Kuala Lampur, Aug. 12 -- AUG 12 - Fighting inertia has been a daily battle. I already work from bed but the temptation to never leave it at all is always present and so I make myself go out, walk for... Read More
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 12 -- Seeing grown adults, especially teachers, cheering loudly at public gatherings that have to do with education was not on my expected agenda. The teachers I grew up with maint... Read More
Kuala Lampur, Aug. 5 -- Media people are a judgy bunch. It comes with the job. A journalist with poor judgement won't be a journalist for long. So when I saw another newspaper post screencaps of Hos... Read More
Kuala Lampur, July 29 -- "You watched Odyssey twice, right? You should watch Kokuho." Watching a film about, of all things, the Japanese art of kabuki was not on my to-do list but I was intrigued eno... Read More
Kuala Lampur, July 22 -- Being told I need to be on medication (Tamoxifen) for the next 5-10 years was a bit daunting. Even with a daily reminder, I still slip up and miss a dose or two every other m... Read More
KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 -- Award-winning filmmaker Edmund Yeo is premiering his latest work The Age of Goodbyes at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). After most recently adapting Banana Yo... Read More
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 -- I confess I didn't plan on watching Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. It's mainly because I am one of the few people I know who hates his Batman films, especially how they spa... Read More
Kuala Lampur, July 15 -- I don't think we should always be looking for silver linings. Sometimes, things are objectively terrible. Like people who insist on finding the "blessings" in getting cancer.... Read More
KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 -- Malaysia's "Look East" policy is almost as old as I am but when it comes to healthcare perhaps it would do us good to look south instead - to Singapore. I spent an afternoon ... Read More
Kuala Lampur, July 8 -- JULY 8 - Right now I am sitting on my bed, with an old 2018 Mac mini desktop connected to a much newer iPad Pro also in my bed. Rather unsexy but the frustration of trying to ... Read More