All Through the Night

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I have spent enough days liv­ing out of hotel rooms and lug­gage bags. Every air­port looks the same, the check-in gates, the cus­toms, the con­veyor belts that spit our bag­gage and our bur­dens. It’s been a week now since I last saw your face, held it in my hands, draw­ing you in close for a kiss, a for­ever embrace though our hugs and our tears could only have lasted min­utes. These cold sheets do not hold your scent, these mir­rors do not hold your smile in the morn­ing. I eat take-out, the con­tents do not mat­ter. I miss your cook­ing. I miss shop­ping for the ingre­di­ents with you. I miss just walk­ing past you and lean­ing for­ward sim­ply to smell you. You smell so good. You are a won­der, baby; how did I ever get this lucky?

My suit­case is packed. The plane ticket snug in my pocket. There is a taxi wait­ing to take me to the air­port. I’m com­ing home, baby, even if I have to fly all through the night. I’m com­ing home.

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Pho­to­graph by A. Car­los Her­rera. Design by Kenny Mah.

March 5, 2009 – 12:18 am | By Kenny Mah | Posted in Life, Love | Tagged , | Comments (100)

100 Comments

  • moja wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 12:51 am

    wel­come home, dude!!

    no place like home, eh?!
    :)

  • jemima wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 6:04 am

    M. Gandhi was right when he said “Where there is love, there is life.” ;)

    *imag­ines Kenny ser­e­nad­ing to his love*

    “Baby, its good to be back, so good to be back

    Baby, its good to be back in your arms again

    Baby, its good to be back, so good to be back

    Honey, its good to be back with you, oh yeah ”

    :P

  • Edward wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 7:27 am

    Eee~ so lovely…
    Im wait­ing u to come back too~ ha ha

  • Precious Pea wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 9:08 am

    Awww…welcome home!!!

  • vicky wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 9:27 am

    i bet ur baby can’t wait for u to come home either. so romantic…

  • Vern wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 10:26 am

    Haha, nat­u­rally this post reminds me of Michael Buble’s “Home”. ;)

  • cumidanciki wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 11:30 am

    wow! makes me wanna leave, just so I can fly back and feel like that !. hehe.. so sweet.. melt melt

  • J2Kfm wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 11:52 am

    you’re com­ing home from where? .…..

    sorry been off the blo­gos­phere for some time now .…

    safe jour­ney home anyway.

  • Chin wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 12:35 pm

    I am ready to go home when I step into the plane even though it is the 1st leg of my trip. Miss the warmth of my loved one. I loved this to point of being tempted to use it as my own.

  • lingzie wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    only one word for this post… awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

    ~sighs long­ingly~

  • Kenneth wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    *Sigh*

    such love. such long­ing. such descrip­tion … LOL … it makes me all tingly.

    i absolutely ADORE your prose and abil­ity to … describe your emo­tions, thoughts and sit­u­a­tions … and look for­ward to read­ing more and more …

  • Lyrical Lemongrass wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    And on the oppo­site end of the spec­trum, there’s me. So I call up Bald Eagle one day. I say, “Hey, what shall we eat for din­ner today?” And he replies, “Dar­ling, you do realise that I’m not com­ing home tonight coz I’m not in KL, don’t you?” Ouch. Talk about los­ing track. :-) He came back last night, farted a bit, and went to sleep. :-)

  • Nic (KHKL) wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 5:40 pm

    songs of “home” are play­ing in my mind right now. from daugh­try to buble to sim­ply red…

    yeah, noth­ing beats the com­fort of home, be it a per­son, a sofa or just a song. ;D

  • thenomadGourmand wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    sigh..if only i got some­one long­ing fr me like tat..
    OK, *snap back to real­ity* so did u eat the Kolo mee???

  • ck lam wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    Its com­fort­ing to know you are back home.Your next trip seems to cover every state except Penang :(

  • kristopher wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 10:15 pm

    this reminds me of the song by cyndi lau­per. a very heart-touching ren­di­tion, both hers and urs.

  • Bosscat wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:43 am

    ohhh.. some­one is out for work eh? how was the trip?

    noth­ing can beat the bed at home! so seduc­ing… LOL!

  • A Lil Fat Monkey wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 1:16 am

    The mon­key scrolls through his iPod playlist and presses “play”

    *** Cue song ***

    “I’m star­ing out into the night,
    Try­ing to hide the pain.
    I’m going to the place where love
    And feel­ing good don’t ever cost a thing.
    And the pain you feel’s a dif­fer­ent kind of pain.

    Well I’m going home,
    Back to the place where I belong,
    And where your love has always been enough for me…”

    *** Cue Smile ***

  • backStreetGluttons wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 7:42 am

    as com­ing home always height­ens mem­o­ries of almost slipped caresses n mixed touches, filled with lin­ger­ing height­ened expec­ta­tions of what might not be …so let amber­ing hopes linger on till the last of time ‚once more

  • Michelle wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 7:54 am

    *I feel all warm and fuzzy right now…* :)

  • unkaleong wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 9:33 am

    *sigh*

    I know a spot where you can get nice comfy sofas. Hahaha..Welcome back bro.

    When once the itch of lit­er­a­ture comes over a man, noth­ing can cure it but the scratch­ing of a pen — Samuel Lover

  • Bosscat wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 1:05 pm

    i was talk­ing about

    the bed very seduc­ing la. seduce you to a com­fort sleep.

    now now… what were you thinking?

  • Jun wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 6:29 pm

    *sniff. how sweet. esp the last 2 sen­tences. but aren’t u trav­el­ing around again this mth? whr to next?

  • jeff lee wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    err..who is baby ah??
    :p

  • thenomadGourmand wrote:
    Mar 7, 2009 at 3:51 am

    ahhh.. let us know in advance when ur in Pg..wil round up for a makan ses­sion for u w hard core makan-kakis of Pg ya! h u been to Pg much? u wan road side, high –end, stand­ing, squatting..all also got!

  • anthony wrote:
    Mar 7, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    what hap­pens after u come home to ur baby? ;)

  • jeff lee wrote:
    Mar 8, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    .…errr.…and for me to find out ??

    :)

  • tigerfish wrote:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 7:19 am

    You need loved ones at a place to anchor you back, ya?

  • kampungboycitygal wrote:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 8:57 pm

    wel­come home kenny! crav­ing for some pip­ing hot nasi lemak, or that CKT with wok hei? the choice is urs!

  • rokh wrote:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    wel­come back! don’t you miss us too?? :P

  • Jesse wrote:
    Mar 11, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    Awww, this post is just so touch­ing. *Sniff* Hope you caught a few pics of that moment when you see your baby at the air­port =D

  • jason wrote:
    Mar 12, 2009 at 9:59 am

    Wel­come back dude! :)

  • SeowYin wrote:
    Mar 13, 2009 at 12:23 pm

    Kenny, let me know if you are com­ing to Penang :) Haven’t met you in ages!

  • the_lighthouse wrote:
    Mar 22, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    u seem to be trav­el­ling a lot these days, kenny. good that u always look for­ward to com­ing home. ;-D

  • The Red Queenne wrote:
    Mar 27, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Lucky baby to have you com­ing home to! Such a roman­tic! sighs…

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 1:53 pm

    Just landed at KLIA! Yup — there’s truly no place like home: in the arms of my baby, that is. ;)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    Ser­e­nad­ing? Oh but I do. Alas! my bet­ter half thinks my efforts at Malaysia Idol-ing is more akin to the croak­ing of an ine­bri­ated amphib­ian than any­thing else. :(

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    I’m back, I’m back! Lil God­brother, have you been well-behaved while I was gone? :)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    Thanks!

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    Hehe, that you gotta check with my dear­est. Tee hee.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    Now, if I could sing like that fler, then we’re talking…

  • Brienne wrote:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 1:26 pm

    I love the song.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 1:56 pm

    Hahaha… so farnie. Wait till you do it as reg­u­larly as I do, then you might just wanna change your mind. Heh.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 1:57 pm

    I’m com­ing back to KL from Kuch­ing + Miri, Sarawak. Next up is Sabah, JB, Sin­ga­pore, Malacca, Perlis, Perak… It’s almost like I’m doing a tour of the whole nation!

    (All I need is my own rock­band and I’m set!)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    You know how I feel, you do. Ter­ri­ble thing, miss­ing your loved one, yes?

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    That sure is one long “awww”, eh? Hehe.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 1:59 pm

    All tingly? You mean, like an elec­tric shock? Hehe. I kid, I kid. Thanks for read­ing, and I’ll be sure to keep writ­ing. :)

  • keropokman wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    .…tour of the whole nation!

    The last I checked, Sin­ga­pore has not gone back to be part of Malaysia yet. LOL…

  • Michelle wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 7:53 am

    Why ARE you tour­ing the whole nation?

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    Well, most of us just treat it as the recal­ci­trant 15th state that has yet to return to our fold… Kid­din’! I knew the moment I posted that com­ment some­one is gonna point this out. :P

  • Vern wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    Never mind lah, your occa­sional haiku’s also boleh lah… Hahahah!

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    How could my haikus com­pare to his voice? Aiks!

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    Hur hur hur. Still roman­tic ma… in his very own, Bald Eagley way… :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    Speak­ing of sofas, I can’t wait to get my own place (some­thing with my name in the title deed) and then I can shop for the cra­zi­est, com­fi­est sofas ever! :D

  • Vern wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    “we are the wis­est in our own world”.

    A wise friend told me that.

    So in your world, Buble doesn’t stand a chance. ;)

  • kristopher wrote:
    Mar 5, 2009 at 10:16 pm

    ur haikus are in a league of their own. :)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    Oh yes, I had plenty of Kolo Mee in Miri… Cer­tainly won­der­ful won­der­ful won­der­ful… :D

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    Oh, I am gonna cover Penang too, but not this month. Maybe April?

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    Ah good one! I had two of her songs in my head at the time — “All Through the Night” and “I Drove All Night” — so you’re right on the ball here. ;)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    Seduc­ing in the bed? Now, now… do tell me what you are talk­ing about, dear?

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    Wah, why is every­one emo-ing with me via sing-a-longs? :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    Amber­ing hopes… I like the sound of that. I would indulge in amber­ing touches tonight… Hehe.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    Fuzzy and furry? :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    Well, there are other things I’d want to scratch, hehe… ;)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    Haha, some­one should tell Mr. Bublé.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    20,000 leagues beneath the sea, is it?

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    Hehe, that’s a Top Secret. :P

  • jemima wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    My mind bog­gles at the thought of what you wanna scratch. :lol:

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    Oh, I’m sure your mind can think of sev­eral things… :)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    Uhm. Ya. That was EXACTLY what I was think­ing too. Yeah. :P

  • lingzie wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    well.…deservedly so mah…such a sweet post! :P
    and how can you tour the whole nation and miss out penang??!!!!!

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    I’m not miss­ing out Penang lah… Just not this month, maybe in April, before I head off to UK?

    *fin­gers crossed*

  • A Lil Fat Monkey wrote:
    Mar 6, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    fit­ting for a sweet emo guy like you lo. Wel­come home.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 7, 2009 at 10:42 am

    I’m in New Johore now (chuck­les). Sin­ga­pore tomor­row and Malacca on Mon­day. Sabah and Ipoh the fol­low­ing weeks, and Perlis too, towards the end of the month. Eeks.

    The Ninth State next month, Bor­neo again, and likely Penang too.

    (Maybe I should just pub­lish my entire travel itin­er­ary on my blog! :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 7, 2009 at 10:43 am

    Hehe, that’s for me to know and .… ;)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 7, 2009 at 10:44 am

    Oooh, that will be great. I am try­ing my best to plan the Penang trip for next month or May at the very lat­est. Would love to meet all the hard­core Makan-aholics of the Pearl of the Ori­ent! :D

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 7, 2009 at 10:44 am

    Me, emo? Where got? LOL

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 12:16 am

    That, as they say, is another story for another time…

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 12:17 am

    That’d be a good bet, yes. ;)

  • jeff lee wrote:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 10:31 am

    aiyah..no lah..some things are bet­ter left mys­te­ri­ous..
    i just pic­ture this most won­der­ful, beau­ti­ful, sexy, volup­tous etc etc..babe wait­ing for you..
    wish every­one could have the same…so unfair this world..grrrr

    :D

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 11:14 pm

    Ah well. It’s an amaz­ing pic­ture you have in your mind. Whether it’s any­thing remotely close to real­ity… ;)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    Oh we do. Our loved ones are our home, after all, yes?

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 11:16 pm

    That makes you and just about every reader of this blog, dear. :)

  • jeff lee wrote:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 9:26 am

    alamak..u mean ur babe is one real ugly, swamp thingy?
    it dont mat­ter, in your eyes…is still your babe…yes?
    hehehehe

    :D

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 10:22 am

    Haha, that’s funny — Me and the Swamp Thing! :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 11, 2009 at 7:52 am

    Oooh, I can’t decide… both are so good.. :d

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 11, 2009 at 7:53 am

    Very, very much, I do. ;)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 11, 2009 at 6:29 pm

    Just in my mind, dear, just in my mind… where I’ll keep them for­ever. :)

  • lingzie wrote:
    Mar 12, 2009 at 11:16 am

    yaaaayyyyy!!!!! if you really do come to penang…remember to drop me an email ok? then we can go makan!!!!!! :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 12, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    Yes, sure thing. It looks like I’ll only be able to do Penang after UK though cos next month I’m head­ing down south instead — the Ninth State, Malacca and New Johore… (Ain’t it funny when we trans­late the names into English?)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 12, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    Back in KL, yes… but not yet to blog­ging. Super-busy lah. Let’s hope I get a post out before I fly to Sabah this Sunday…

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 13, 2009 at 7:45 pm

    Yeah, it’s been years and years… will announce my Penang trip here when it hap­pens! :)

  • lingzie wrote:
    Mar 13, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    lol thats true! no wor­ries la…once you in penang you email me la. must one ah! :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 13, 2009 at 10:49 pm

    Sure thing, will will will one lah! :D

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 22, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    It’s the best part of the jour­ney — com­ing home! :D

  • kristopher wrote:
    Mar 23, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    more like an outer space league! lol

  • kristopher wrote:
    Mar 23, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    those are the ones! from her great­est hits album, rite? :)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 23, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    “Twelve Deadly Cyns… and then some.”

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 23, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    Space Ball! :D

  • Kenny Mah wrote:
    Mar 27, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    Not roman­tic at all lah… Just ever in lovelovelove… Hahaha.…

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