

Writing for Myself
"Firstly and finally, and all along the line, you write because there's something you want to write, have to write. For yourself."...


ONE Year GONE in-a-flash
It has been ONE year! Happy Anniversary to my "In a Flash" blog! (which has been quiet and unproductive) I woke up this morning being...


A Flight of Liberty
Imagine you’re an eagle, soaring up high in the ocean of blue sky and puffy white clouds, chasing the sun far on the horizon. Down below...


Shopping is Like Eating Chocolate
I was seven or eight when I went to Center Point Sabah for the first time with my two elder sisters. It was December; the mall was packed...


A Letter From a Trespassing Traveler to the Travelers
Google (the dog), Tilon and Caren were marveled by the full moon and the silhouette of Kinabalu Mountain. Dear Travelers, Many people I...


Do You Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
"Mother whispered, 'See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing, then you do it without...


A Writer's Lament & Coming Back Home
I have broken my covenant of writing and posting a blog every week here. It felt as though falling into a rabbit hole—one hole after...


The Tune of Jasmine Tree
The rain had stopped when Dandey got off the bus. Sweat dribbled down his cheek and wet his back as he strolled home. Puddles on the wet...


25 Years A Student
There was a hammock tied on the tree next to our house, facing the Kinabalu Mountain; it was the space where I spent a good portion of...


My Greatest Ramble so Far
Is competitiveness a "human-nature," or a cultural construct? (That is the question) I bet Darwinians would say it's human nature to be...