I guess I don’t fit into any category of Chinese, Indian or Malay so the most common question I get asked is what race I am or whether I’m mixed. I don’t take any offence to it because it comes up all the time but it’s not always asked with the right grammar. For eg, Read the rest →

From my Star Column “A Different Spin” When I was flipping through the Star a few weeks ago, an article written by T Selva caught my attention. It was simply entitled “Sweet Silence” At the time, I was yelling at my 3 dogs to stop barking because someone was at the door and my phone Read the rest →

My hair has always been super straight. I know, I know. I can hear the admonishing voices of my girlfriends saying, “Well, don’t complain. People go through re-bonding just to have straight hair!” The grass is always greener on the other side, isn’t it? Don’t get me wrong. I have no problems having straight hair. In Read the rest →

There was a guy I knew who used to hold his girlfriend’s hand with great pride whenever she was dolled up but he wasn’t as eager to hold her hand when she was dressed down with no make-up. She noticed this so she wore make up at all times coz she became insecure about her Read the rest →

It was about 7am, still really dark and all my dogs were leashed. A German Expat with a really tiny dog walked past me on the footpath (ironic really for such an angry personality. His dog was so small it looked like a large hamster!) Anyway, while the dog was strolling past, Pickle suddenly bolted Read the rest →