Just call me Saffron, will you? Wednesday, January 17, 2007. Thursday, November 16, 2006. I know I have been away for far too long. But you know what? I like this extended absence. My 3 nights in the hospital had taught me a lot, humbled me in so many ways.

Minding my business, biding my time. Sun beating down on my sweaty skin. My jiggling fats causing quite a scene. It was him I remember clearly. Wearing the same Korn t-shirt I loved so dearly. Of course on him it looked wow! But on me I looked like a cow. So embarrassed I never wore it again.

Thursday, December 14, 2006. One morning, on the way back to office after a meeting, I dropped by SS3 to wallop the 2nd best pork mee in the world. He reluctantly moved his car to let me pass. I stared at him one more time before making a left to the main road. I felt like a superhero that morning. Usually, maybe psychologically also, when you are drunk, you tend to roll.

There she was standing under the mid-afternoon sun, her feet planted in between blades of grass that danced under the control of the wind. Except that they were mostly weeds, and the occasional Mimosa pudica. Less glamorously known as the Pokok semalu. I ran up to her, crushing whatever existed underneath my shoes. What are you doing? Should I say something? .

Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Monday, November 14, 2011. All alone now, without a tan fright in sight. Squares on square, sitting down by the riverside on a Monday, other ppl that is. Colonial excursion coming to an end, a whiff of cigarette smoke in the air, not mine. The one quiet patch in the bustling city, kind of like the imbi alley back home, no porridge in sight over here.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007. All around me are familiar faces. Worn out places, worn out faces. Bright and early for their daily races. Going nowhere, going nowhere. Their tears are filling up their glasses. No expression, no expression. Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow. No tomorrow, no tomorrow. And I find it kind of funny. I find it kind of sad. I find it hard to tell you. I find it hard to take. When people run in circles.

Monday, April 17, 2006. Wednesday, February 22, 2006. The Curse of The Mobile. Tuesday, December 27, 2005. The Azumanga Daioh Character Quiz. Athletics, inner strength, and understanding. Life is what keeps you running. You are a very active person. Hard to break your spirit, although you.