Bibliophobia...!

Though things have started changing career-wise, I seem to be stuck in the same existential rut I descended into when I started having sleep...

In difficult times, recordings of Ajahn Brahm's talks have been a source of comfort. As he tends to repeat his stories, the trick is to ...

The Malaysian Institute of Language and Literature (DBP) has proposed amendments to the DBP Act 1959 to give it more bite in policing usage...

I had more to say in this post , but decided not to, lest I mention something that might be offensive or proven incorrect later. But that...

On 1 July, Hololive virtual YouTuber Kiryu Coco graduated, i.e., retired. Fans and her fellow Hololive VTubers mourned. Tributes to her flo...

Putting pen to paper - or keying things to screen - about the ongoing pandemic and its myriad of inconveniences is hard. Who wants to relive...

The chronology of this story I'm about to tell has been jumbled up by the lockdown-induced brain fog. Which did I see first? The nest ...

You can't tell me otherwise.

I took mindfulness lessons at a time in my life when I needed more clarity. Problem now is that I tend to notice a bit more in something tha...

All I did was close my eyes and lean to one side and when I righted myself in my office chair I was struck by a wave of nausea. I knew wha...

A while back, someone tweeted their displeasure at a video of a guy reacting to someone cooking "egg fried rice" on BBC Food, u...

Besides books, food and music, I'm also a bit of a history buff and enthusiastic about wildlife. What I haven't revealed here about ...

The highway below is quiet - well, as quiet as highways can be. When I first moved in, the highway my apartment overlooks is constantly awak...

I'm not sure where and when concerns over COVID-19 were first raised but if it was in China, the authorities there screwed up imperial. ...

Lax enforcement and perceived vulnerability have allowed motorcyclists to run red lights and ride between lanes, etc., with impunity sebab m...

Parts of Twitterjaya erupted when the nascent #UndiRosak movement emerged to crow about the failures of the new government , calling it a vi...

Critics are railing against the government's plan to decriminalise drug use. Predictably, the loudest and staunchest critics of the move...

When the recent water supply disruption ended sooner than scheduled I was grateful. Then, last Saturday afternoon, I returned to dry taps. ...

When the radio broadcasted highlights of the day's parliamentary session, I should have turned it off. Wednesday's Twitter feed left...