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Packet drink, please
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“Makcik sudah makankah?”
(Makcik, have you eaten?)
The little Tamil girl asking the question stood behind the gates of her home.
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Amazon.com -
Anyone in the
world can buy but not everyone in the world can sell.
Synopsis:
Asian authors/publishers are precluded from having their books listed on Amazon.
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The Code? What Code?
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... Nothing, though, made me
laugh more than the recent article entitled Decoding ‘The Da Vinci Code’
in the New Sunday Times (9th of July, 2006).
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The Perforated
Coin
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When he showed his wife
the coin, she told him about the belief that such an incident was sure to bring
him good luck and insisted that the coin be kept in a special container and
placed somewhere safe.
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The
Piano Maker
In Goa, there was a man whose occupation
was to make pianos. He was a hardworking man and every day, he was doing
something or rather with a piano.
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The Homeless Man
It
was a stiflingly hot day that Sunday in 2005. Still, Alan felt the urge to go to
the church as he was feeling somewhat despondent.
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The Imposter
Have you ever been in the position where
you're in the company of an obnoxious person but, he's there on someone
else's invitation?
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9 elements
of a successful book proposal for storytellers
When you are considering writing a book,
one of the first steps involves writing a book proposal. You should
never wait until a publisher asks for it before writing one.
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Family Photo
In 1979, my family
posed for a photograph which was taken by Mr. Chia. Being the official
photographer for the Kedah Sultan and his family, Mr. Chia had very
little spare time and, therefore, this session was very precious to my
mother.
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[This piece has been
published online and in print in the Arabesque Review (Globalization,
Peace & Cultures Dialogue Issue):
http://www.arabesquespress.org/journal/short_stories/01125213.html
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Eye-contact
In the
first bus I used to take to work, the passengers were barely cordial in
their behaviour towards each other.
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The Earrings
My wife was one of
those pretty and charming girls born, as though God made a mistake with
her, into a family of labourers who lived in a low-cost flat.
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Indonesian Batik Through the Ages
What is Batik?
The word “Batik” is derived from an Indonesian-Malay
word. Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Malaysia are the
official languages of Indonesia and Malaysia
respectively.
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A Love
Story
There's
an old story about a group of monks living with
their master in a Tibetan monastery. Their lives
were disciplined and dedicated, and the atmosphere
in which they lived harmonious and peaceful.
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My name
is Neill Neill-What You See Is What You Get
This is a very personal article. It is one
person's story of how thinking beyond himself
and taking visible local action in the present
became a life-guiding principle. It's about
responsibility and occasional courage.
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Working on a dream -
self-publishing in Malaysia
Since publication of
The Banana Leaf Men, I have been asked the same question many times,
“How much did it cost?”
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Jackie's Nightmare
It had been a long night and the morning sun promised only more of the tumult
that was Jackie Klaus’ nightmare.
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A Piece of Gold
Once there was a holy man who sat with his
begging bowl in hand at the entrance to a village. A peasant traveling down the
road into the village stopped to stare at the beggar.
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