This is a follow up to my previous post about the rambutan tree in front of our house.
The flowers have now taken the more familiar ‘hairy’ form of the rambutan fruits, albeit still green.
What a joy it would be to see the fruits slowly mature and ripen in the weeks to come!
After staying for about a week in Europe, the 6-hour difference — KL’s GMT +8 vs Geneva/Paris/Amsterdam’s GMT +2 — has thrown my body completely into a loop.
By the time I got back home, it took me about the same number of days to recover completely. I’ve been sleeping for the past week for hours [...]
To my best friend, my confidante, my beloved mother, “the best grandmother in the whole wide world” (a title lovingly conferred to her by my children), THE most loving, most patient and most resilient woman that I know – may God bless you and guide you and keep you in His care on your birthday [...]
It’s the 1st of April, also known as April Fools’ Day in the west. It’s not commonly observed in Asia although people here have heard about it.
Today marks the start of the end for the Malaysian one sen coin. And that’s no joke. See my post on Malaysian Rounding here.
Today is also the day when [...]
I have fond memories of growing up with trees — climbing trees and picking fruits from trees.
I remember picking star apples (Cebuano: kaimito) when I was about 6 years old. I don’t remember much about how I actually ‘helped’ in the picking, but I remember eating them fresh from the tree.
When I was about 8, [...]
