lydia, I met other local lit-bloggers, namely Eric Forbes, he of …
2007. Sitting in yet another WiFi café, a rainstorm booming outside. My headphones gently ease Regina Spektor into me. A little dampness when the newspapers all announce a drought. No disaster, they reassure us, we have almost three months’ supply of water in the reservoir. Almost. Let’s not have anyone panicking, what with Chinese New …
Roses are blooming; their prices more so. Ah, St. Valentine’s Day is upon us again! Such beautiful capitalism! Where is the love, indeed. Signs are everywhere: A listener on radio today suggests giving boyfriends chocolates as “what would my darling do with a dozen pink roses?” Still, she recommends adding a single stalk to the …
Kenny Mah believes in the good in people. He has been blogging for over ten years. No, his hands aren't tired. Yet.
