May 27 2010
It didn’t look like a radio at all. That’s my first impression when I saw it the day when Edmund and I dropped by at the second-hand goods shop in Burnie on 23 January. “It’s a flying saucer”, I thought. Edmund had picked it up from among the many different types of radios available. He [...]
Mar 21 2010
It was at least 40 years or more ago that I last played hide-and-seek with my brothers and neighbours in the village where I grew up in. In Malaysia, it was called ‘tapuk’, which means ‘to hide’. The same rules apply for this game of hide-and-seek all over the world. One person or more will [...]
Mar 18 2010
On 11 January, Terence and Ying Qi, whom I was staying with treated me to my first movie in ‘VILLAGE’ (one of the two cinemas in Hobart). The movie was none other than Avatar, the blockbuster sci-fi movie by James Cameron and was the 3D version. I was keen to watch this movie as my [...]
Mar 15 2010
On 4 January, Edmund took me to visit the Hobart public library before leaving for Burnie. He figured that I could entertain myself with some books while he was away. I was not able to go with him to Burnie as his rented accommodation there was not ready then. He had to stay in the [...]
Mar 11 2010
Journal entry: Hobart, 2 January 2010 On New Year Day I prepared a variety of pancakes – an experiment really, as the flour here was very good with a much higher gluten content than those back home in Malaysia. Flour was one of the cheapest ingredients too. I made banana, curry and plain cakes for [...]