. Other people know nuts about how you should lead your life. That’s the most useful, most illuminating thing I learned this year. It’s New Year’s Eve. Traditionally, this is a time to wax lyrical on the seasons passed, to ponder on loves lost and found, on friendships renewed and bonds strengthened, on one’s many …
. They say Christmas is for children, don’t they? Fortunately for us, no one ever specified an age limit. We are kids again, waiting for Santa and gifts and kisses underneath the mistletoe. The turkey is perfect this year, cooked to perfection and carved with surgical precision. Guests that arrive gather around the dinner table, …
. The song is untitled and I have not written it yet. My friend, the composer, has given me a snippet, a minute, enough for me to get the feel of it. It isn’t a song yet. I haven’t written the words to it. Some words do come, but it isn’t there. Not quite. The …
. Copyright © 2008 Kenny Mah Ying Fye. Photographed at Sutera Harbour, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah by Ellynita Hazlina Lamin. ~ BORNEO: Tales, Trails and Travels in Sabah & Sarawak ~ Part 1 • Sabah I: Merman Part 2 • Sabah II: From Dusk Till Dawn Part 3 • Sabah III: Kinabalu Part 4 • Sarawak I: Kuching Part …
. . The big afternoon chill. Arrange these small platters of sweet come-on’s, these cookies and these slivers of rich cake, chocolate that emerges, lush and enticing, from a dream, the taste of sirens. Don’t touch them yet. Don’t put anything in your mouth. The pot is waiting still. Lift it up, with one sure …
. 1. There are so many things you learn about your country when you’re a kid. The various tunes to an assortment of patriotic songs. How many white stripes flow on our flag and how many red stripes too. (The same number, apparently; how very yin/yang.) The words to the Rukunegara. The national flower of …
Kenny Mah believes in the good in people. He has been blogging for over ten years. No, his hands aren't tired. Yet.
