Monthly Archives: September 2008

What Other Sydney? 3

When I was a kid, growing up in a city called Sydney, I thought it was cool that there was another city called Sydney in this great big world of ours. Of course, I thought my Sydney — which for several years now has been part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, [...]

The Land of the Terrible Twos 10

A couple of weeks ago, Alisdair turned two. His mother and I had seen it coming, of course, but were powerless to stop it. It loomed in the distance like dark mountains. The changes in the features of the Land of One-Year-Olds were subtle at first: the landscape began to get a little bumpy, the [...]

Ghost in the Machine 2

And the car doesn’t just move by itself.

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Fast-Fried Brains 5

“I have a stupid question for you.”

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Sex Talk 0

I find it more difficult to understand Malay when it is spoken by Malay men.

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Masa Puasa, Cakap Betul Pun Susah 7

“Alamak!”