Beautifully Imperfect

Yasmin Ahmad (1958-2009)
You had me at “Sepet”. You’re truly a prophet of our time, speaking into the hearts of each rakyat in our imperfect nation. You took great care to give glory where it is due, that your great works and inspiration came from the Creator Himself.
Most of all, I appreciate [...]

Love’s eye

Truth, deadened of its absolute blaze, might need love’s eye to pierce the o’erstretched doubt. – Robert Browning
15-20Then Hezekiah prayed to God: “God-of-the-Angel-Armies, enthroned over the cherubim-angels, you are God, the only God there is, God of all kingdoms on earth. You made heaven and earth. Listen, O God, and hear. Look, O God, and [...]

Surprised by change [A good one]

[Taken outside a pitstop along the mountain ranges of Austria. One of our favourite places in the world. It showed.]
Preface: The father I knew for a good number of years was a self-made man, who believed nothing in life comes easy and you will achieve what you wanted if you try hard enough and put [...]

Keeping perspective

Andy, I know you’re sick in the gut right now seeing that man snatch that trophy away from you. It could have gone either way but the tennis gods seemed to favor curly-haired softies for now. It’s no surprise that you’re extremely upset to lose this having reinvented yourself through all those organic food, sleeping [...]

I smell desperation – Part 3

[While watching the wimbledon finals]
Mum : So Jon doesn’t have a girlfriend?
Me: No.
Mum : He has a brother staying at the same place?
Me: Yes.
Mum : Does he have a girlfriend?
Me : (wondering where all this is going) No.
Mum : Why are you mixing with all these fellas without girlfriends?
Me : Huh? I didn’t choose to. [...]