Bits and Pieces: Holidays Category

Lesson No. 1 When travelling during the Ramadhan month, DO NOT expect the husband to drive all the way from Jalan Ampang to Shah Alam within 2 hours during peak hours to pick you up and send you to the airport. Because he won’t make it. And you may just miss your flight to Australia.  Unless, of course, by […]

‘Nine hours,’ I mused.What would you do if you had nine hours to spare? (A) Play Grand Theft Auto until your eyes turn red from the bulging veins; (B) Read Larousse Gastronomique (all of 1,360 pages) cover to cover; (C) Sleep; or (D) Have dinner at Abu Dhabi. It was a tough decision. Really. With […]

It is 1860 in Bakewell, Derbyshire. A visiting nobleman arrives at The White Horse, a local inn. He spots a sullen faced woman yawning at the Reception, and approaches her. ‘Harlow. Here got food ah?’ he asks. Mrs. Graves, upset at the rude interruption to her lovely daydream about nasi lemak with sambal sotong and […]

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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.