new year's eve 2018

New Year's eve always brings back fond memories of you. We would have dinner usually at your favorite restaurant Esquire Kitchen with your friends Saw Hong or Li Huey.  After dinner, you would try to persuade me to go for the fireworks display but habits die hard as i need to be in bed before midnight; so you would drop me home first. It was always fun to be with you, and this time of the year is especially poignant knowing we always spent time together. I miss you.

August 2018

I was back in KL for 10 days to help your mom deal with the aftermath of house renovation. i spent most days unpacking boxes and boxes of books and other stuff; cleaning and re-organizing. On my second last day, i sorted out a stack of photo albums and went through some old pictures. i saw the ones where you were playing with your brother when he was 2 or 3 years old. The photos reminded me of how much i miss you. We all do.

GE May 9 2018

It's been over a week since Malaysia held its 14th general elections on Wed. May 9, 2018. The results turned out to be a positive surprise with the Opposition coalition forming the new government. This time around, the voter turnout was over 80% with overseas Malaysians making an effort to head back to vote. I flew back to KL while your mom made a last minute decision to go back to Penang to vote. Needless to say, you would have done the same thing. Even now, most of us are still caught up in the euphoria of the election results as this is the first time in 60 years that Barisan Nasional had lost an election.The new government has made a few promises including reducing corruption and restore the rule of law. The question now is whether the changes being made will have a good lasting impact on Malaysian society and the economy.