My late father passed away at the age of 78. He was living with me then. After a short illness, he died. The story I'm about to write is an extremely difficult one to relate. Whether I succeed to complete this story or otherwise is yet unknown. Ernest Hemingway I certainly am not. Anyway I [...]
Seeing a Malay boy at the institute one day, I inquired if this was his first attempt at the motorcycle test. He replied this was actually his third attempt. The boy appeared down hearted. He lacked confidence. In fact, angry. He said if he were to fail again this time, he would go to the [...]
This interesting story which happened when I was a young boy. It has lingered in my mind for a long long time, over 50 years to be exact. I feel the time has come for it to be told. During the early fifties, the "peranakan" community (to which I belong) in the Klang district area [...]