Age of Glory and nostalgia
The sky is grey and the air heavy with mist as I get into my car to drive to work. I’m running a little late but it is okay, I Continue Reading →
Category: Malaysia
Bukit Ibam and more childhood memories
‘Nostalgic memories can evoke happiness’ the article said. I search my brain for my earliest memories. I see myself hiding under my bed to get away from the noise of Continue Reading →
Bukit Ibam and ‘Kookaburra’
Since starting my blog a few schoolmates from Bukit Ibam have contacted me. Some have vivid memories. Some have returned to Bukit Ibam with their parents. It sounds like there Continue Reading →
School memories
I leave from work early today. The mandatory paediatric life support course doesn’t take as long as I anticipated it to be. The temperature was in the low twenties. The Continue Reading →
Rajula
Today I met a lady who was named after a ship. A ship I have travelled in during the late 60s. She was surprised that I made the connection. She Continue Reading →
Me aged ten
Once a free spirit Free to roam the barren land Did I envisage the future I was to inherit A future written on sand Written with ease With a stroke Continue Reading →
Childhood friends
Majority of my friends in my school whatsapp group have known each other since their first day at school. Some stayed on till the end of the school days, some Continue Reading →
A trip down memory lane
For the boys it was playing in the rain with cycle tyres and goli (marbles). For the girls it was hopscotch. For me in Malaysia or Malaya as it was Continue Reading →
Choosing a medical career
When I said in Bukit Ibam there were a couple of shops, houses, 2 schools and a cinema theatre and pretty much nothing else. That wasn’t quite true. There was Continue Reading →
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
Talking about the adventures of Tom Sawyer, I had actually forgotten about Amy Lawrence. I was no Becky Thatcher. She was too prim and proper for me. Neither was I the Continue Reading →
