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Tag: Pahang

Age of Glory and nostalgia

Posted on October 6, 2018 by Chitra Gopinathan

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 →

Posted in Entertainment, Malaysia | Tagged Childhood, Pahang | Leave a reply

Bukit Ibam and more childhood memories

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Chitra Gopinathan

‘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 →

Posted in Asia, Malaysia | Tagged Bukit Ibam, Childhood, Family, Pahang, School | Leave a reply

Bukit Ibam and ‘Kookaburra’

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

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 →

Posted in Malaysia | Tagged Childhood, Pahang, School | Leave a reply

School memories

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

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 →

Posted in Family & Friends, Malaysia | Tagged Family, Pahang, School | Leave a reply

Me aged ten

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

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 →

Posted in Asia, Malaysia, Other stories | Tagged Childhood, Kerala, Pahang, Travel | Leave a reply
Childhood Friends

Childhood friends

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

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 →

Posted in Asia, Family & Friends, Malaysia | Tagged Childhood, Family, Friends, Pahang | Leave a reply
Ceper Tutup Botol Bottle Caps

A trip down memory lane

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

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 →

Posted in Asia, Entertainment, Malaysia | Tagged Childhood, Pahang, Sports | Leave a reply
why choose a medical career

Choosing a medical career

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

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 →

Posted in Asia, India, Malaysia | Tagged Career, Childhood, Kerala, Medical School, Pahang | Leave a reply
Bukit Ibam Pahang

School days in Bukit Ibam, Pahang

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

My school days were spent in a place called Bukit Ibam in Pahang. When you google it now, it doesn’t even look like there is much left of the place Continue Reading →

Posted in Malaysia | Tagged Childhood, Pahang | 17 Replies

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