Anak si Hamid

Just a former schoolmarm and unrepentant maverick. Though I'm 77, I'm too bolshie to metamorphose into a sweet little old lady.

Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Mohd Amin - Gone too Soon

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They say the greatest pain for  parents is when they survive their child. Teachers feel the same when they have to say a final farewell to...
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Saturday, 30 October 2010

Dennis Potter's 'Lipstick on Your Collar' - History Repeating Itself

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I am no Anglophile.  Malay movies from the 1950s and 1960s,  Malay popular music from the 1940s onwards,  Lagu Melayu  Asli and Hindi  movie...
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Thursday, 28 October 2010

Skipping over the Ocean like a Stone

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I must admit to feeling knackered.  There have been too many lackadays, lackaweeks and lackamonths. I took my mind a walk Or my mind...
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Tears for Fears

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For the past few days I have been reading Wikileaks' Iraq War Logs. So I asked myself what's new? I recalled the revelations about...
Thursday, 21 October 2010

In the Name of Holy / Holey Charity

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My desk-top computer collapsed completely a week ago. My brother had a tough time trying to retrieve the backup but a visit to Low Yat saved...
Tuesday, 19 October 2010

THE SWEETEST THING

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This is for the family in Paekakariki with our heartfelt thanks for the hospitality - from the roast (halal) leg of lamb (and all the yummie...
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Thursday, 14 October 2010

A Carload of Crackers

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New Zealand is a beautiful country with a population of just 4 million people and 40 million sheep (2006). But I must confess, something e...
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