*ulysses' gaze theme This morning, I heard that a friend had passed away under tragic circumstances. Time stopped for a few minutes whil...

I received a few emails from concerned friends after my post on Hari Raya , followed by the sad poem by Neruda . I don't want to give t...

There were tears. Growing-up, my brother and I used to giggle when my mum wrote Hari Raya cards to her family in Malacca. It was a mere 6-h...