When there are apples to be polished, Many people will do it with relish, Sucking up to an authority, Is an apple polisher’s duty.   Brown nosing comes in many guises, Boot licking is meant to disguise, An attempt to ask for favours, By appealing to emotion in many flavours.   Flattery is nice to receive, Even though  it is ...

I am only one, But still I am one, I cannot do everything, But still I can do something, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do, That is the power of one Helen Keller alluded to.   One voice in a silent world can sound so loud, One kind gesture can remove all doubts, One ...

Little baby smiles, Mummy’s heart misses a beat, True love has spoken.

Malaysians crave for titles, The way Christians love their bibles, Look at the number of awards dished out every year, There is no end to that I fear.   Titles used to be awarded with much constraint, But they’re now given with little restraint, No longer awarded to only people with unimpeachable integrity, But given so perversely to every Tom, ...

Tong biru they give, Our future hangs in the tong, What a sorry state!

My college mate Tolstoy Tingang Trang has suggested to me that I should seriously consider writing haiku poems.  In the last couple of days, I decided to do some study about haiku though initially I thought haikus are not the type of poems that I would want to write. Then I became hooked and have been busy trying my hands ...

Marriage is a big responsibility, It’s about cherishing each other till infinity, It has its ups and downs, And sometimes in circles we go round and round.   Marriage can turn out to be a struggle, It’s little wonder that some choose to remain single, Married life can be a difficult affair, When we get into each other’s hair.   ...

In our scorching hot weather, Nothing tastes better, Than a cool ice kacang, The dessert with its irresistible charm.   The thirst -quenching concoction, Favourite dessert of our nation, ABC it’s fondly called, Ais batu campur it is known to all.   A mixture of red beans, cendol, grass jelly and sweet corns, A mountain of shaved ice drizzled with ...

Among Foochow snacks, Kompia leads the pack, Bagel’s Foochow cousin, Famous for a historical reason.   Invented centuries ago by Qi Jiguang, A bun that soldiers ate on the run, Based on Japanese onigiri, Strung together in a string the soldiers carried.   Flour, salt and baking soda mixed together in a dough, Kneaded with a rolling pin till it’s ...

The lotus flower is bursting in symbolism, Lifting people out of their pessimism, The bud of the lotus symbolizes potential, The lotus flower represents things spiritual. The life of the lotus is so unusual, Its ascent from the murky water is gradual, Above the water the flower pod surfaces, Pushing aside muck as it is put through its paces. The ...