Do you remember?

I had been asked recently by a friend if I could remember certain times, events, and occurrences that we had been part of. Memories that we both shared. Yes, I remembered.
I realised that it is memories that evoke emotions and actions in us, whether good or bad. It is because we remember that we love, [...]

Looking back

2007, was, on the whole, a good year. In retrospect, there are things that I would have done differently, done better, and some that I wouldn’t have done at all. But as of the stroke of midnight on December 31, that’s all in the past.
I have many good memories of the year gone by, so [...]

Memories of Mother Goose

I remember returning from uni one summer and discovering that Mum had unceremoniously given away my entire Nancy Drew and Secret Seven series! OK so I didn’t read them any more, but these books were kind of sacred. I dunno – held lots of memories for me I guess.
Anyway, while I was back at Mum’s [...]

Music hath charms

It’s been a damn long two weeks. The prefect remedy for this lassitude – good food, good company, and a few pints of Strongbow of course. So after work on Friday, it was off to Redhill for the chowdown (all together now – “or nee yooouuuu…!”), then to Muddy Murphy’s where Marcie, me and our [...]

Prettiest eyes

Happy 63rd, mum. Those eyes still sparkle, crows feet or not. And I love every line.
Now you’re older and I look at your face
Every wrinkle is so easy to place
And I only write them down just in caseThat you die
Let’s take a look at these crows feet, just look
Sitting on the prettiest eyes
Sixty 25th of [...]

deux = un

Howie has picked himself a beautiful cherry blossom named Ayako. Their wedding reception was last Sunday, at the Bankers Club in KL. It was good to see him again and to finally meet the woman who’s gonna tie our Howie down (up? ooh!).
I remember how Howie would never fail to escort us girls home after [...]

The Way Old Friends Do

Tomorrow I will be going back to KL for Howie’s wedding. I’ve known him for more than 10 years and have waited almost as many years to see him get hitched! Saturday morning, will be catching up with the girls over chee cheong fun. Woohoo! Probably more catch-up sessions over coffee and beers (pint of [...]

Of Restless Chickens and Audacious Spiders

A friend had lent me a couple of Far Side books and as I was reading them earlier tonight, chuckling to myself and sometimes laughing out loud, I recalled an, er… alternative… version of a childhood nursery rhyme which another friend had recited to me many years ago, which also made me laugh. Here it [...]

An Ode to Exes

Was reading an article about being friends with your ex(es). I think it really depends on how the relationship ends and how forgiving you are. I have a slight problem with this because on a scale of 1 to 10, the low end of the scale being “least forgiving”, I’d be a -5. Not many [...]

Total Recall

Just the other day, Mr Boo was musing about how a tiny detail – be it a song, a word, a smell … whatever – can be the catalyst in triggering an entire recollection or memory that is otherwise lying dormant in the reccesses of our memory banks. Last weekend while I was back at [...]