Bits and Pieces: Cooking Class Category

It was the period of Al Jarreau, Journey and The Police.  I was 13 years old.  I had just come back from school with a message for my parents. “They’re not offering Commerce in my school,” I said, and promptly burst into tears. My parents didn’t understand the intensity of my emotions and dismissed it […]

A Second Cooking Class at Bayan Indah

In: Bits and Pieces: Cooking Class

Cooking rendang ayam in a kuali I took up the challenge to read the entire Twilight series recently after I scoffed at the the twittering younglings pledging their allegiance to Team Jacob and Team Edward, whatever that meant.  For most of the time, I plundered on, page after page, wondering why I even bothered to […]

When my car broke down yesterday at one of the busiest roundabouts in Kuala Lumpur, while waiting in the sweltering afternoon heat for the tow truck to arrive, my boss, who was in the car with me looked at me with an amused look and said, “You probably do this to all your bosses who […]

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Food, for me, is a means to an end and not an end in itself.

Food, for me, represents the love of family, the fellowship of friends, and the community and communality it brings.