Jan 31 2010
The longer I stay in Tasmania, the more I miss my hometown Labuan, situated in East Malaysia. It is not that I don’t enjoy my stay – in fact I really do – but I cannot help noticing some similarities that both Tasmania and Labuan have and these make me feel nostalgic at times. Firstly, [...]
Jan 30 2010
When it’s summer in Tasmania, the sun sets only at about 9 pm. I was not used to such a long day. I had in fact felt that it was like 36 hours a day here. At times I get confused with all the different time zones of the places where Phillip and our children [...]
Jan 30 2010
A strange thing happened at the beach the other day. Just as I was about to do another watercolour painting, a big black dog that was running about by the beach just came up to me, then suddenly jumped up and sat on my lap. I was stunned for a moment. I angrily pushed the [...]
Jan 29 2010
That very same day I arrived in Hobart (14 December 2009), I was eager to go to the beautiful beach, which is just a few minutes’ walk from Edmund’s apartment. As the sun was unusually hot in summer here, I decided to wait till evening when it was less hot. I quickly packed my art [...]
Jan 28 2010
As my son Edmund drove me from the airport to the city on the morning that I arrived in Hobart, I could not help noticing the clear blue sky, beautiful flowers and green trees. The thing that struck me most was the bluish green sea and countless rolling hills here. On arrival at Edmund’s apartment, [...]