Verves In Composition

Meeting up with an old friend, who is now an Actuarist has it’s social intellectual benefits. After more than 3 years of not catching up with him our discussions admist Wolverine,Global Politics, Twitter, Celebrity Friends; has to always include “who’s dating who” and “who’s married/ soon to marry who“. Most of our friends of course were [...]

I turned around at my usual Starbucks at the call of my name… ‘APRIL YIM!!’ ‘Eh, hi, hi!’ ‘You going clubbing ah?’ ‘No lah. Why do you think so?’ *Points finger at outfit* ‘What are you wearing then?’ Elaine, my favourite ‘bobo‘ calling friend then explained.. ‘Woman, technically what you’re wearing is hot pants lah, and in such a Chinese-old fashion area.. [...]

Everyone in the blogosphere probably knows by now that my good friend minishorts is getting hitched soon I’m really excited for her and to be involved in her wedding plans!  So there is this woman planning and budgeting and she is upset with how much flowers can cost. Through such conversations. We have very much concluded …   Minishorts: i’m not going to throw it [...]

I thank my parents for giving me the name I have now. Though it has a penchant for leaving me suffixes (e.g. -fool) conversational/pick up lines that are far too predicatable. April is a nice name that gets me places…especially when you’re in a country other girls rarely have this name. However until today, people still [...]

It’s funny, now that I recollect it…. how a simple dinner of dumplings with the family could lead to some shameful public display of affection and eventually life changing events. Now, I am that one kind of girl who truly enjoys a whole basket of steamed pork dumplings all to herself. I can down 3 or [...]

In all my 2 decades plus years of upbringing, I have kept to my own ways of squat toilet usage. It’s very much like the way you were taught to hold your pencil, a very signature style of your very own performed with the most habitual of mannerisms. As I grew up, there were of course, [...]

I wonder how long have I been a moron not to notice it. As independence day approaches, we hang our beloved ‘Jalur Gemilang’ along KILOMETERS OF HIGHWAYS, on ALMOST ALL our ARCHITECTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS, and Lord knows where else people are capable of hanging flags.. But the vertical Malaysian flag, I’ve just realized….. Is the wrong way [...]