I hear the key turn. The front door. You are back. You open — I open — the door and we are already smiling at each other. How was the flight? Delayed, you say and I help you with your bag. You take off your shoes and then your socks. You tell me about your …
I was six, I think. You don’t really remember things like your exact age when you’re that young. But yes, I was probably six when my parents took me to the zoo. This was the Malacca Zoo. It was smaller back then, probably didn’t have quite as many animals and stuff. What I do remember …
I’m preparing the ingredients for dinner, getting them ready now so that I can start cooking the moment we get home later. It’s quiet in the house in the middle of the day. Just me alone. Too quiet maybe. So I bring my laptop to the kitchen, set it on the countertop and play some …
Dinner was a success. You tell me I cooked a good meal. I beam. Time for washing the dishes. You insist on doing it. I say okay but I offer to dry the clean dishes. And so we get behind the kitchen sink, a two-person conveyor belt. Rinse, soap, scrub, rinse, dry, shelve. All the …
We’ve had a long day. Driving from one place to another, errands to run, shopping to do, movies that we miss (an unexpected full house), slow and satisfying meals… it’s a pretty perfect little Sunday. Now we are back home. It’s late in the evening and it doesn’t seem like we’ll be having dinner. “I’m …
There’s no need to get up early today. Tomorrow’s Wesak Day and a Saturday so today’s a free day. We wake up late, very late. We cuddle in bed discussing what we are going to eat today — from breakfast to dinner. By the time we get out of bed, it’s too late for brekkie, …
We’ve been having problems with our new washing machine. The water either flows out before the laundry container is full or it doesn’t drain at all. Small things like this little flaw can cause trouble and stress for days and days. Which is why, when I finally figured out how to fix it today, the …
Kenny Mah believes in the good in people. He has been blogging for over ten years. No, his hands aren't tired. Yet.
