“Sakura Bride” by Jonathan Lee 1: “Here comes the bride…” Place: Sri Paandi Banana Leaf Rice Restaurant, Section 11, Petaling Jaya Date/Time: Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 7:30pm Objective: Mini-reunion dinner of former Siemens interns/colleagues and the giving-out of wedding invitations. I was there early, of course. After all, when you’ve had some sort of German …
Now is the time for reflections, they say. An entire year’s worth, it seems, is now open to investigation and incisive analysis. Twelve months of folly and foibles, work and worries, play and penance, all coming under the penetrating glare of a single eye, a kind one, I pray. Let’s sit down first, and get …
What is it with memories? They carry us through good times and not so good times. Are they just thoughts or do they mean something more? There are days I feel trapped by my memories; the past — it’s not as forgiving as we would like it to be. Is it the painful bits that …
1. Busy, busy, busy. Still alive. I joke to my friends that I have my work life and my social life and nothing in between. No time alone, not when there’s always one more client to talk to, one more party to go to. Not that I’m complainin’ — I could be out of work …
What makes a home? Too long I’ve flittered from place to place, country to country, without leaving a mark of my own. My childhood sanctuary still persists in my old hometown of Malacca, but my bedroom has been stripped bare by years of me moving round elsewhere. Nothing remains the same, they say. Sometimes it …
Kenny Mah believes in the good in people. He has been blogging for over ten years. No, his hands aren't tired. Yet.
