I am the Old Soul of this City Please don’t kill me. Don’t break my windows Destroy my pillars. Where are my mosaic pavements My picture houses with balconies My grandfather’s house My mosaic tiles. My Peranakan treasures Don’t rob my grandchildren Sell my soul to developers The city lights they blind me. I amContinue reading “Old soul of this city”
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The Malaysian abroad
Who am I amongst my friends? Always the Malaysian abroad. And who is the Malaysian abroad? The one who left home at 17, and have studied, lived and worked abroad ever since. The one who comes home only for the summer holidays, the one who knows her country only from memories as a child andContinue reading “The Malaysian abroad”
fake plastic face
on a rainy saturday wedding dress hunt fake plastic face fake plastic tree i don’t despise love nor effort, nor beauty rather the spirit of me me me of ignorance and stupidity or what others want me to be just want to be natural just want to be myself no avant-garde bling back-breaking fling sashContinue reading “fake plastic face”
Superman from the supermarket
Look who I brought home from the supermarket last night! It’s none other than Superman himself. Since the ghosts have gone and Mid-Autumn Festival is fast approaching to brighten up our lives, I thought I’d bag myself a Clark Kent t’ng long (lantern) from Giant supermarket. Forget the equinox, the harvest or the deities. ForgetContinue reading “Superman from the supermarket”
Only in Malaysia…
A National Day tribute to Malaysia, tanah tumpah darahku. All pictures taken in KL and Subang Jaya. Now, here is my Top 10 ‘only in Malaysia’… Does Daulat Tuanku feature above F1 Does ah beng leave his helmet outside Madam Kwan’s Are there priority parking spaces for single female drivers Is the gagang telefon alwaysContinue reading “Only in Malaysia…”
Four days in KL
Four days in KL and so much to shout about. The Malaysian landscape. Imam melaungkan azan. Pandu lalu KFC. Surat khabar lama. Ramadhan bazaar. Sunway Lagoon’s keseronokan tanpa henti. Tomahawk, Pirate’s Revenge. Lost City of Gold, Butch Cassidy’s Trail, Apache Pots, Wagon Wheel, Grand Rapids. 15 Royce’s tiramisu wafers 12 macarons from TWG 9 ridesContinue reading “Four days in KL”
Bring dialect back
Teddy and wanphing’s trilingual conversation in English, Hokkien and Malay Calling all ethnographers and social commentators. In 1965, Tunisian-Jewish author Albert Memmi lamented on “the tortures of colonial bilingualism” in his book The Colonizer and the Colonized. He described how native tongues in Third World countries are crushed by those of its colonial masters’. ThisContinue reading “Bring dialect back”
The culture that surrounds me
Write 200 words on the culture that surrounds you. was the title of an assignment that I saw at a college recently. Below is my attempt: The culture that surrounds me is a culture that says, if you don’t help yourself, no one else will. It tells me that I can make it on myContinue reading “The culture that surrounds me”
Wan Phing Lim 