BITS AND PIECES Category

I have a fear for hell and Petaling Jaya (PJ). I’ve got the hell issue well addressed, and that leaves me with PJ.   I have only just figured out certain roads in SS2 (where New Formosa and Hoi Peng and the lok lok man are), but that leaves me with a terrifying area of […]

Aliyaa holds many memories for me –  memories of sharing a birthday celebration a couple of years ago with two special people in my life (with an FBB-created pavlova, no less), memories of being surprised with a gorgeous set of sushi cakes, and memories of meeting certain people for the first time there and enjoying […]

Hope in a Fuchsia Bottle

In: Bits and Pieces: CNY, Bits and Pieces: Life

We are led to a table beside a group of fourteen – twelve women and two men, many of them in fuchsia.  Perhaps the colour doesn’t feel as old-fashioned as red.  The older ladies are in red; it is hard to break away from tradition.  As we partake of the stewed pork knuckles, a Chinese […]

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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.