BITS AND PIECES Category

HOW TO PISS HIM OFF 1. Wake up early on a Saturday morning and tell him you’re going off for breakfast at Hong Kee Tim Sum Restaurant with Precious Pea, Allan Yap, Fatboybakes, Jackson, Teckiee and Kenny Mah….but without him.2. Tell him that he has to take care of the weekend housecleaner/maid while you’re having […]

Everyone has bad days.The past 48 hours were a culmination of several irritants which by themselves, wouldn’t have been worse than mosquito bites, but together, became cancerous to my usually pleasant demeanor. 1. VIPs. On the road, these guys are escorted by police outriders who shoo away the irrelevant, ordinary, unimportant people to create a […]

We’ll Always Have Our Durians

In: Bits and Pieces: Friends

He called me at 7.00 in the evening.”Are you free to meet me?”, he asked. “Not now”, I whispered conspiratorily. “I’m in a meeting.” I called him back at 8.00pm. “Meet me now”, he said. He proceeded to explain to me why he desperately wanted to see me. I sensed the urgency in his voice […]

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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.