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.

Sunday, 30 August 2015

Will the last Anak Melayu to leave the room please switch off the light?

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Fifty-eight years ago, on 31 Aug 1957, at 691 Pasir Panjang Road Singapore, the whole family were sitting around our radio, listening to the...
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Wednesday, 26 August 2015

What's it all about, Rusty?

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We have an uncanny cat. When we moved to our house in Setiawangsa, a black cat we would call "Poppy" seemed to be a part of the ...
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Sunday, 9 August 2015

A little jaunt into escapism ......

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.......  in the last few weeks I find myself preferring to keep away from printed and electronic news and views.    I know that in the...
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Thursday, 23 July 2015

"Pendekar Melayu Lapok" (with apologies to the brilliant Allahyarham P. Ramlee)

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England's greatest bard is William Shakespeare.  He is often quoted to illustrate political shenanigans, hypocrisies and  'over-ridi...
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Sunday, 19 July 2015

Another Hari Raya

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On 1 Syawal  as we celebrate Hari Raya it is worthwhile to re-connect with what Ramadan was all about.  To quote Shaykh Sadullah Khan (Islam...
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