KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 -- If you've ever come across Indonesian social media postings you might have seen the word jastip. Jastip Is just the shortened version of the phrase jasa titip - its literal tra... Read More
Kuala Lampur, April 29 -- "You feeling all better now?" I know the people who love me mean well when they ask if I'm well, if I've gotten better, if I'm cured. You don't ask the survivors of a war i... Read More
KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 -- This review is nearly a month late but I've got two good reasons why. The first is I got very sick (again) with a two-week long respiratory infection and as soon as I recove... Read More
Kuala Lampur, April 22 -- It's been nearly a year since my lumpectomy and the stiffness that came on immediately after, still lingers. My physiotherapist says my shoulder blade isn't working like it ... Read More
Kuala Lampur, April 15 -- I have watched more anime in the last two years than I have in my entire lifetime; mostly because I now find Western storytelling very dull. Whenever I see the Booker list I... Read More
Kuala Lampur, April 8 -- As I write this I'm having a little pity party. It's been 11 days since I caught an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) and I have yet to shake it off. My brain has dec... Read More
Kuala Lampur, March 4 -- Five days after I turned 48, the Pokemon franchise turned 30. Why yes I do feel positively middle-aged now thanks very much. To get me out of the house (else I would rot und... Read More
Kuala Lampur, Feb. 18 -- One lie I tell often is that I do not have regrets. Like anyone, I have many. Sequestered into the corners of my psyche, sometimes mixing themselves in as discordant notes in... Read More
Kuala Lampur, Feb. 11 -- Next week is my final immunotherapy treatment. Annoyingly as I write this I am ill; nothing serious, just my sinuses and immune system colluding in making me miserable. The ... Read More