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Cancer Diaries: Failing at being frugal, while the finish line draws near

Kuala Lampur, Jan. 7 -- Sometimes you need to accept that the Fates will laugh at your best laid plans. Since I have two immunotherapy treatments this month and family in town, I thought I would get ... Read More


Cancer Diaries: When a snake comes to my door

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 31 -- Happy New Year! 2026 comes for us all tomorrow. The Chinese Lunar Year will also transition from the Snake to the Horse (my birth year) in February and because my life is cos... Read More


Cancer Diaries: Sometimes you're grateful just to feel your hands

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 24 -- It's Christmas Eve as you're reading this and I've decided to try something new. A bit of a throwback, but instead of writing this at my computer, I decided to see if I could... Read More


Cancer Diaries: I shouldn't need to think about MyDigitalID as I lay dying

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 17 -- I spent five hours at the hospital this week for my usual immunotherapy session and it was draining. Thanks to the cold weather we've been having, the already cold oncology d... Read More


Cancer Diaries: Hanging out in Emergency and insurance fears

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 10 -- I spent Friday night in the Emergency department. No, I wasn't having complications but a friend was. I'd persuaded her to first see my GP nearby who prescribed her medicati... Read More


Breaking barriers in sound: Faithful Music welcomes musicians to explore what's possible with Logic Pro and Spatial Audio

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 5 -- So, hey, we'd like you to come talk to these people at Faithful Music. I like music. I like stories. My hope was that Apple's invitation to talk with the people at Faithful ... Read More


Cancer Diaries: On 'celebrating' one year as a cancer patient as my heart begins to struggle

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 3 -- It was December 4 last year when I first announced, in this column, that I had cancer. A lot has happened since then. I truly did not know how things would end up and while f... Read More


Cancer Diaries: When everyone, myself included, needs reminding I'm still sick

Kuala Lampur, Nov. 26 -- I asked my oncologist if it was normal, the weakness and stiffness I felt, the aching of my joints and how hard it still is to move. "It's the side-effects of your medication... Read More


Cancer Diaries: Where Bangkok feeds me and shows me my limits

Kuala Lampur, Nov. 19 -- On my last day in Bangkok, I briefly contemplated drowning myself in Chatuchak Park's lake. It wasn't a sudden wave of suicidal ideation. My shoulders, my back, my arms, my ... Read More


What's so scary about Roblox, the online gaming platform that is scaring parents and governments

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 13 -- Children playing shouldn't end up in one of them being stabbed which is exactly what happened in Batu Pahat recently. A nine-year-old boy stabbed his younger brother aged six,... Read More