Bits & Pieces of Me

            Since I was punished standing on the chair for reading Enid Blyton during lessons, I was ok till I reached form 4. Then the habit came again.this time I go for romantic novels by Denise Robins ( which I love most ) and of course Mills and Boons.This is a British publisher of romance novels.             Denise Robins was a very popular writer.To me no other writer could understand a woman like Denise Robins did.She was born in England in 1897 and died in 1985.Two of her best written novels that I still remember until now was 'Desire is blind' and 'Brief Ecstasy' ( kept reading them over and over again.                                             ...

         When I was a little girl my mum used to make ketupat for raya day and so do all my neighbours. The men will go get the palas leaves to wrap the ketupat.Nowadays we can simply go to the day market. Lots of these leaves are sold.                                                        Palas leaves sold at the day market.                        Then my grandma would open up the leaves so that its easier to put in the glutinuos rice. Usually we children would gladly do this.simple job.Then mum would cook the glutinuos rice with santan (coconut milk) .It should be...

                                       During the time when there was no television, people went to the cinema to enjoy a film show. But since there was no transport that went into the villages to take passengers, people have other source of show to watch.                                      We called it Wayang Pacak.Why was it called as such ? because the people from the broadcasting department came and pitch the screen on the field. They used a big generator to generate power.                                      Before the show the broadcasting people would come in a van and announced it. At my place it was usually shown at ...

                                    I was on my way home after my quran class. I was 10 years old then. I was living in the village near my grandmother's house then before we moved to a place along the streets of Telok Kacang , about 3/4 kilometer from Kangar.                         It was around 5pm . No one was in sight .I was walking fast.One thing I was afraid of the bushes.I got the idea there were snakes in the bushes.My mum always told me frightening stories so that I would always stay at home and read my books..                                ...

               Empire cinema as I told you earlier was one of the oldest cinema in Perlis. Normally showed old films usually black and white.Sometimes cowboy fighting the red Indians. I hate to watch this because the men liked to shout and shriek loud enough to blow your ear drums every time the hero did not realize the presence of a red Indian behind him ready to snap his arrow..                They would shout" belakang ! belakang ! as if the hero could hear them..And then when the hero turned at the nick of the time, and shot dead the Indian, they would clap their hands as if they saw money flying down from the sky.                 Then Capitol cinema was built , Indonesian films started to flow in like rain. P.Ramlee films went down into the drains.Teenagers saved their pocket money just to see...

                                             Nowadays children love ice creams.Real creamy, top                                     up with chocolate or other flavours. Long ago during my time                                     we had 'ais kepal'. Ice was grated and compressed into a                                    handful size.                                     ...

                                                                 New born Sara                                      Born on 30th April.2010. Named Sara Zulaikha. My precious                                 grand daughter  was born in a private hospital in KL.She is fully               ...