Watch out for these OKUs (differently-abled citizens)…
My Brunei Ah Pek is a little deaf in both ears and wears a hearing aid. This qualifies him for an Orang Kurang Upaya card.
He recently was stopped by the cops for speeding. He whipped out his OKU card and pleaded, “Saya OKU la.” They immediately let him go!!
What [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Orang Kurang Upaya
Posted in Muses, Now where do I put this?, tagged care, police on 27 January 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Baci Method
Posted in Muses, Now where do I put this?, tagged advice, chocolate, love on 22 January 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes people ask me for advice on love.
But… NONE of these people EVER take the advice I give!
“Don’t ask Julia to be your girlfriend! You gotta give yourself some time and sort yourself out first mate, coz she’s not going to…”
From the look on his face, I know that he is either not listening (so [...]
The Invigilator
Posted in Muses, tagged film festival, love, movie, natalie portman on 20 January 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Melbourne International Film Festival is a great time of the year.
It’s cold enough to have to be wearing light jackets and during magic hour, when the sky is royal blue and the passing trams flash bursts of white light onto the old colonial buildings, those minutes spent with other arty-farty types standing full [...]
Sarong Ah Ma
Posted in Muses, tagged gambling, grandmother, kiss, x files on 17 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is Gin’s late paternal grandmother.
Like everyone else and their grandparents, there is no shortage of ravings about Sarong Ah Ma’s legendary kiamchai soup and how no one today can quite get it right…
She used to be infamous for her chronic gambling habit.
Though she feigned abstinence, the children could always tell when their mother sneaked [...]
Anne Endangered Species
Posted in Everyday Heroes, Muses, tagged activism, nationalism, patriotism on 6 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was delighted to meet a truly uncommon Singaporean.
Upon returning from studies overseas, Anne found herself stifled by the way certain things were in her country (if you are Singaporean, don’t worry if you don’t understand this).
The first day after she arrived Anne found herself driving along a new stretch of road and extremely frustrated [...]
RCKL – Snippets
Posted in Now where do I put this?, tagged Baha'i, regional conference on 2 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some shots from the Conference gone by. Check out more on my flicker page.
RCKL – Gerry and Gladys
Posted in Everyday Heroes, tagged Baha'i, devotion, pain on 1 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
About a month and a half ago Gladys got up and heard a crack come from inside her body somewhere.
Since then she has been in excruciating pain.
A cure or an accurate diagnosis still eludes her doctors.
I was walking through one of the corridors at the conference when I saw her holding on to her husband [...]
