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  • Ghost Town

    City centre // 29 Jul 2010 // by Allan Koay // 3 people like this story
    There are seven million people all over the city. And two million in the heart of it.

    She stood on the steps of the Masjid Jamek LRT station, waiting. Rush hour. Two million hurrying like one malleable ...

  • Nasi Bungkus August Strindberg

    Jalan Dutamas Raya // 29 Jul 2010 // by AK // 2 people like this story
    Kenapa peniaga-peniaga gerai makanan, selalunya makcik-makcik mulut becok (yang diterima oleh semua orang, termasuk aku, sebagai tanda keramahan dan penyuntikan sedikit keseronokan ke dalam proses jual beli dan jamah menjamah) akan selalu menganggap lelaki-lelaki dewasa yang singgah untuk bungkus makanan ...

  • Cold dish

    Brickfields // 28 Jul 2010 // by Allan Koay // 6 people like this story
    Cloudy thoughts of violence crossed his mind. He entertained them out of an anger that grew in tandem with the kilometers notched up by the taxi moving easily through the lax evening traffic.

    This is kidnapping! he ...

  • Special Brew

    bukit indah, skudai, johor. // 23 Jul 2010 // by budak // 3 people like this story
    Masa tu adalah hari kedua 'perkahwinan' kita. Sayang aku pada kamu masih sama seperti malam tu.

    'Gua rasa gua kenal mamat reception tu'
    'Pergilah tanya, tadi kan dia kata dia stay tempat lu jugak'
    'Malas ...

  • Kuching

    Kuching // 21 Jul 2010 // by Igat
    Capital city of Sarawak, this is where everything starts for me. Growing up there taught me to be the guy i am now. I met my first love there, met few good and loyal friends there. Its a very relaxing ...

  • Ingin tahu akan bunuh kamu juga, nanti.

    KLCC // 21 Jul 2010 // by R. Razali // 1 person likes this story
    "Why do you want to know?"

    "You know," dia kata, "curiosity and guilty, are hard to resist. Just like chocolates."

    Sebelum dia sempat sambung, aku berpaling ke arah pelayan dan cuba untuk pesan sesuatu. ...

  • An ode to Pudu

    Pudu // 20 Jul 2010 // by Anucyia Victor
    It's a heaving mass of people, sticky, noisy and crowded carbon monoxide fumes compete with fried food smells to get your attention and all the while, the ringing magpie cries of ticket touts assail your eardrums... ahh the joys of ...

  • The First 10 Second

    Jalan Ampang // 20 Jul 2010 // by AS // 1 person likes this story
    It starts kinda like that old tv commercial, its a hot afternoon. He gazed up to the scorching sun and wiped the sweat off his brow.

    Its been a long few hours. Megan Avenue 1 down, more ...

  • Pabila mentari di kaki langit

    Bandar Pinggiran Subang // 19 Jul 2010 // by Bobo Brazil // 1 person likes this story
    Ada sekali tu gua balik sebelum matahari bertukar shift dengan bulan. Gua menyusur Federal Hiway, masuk ke jalan subang dengan perasan tenang ke rumah orang tua gua. Sambil di temani Smells Like Teen Spirit, gua kunyah cokelat milo gaya Cobain. ...

  • Beratus Orang Berjoget Dalam Aku

    Hutan Bukit Indah, Ampang Jaya // 19 Jul 2010 // by ADMK // 1 person likes this story
    Aku toleh kiri kanan. Hati dah berminggu men-cit-cit macam tikus paling malas. Dongak ke langit yang tak pernah aku cakar. Cecair lazat yang masuk ke mulut, aku hayati dengan muka yang orang cepat rasa nak pukul. "Aku tak tau benda ...

  • Senyap Sunyi

    Solaris, Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur // 18 Jul 2010 // by AK // 14 people like this story
    Aku bangun dari tidur petang, menguap, terhuyung-hayang ke peti ais. Aku buka pintu, aku tenung, aku tutup semula.

    "You carik makanan ke?" tanya si dia yang duduk di meja, mengadap skrin komputer dengan earphones pada telinga.

  • uuu

    uuuuu // 18 Jul 2010 // by uuuuu
    uuu

  • My friend Ti

    Jalan PJS 11/1 // 09 Jul 2010 // by tracey // 1 person likes this story
    Hello! I live in Brisbane Australia and work with a very talented and lovely girl who lives in Jalan PJS 11/1. She visits her family every year but loves to live in sunny Brisbane near the river.

  • neigbours

    Damansara Jaya // 24 Jun 2010 // by titasam // 1 person likes this story
    At 31, I'm still single.

    As are my neighbours right, left and opposite.
    The ones opposite are still young, college students.
    The one on the left is a lady working at a nearby bank.

  • why im still here although some.........

    Carigali HESS Sdn. Bhd. Level 67 Tower 2 Kuala Lumpur City Centre // 24 Jun 2010 // by aziz // 3 people like this story
    Today is the day that everything start to changing.....

    New faces will replace the old faces. Some got new task and some got to pass their task to the others.....

    But im still here ...

  • The Rapper

    Tropicana, PJ // 21 Jun 2010 // by Sharon Bakar // 7 people like this story
    He sits for hours on end in the back room which he has appropriated as “his office” playing the guitar and composing songs, while the untidy piles of legal files from cases still waiting to be heard in the courts ...

  • adult

    Menara Milenium, Jalan Damanlela // 21 Jun 2010 // by sundalworm
    im only 31 years old.
    and everyone expects me to have all the answers.

    *sigh*

    life is a f****** work in progress...
    dont they know im making it up as I go ...

  • home

    shah alam // 01 Jun 2010 // by zaza
    Home is where the heart is.... So they say.

    Home is where your loved ones are, be it a lover or family members.
    Home is where you come home to after an exhausting day you spent ...

  • My friend sleeps here tonight.

    Universiti Malaya Medical Centre // 26 May 2010 // by Goaltender // 21 people like this story
    My friend sleeps here tonight. I am not sure whether her slumber is one of rest or one of manufacture, brought about by the chemical concoctions running through her veins. But I hope her sleep is a good sleep; I ...

  • Sharing Session

    Miri, Sarawak // 25 May 2010 // by Christopher // 2 people like this story
    We (of local and non-local students) have weekly group sharing session and happened that yesterday we talked about what we've learnt during the past few months since 1st Jan of the year. Some of us said they have learn to ...

  • The little conversation piece

    Taman Koperasi Polis // 25 May 2010 // by Inin Jasmin
    "Did Z cry again last night?"...That was the standard conversation piece among the neighbours most mornings and the subject of such concern was my daughter Z. A colicky baby, she was prone to wake up in the middle of the ...

  • The townhouses facing the hill

    Wnagsa Maju // 25 May 2010 // by Inin Jasmin
    A leisurely drive through this neighbourhood brought back fond memories of days gone by. Of evenings spent playing dummy badminton on the cul-de-sac while keeping an eye out for the kids playing house at the foothills. Of neighbours who had ...

  • Moon lover.

    SJMC // 24 May 2010 // by Reynolds
    When nothing else in life is working, people under the moon would morn. Not sure who coiled it, but I believe it is a wise saying from someone wise. I lied, I made that up. That's however the truth for ...

  • Perhaps... meaningful.

    Reynolds. // 21 May 2010 // by Reynolds // 2 people like this story
    I was in this LRT station, waiting for my friend at Kelana Jaya...

    I have decided to get into the platform and wait for him there.

    As usual he would come late..
    ...

  • From the perspective of a Subang kid.

    Subang Jaya, Selangor, malaysia // 21 May 2010 // by praveen kumar // 1 person likes this story
    When I was a kid living in Subang Jaya, for a short time, it was a very quiet place. Nothing too drastic happened and everyone drifted home from work tired and went to sleep.
    Subang was a home, just ...

  • daddy

    daddy // 18 May 2010 // by daddy
    daddy

  • City of Shared Stories

    dsfsfs // 18 May 2010 // by sadsadas
    City of Shared Stories

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  • Daddy

    Bandar Baru Sentul // 14 May 2010 // by Bissme S // 2 people like this story
    Why can’t daddy just die?. He asked himself. Nothing would bring him pleasure to see his daddy’s dead body…To attend his daddy’s funeral.
    Every day thousand people die in freak accidents. Why can’t his daddy be one of them. ...

  • His Murderer

    Kampung Sungai Penchala // 11 May 2010 // by Bissme
    He had a horrible death. His naked body was found floating in the river. Blue and black marks were all over his body. He was tortured. He was punched. He was stabbed many times. His mother broke down when she ...

  • Mummy

    Kuching, Sarawak, Home, A Place Like No Other. // 09 May 2010 // by Adrian Lim // 2 people like this story
    She is always a never ending inspiration, warm to be close to (even when she is angry), and someone who catches your attention whenever she walks into a room. I don't think she has ever disappointed me once, not ever, ...

  • just off the key of reason;

    Taman Setiawangsa // 08 May 2010 // by the girl with the wayfarers // 2 people like this story
    She pulled the laces of her Chuck's. She plugged in the earphones and flicked the switch to 'On'. It was Monday morning, and the sun rays mixed with the UV rays -- that the ozone layer could not block anymore ...

  • Life As We Know It

    Kampung Orang Asli // 02 May 2010 // by Adrian Lim // 2 people like this story
    On a street not very far away, lived a happy family of 7. One Sunday morning, they trotted out of their home. There was the wise father, the nurturing mother, 4 sturdy sons, and the only lovely daughter. As they ...

  • lembu-lembu.

    sabak bernam // 30 Apr 2010 // by suke-suke
    kisah ini brmula apabila aq msk poli di sabak brnm..
    huh, bkn maen pdlmn lg..tp okla kot coz tmpt tng..tng ke??haha
    sane-sini lembu..lembu biase ade lembu pendek pon ade..
    ramai gak r aq dgr cite bout org ...

  • Home for Eid

    Taman Melawati // 29 Apr 2010 // by v daim
    (based on news report of the Religious Department’s plan to intervene in domestic balik kampung disputes during Hari Raya.)

    The curtains are still unchanged. The late night news is on air. The newscaster announces the government’s decision ...

  • The crazy thing called LOVE

    Taman Melati // 24 Apr 2010 // by Nuruljannah Bte Hj Usop
    “I..I did it again!” Nafisa’s face imploded with embarrassment.

    “Okay, what have you done now?” Zara stifled her laughter. She shook her head when reminiscing her friend’s peculiar behaviour. She knew her friend had suffered from an ...

  • Mrs Robinson

    Taman Sri Hartamas // 21 Apr 2010 // by Bissme // 6 people like this story
    “A wife can always tell when her husband is unfaithful to her,” she tells the private detective that she just hired .
    “A woman’s intuition is rarely wrong,” she adds.
    She suspects the woman her husband is having ...

  • Mrs Robinson

    Taman Sri Hartamas // 21 Apr 2010 // by Bissme
    “A wife can always tell when her husband is unfaithful to her,” she tells the private detective that she just hired .
    “A woman’s intuition is rarely wrong,” she adds.
    She suspects the woman her husband is having ...

  • Mrs Robinson

    Bandar Sri Damansara // 21 Apr 2010 // by Bissme S // 1 person likes this story
    A wife can always tell when her husband is unfaithful to her,” she tells the private detective.
    “A woman’s intuition is rarely wrong,” she adds.
    She suspects the woman her husband is having an affair with is their ...

  • About A Boy Part 1

    A Place Like No Other // 21 Apr 2010 // by Adrian Lim // 1 person likes this story
    The first time He tried it, He was merely 10. The torment He'd gone through is still kept a secret until this very day. No one ever came close to knowing what had actually happened or the extend of the ...

  • The Solitary Monk

    Kuala Lumpur // 19 Apr 2010 // by Ethan Cheng
    Moonlight shone through the barred windows illuminating the bare room, the candlelight on the table flickering to any slight breeze that blowed across the confined area.The room consisted only of a large wooden table and an old rickety chair.Documents, books ...

  • 2

    putrajaya // 19 Apr 2010 // by Adrian Lim // 5 people like this story
    I saw the two of them sitting side by side on the bench near the bridge looking at the peaceful lake in front of them.
    "What a beautiful sight!" one said to the other.
    "Beautiful indeed." the other ...

  • Riding for the Disabled

    Bukit Kiara Equestrian Centre // 16 Apr 2010 // by Zuraidah Omar // 1 person likes this story
    They come on Tuesdays and Thursdays to Bukit Kiara Equestrian Centre. Children who cannot walk or hold items in their hands because of cerebral palsy or other condition; children who have Down Syndrome or autism. They come to ride horses. ...

  • THE STRANGER OF ST.JUDE SCHOOL

    toronto ontario weston rd // 16 Apr 2010 // by kevin // 1 person likes this story
    Ok this is what happend, one day during math class i felt a cold shiver go down my spine.i know you have experinced this befor.i had a bad feeling like sopmeone was watching me.my friend joshua came to me and ...

  • malasia

    multimedia university // 14 Apr 2010 // by koorosh // 1 person likes this story
    I spend 2 years of my life studying and living in this university,not a single Malaysian friend but lots of friends from other countries.

  • Keeping up with the times.

    KLCC // 14 Apr 2010 // by Amir S.
    He looked up and saw it up there with them lights blinking,the bridge. No wonder they call it sky bridge,its goddamnnn high and that's not the only thing, he's not going to get any tolls out of this despite it ...

  • the house number 8

    damansara utama // 13 Apr 2010 // by dayah samsudin // 1 person likes this story
    In the house number 8
    lived a family of eight
    With equal numbers of boys and girls

    The father the mother the daughters the sons
    Lived in this house number 8

  • The Forgotten

    Central Market // 13 Apr 2010 // by Ethan Cheng // 1 person likes this story
    The blazing sun was unbearable this afternoon amidst the clear blue sky.Walking down the Central Market posed quite a challenge for me who used to air conditioning and the cold weather in UK.Beads of perspiration formed on my forehead and ...

  • remaining green lung in the city

    Royal Selangor Golf Club, KL // 12 Apr 2010 // by Tan Lee Na // 1 person likes this story
    2 minutes away from KLCC (city center)
    I drive through the gates, welcomed by the guards and the lush greens of the fairway. 50 year old raintrees shade the free n ample parking lots.

    Hop out ...

  • A man

    Selangor and Malacca // 11 Apr 2010 // by naim@sound // 1 person likes this story
    19 years lived in this world,he was too matured compared to his frenz.a dark part of himself was hidden in his heart.only few of his frenz knew bout it.he hv done so many things that make himself being hated by ...

  • Toothpick

    Bandar Utama // 11 Apr 2010 // by Mimjamil // 5 people like this story
    I was on the bus heading to KL Sentral when an old man waved his hand for the bus to stop. The 'deliberate' driver stopped the 'high-tech' bus.

    That poor-looked old man was wearing a worn out ...

  • This is going nowhere

    Subang Jaya // 07 Apr 2010 // by Silently_loud
    He pulls her into his arm and kiss her deeply

    It felt like eternity and he wants to remain like this forever

    He gave all his heart to her

    But as ...

  • Love at First Sight

    Ampang Park LRT // 06 Apr 2010 // by RW // 4 people like this story
    I stood. I waited. I looked. I hurried. I walked in. She walked in. I stood. She sat. I held the handrail. She held her handbag. I glanced. She glanced. We glanced. I smiled. she smiled. We smiled. I shuffled ...

  • Kekasih hati

    Sentul // 06 Apr 2010 // by Syafiq S // 1 person likes this story
    Aku punya kekasih
    cintanya pada ku dipendam hati
    diamnya seribu isi
    hanya aku yang disayangi

    Dia putih
    kemas sekali
    bijak bestari
    pandai mengerti
    namun dia lembut hati
    sabarnya sungguh ...

  • Prisoner

    Pusat Bandar Damasara // 04 Apr 2010 // by Bissme S // 2 people like this story
    YESTERDAY:"I have stopped loving you.” She was shocked to hear his confession. Initially, she thought he was pulling some kind of prank. He was always a jester who loved pulling tricks out of his hat, just to make people laugh. ...

  • KLIBF

    PWTC // 02 Apr 2010 // by siti noyu
    last week..huda engku, nor azlin n me..went to KLIBF..enjoyed..

  • my abang..

    tropicana casa kondominium // 02 Apr 2010 // by siti noyu
    i try to love you before this..but after i really2 love you..you leave me..y? i cnt understand you..

  • Unfaithul

    a house in pusat bandar damansara // 31 Mar 2010 // by bissme // 1 person likes this story
    A mysterious envelope arrived at her door. When she saw what was in the envelope, she shed tears, uncontrollably. She had a huge fight with her husband.
    Their marriage was hardly a year old yet her husband had been ...

  • The Love Of His Life

    Sungai Buloh // 30 Mar 2010 // by Bissme S // 2 people like this story
    Loneliness can drive people to do crazy things. And that is what he did. He found her at the river bank, unconscious. He brought her back to his hut. He looked after her. When she regained consciousness, she can’t remember ...

  • Without You

    Taman Melawati // 29 Mar 2010 // by Nuruljannah Bte Hj Usop
    I will go astray,
    Like an aimless traveller,
    Without a map and compass.
    The loneliness will be my garment,
    The salt water I will drink,
    And the perpetual blaze
    Will be my future abode. ...

  • Without You

    Taman Melawati // 29 Mar 2010 // by Nuruljannah Bte Hj Usop
    Without You,
    I will go astray,
    Like an aimless traveller,
    Without a map and a compass.
    The loneliness will be my garment,
    The salt water I will drink,
    And the perpetual blaze
    Will ...

  • Mowing the Belukar

    Jalan Langgak Bukit, Setapak // 29 Mar 2010 // by Bernie Chin // 2 people like this story
    The usual suspect did not show. Either he died in a motor accident or he severed his own set of toes while mowing some rich tauke's garden or he signed up for 1Malaysia's plan to put another man into orbital ...

  • Briyani

    TTDI // 29 Mar 2010 // by RW // 1 person likes this story
    The last of the crowd has finally left, leaving me alone with the cats. The kenduri was more somber than I thought.

    "Well, at least the guests enjoyed the briyani." I smiled weakly to myself, looking around ...

  • Predictions

    an apartment in Mount Kiara // 29 Mar 2010 // by Bissme S
    "When a story teller has no more stories to tell, it is time for him to die." After writing those words on a piece of paper, he got undressed. Neatly, he folded his clothes and put them on the edge ...

  • Of Being Loved and Lovable

    Puncak Perdana, Shah Alam // 28 Mar 2010 // by Zara Suryani // 2 people like this story
    My production team and I were having a script reading session this evening. We've been having sessions such as this one we had today in order to be close to the talents we're working with; kids. We started it since ...

  • Denial

    an apartment in Bukit Bintang // 28 Mar 2010 // by Bissme S // 5 people like this story
    They could discuss everything under the blue sky from Mahathir Mohamad to Marilyn Monroe. The only thing they won’t discuss is the nature of their relationship.
    They first met as colleagues Andrew was looking for a room and Ahmad ...

  • Honk

    Mount Kiara, Bukit Bintang // 28 Mar 2010 // by Adrian Lim // 6 people like this story
    He pulled up at the curb when he saw Sam hailed for him. "To Mount Kiara." He nodded. He sped off.

    Alex observed him driving. A mad China man it seemed. He was scruffily dressed with an ...

  • Who's who...

    BSC, Jalan Maarof // 25 Mar 2010 // by Sheliza suhana Ahmad
    "Oh, Datin!"
    "Puan Sri, long time no see!"
    These are the common phrases heard as I walked into W.I.P. mistaking it for the Pressroom at the new refurbished BSC.
    Air kisses flying everywhere around me, whether ...

  • Monster #1.

    Solaris, Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur // 25 Mar 2010 // by AK // 3 people like this story
    So today I left.

    This morning, in the dying midst of the final ecstasy so to speak, I said: You're a chimera.

    Gasping for breath underneath me, she went What's that?

  • staycation

    Ampang 971 condominium // 22 Mar 2010 // by petit pois // 1 person likes this story
    Mon Cheri and I have stayed here at Ampang 971 for exactly one year. We find the place convenient - Ampang Grocer is just a stone's throw away, there's always the 'other' rival grocery that offers a wide variety of ...

  • She

    Taman Titiwangsa // 21 Mar 2010 // by Bissme S
    They found her walking aimlessly and completely naked. She did not have any memory of what happened to her. In fact she can't remember her name. She can't remember who she is and why she was in the juggle.

  • Tomorrow

    Bukit Damansara // 20 Mar 2010 // by bissme
    She can't wait for tomorrow to come. Her first novel will be hitting the book stand. It has been her dream to be a published author and finally the dream had become a reality. She is so excited. Her heart ...

  • God’s Biggest Blunder

    Desa Sri Hartamas // 19 Mar 2010 // by Bissme
    She hated the human race. She felt the human race is God’s biggest blunder.
    “God must be out of his mind when he created us,” she said to herself.
    “Humans can only bring destruction, pain and suffering. They ...

  • Brickfields

    Brickfields // 19 Mar 2010 // by Hafidz Baharom // 1 person likes this story
    Sitting in a car after a gig, I look out and feel a bit nervous having to leave my two companions. It's the unfamiliarity of the location.

    The buses, cars simply parked on the side of the ...

  • Their First Date

    Bandar Baru Sentul // 18 Mar 2010 // by bissme // 2 people like this story
    She got a new pretty pink press. She got her hair done in expensive fancy hair saloon. She wanted to look gorgeous. She had everything planned, perfectly. She wanted the night to be a night to remember.
    It will ...

  • Missing

    Brickfields // 17 Mar 2010 // by Adrian Lim // 12 people like this story
    "DINGGGGG".

    The lift stopped on the 4th floor. The giant metal doors parted and in stepped a stranger. Maria looked at her wrist watch pretending not to notice the man standing beside her. The time was 2.36 ...

  • A Better Man

    somewhere in city centre // 17 Mar 2010 // by Bissme // 1 person likes this story
    She doesn't trust him. But her friends dance on entirely different tune. They believe that he has repented...He has become a better man.... He is no longer selfish... He has their best interest in his heart.
    "He will make ...

  • An Angel's Mask

    the sea in near Klang Valley // 16 Mar 2010 // by Bissme // 8 people like this story
    All bullets in the gun were on her chest. Then, he carried her lifeless body and threw it in the sea. Chances are, her body would not be found.
    He is about to become someone famous and powerful. She ...

  • #37

    No. 37, SS 22A/1 Damansara Jaya. // 15 Mar 2010 // by R.S.
    the house where i grew up in
    25 years...

    leaving behind memories within the walls at number 37.

    R.S.

  • Bad Rubbish

    somewhere in Klang Valley // 15 Mar 2010 // by Bissme // 1 person likes this story
    His neighbors hated him. The feelings were mutual. And he also hated his neighbors. They disliked his lifestyle. He doesn’t give a fuck about their opinions. Indeed, his is a neighborhood where they disapprove of men loving men … men ...

  • of FRU, Sirap and SBs (The misadventures of a rookie journalist)

    The field in front of Sultan Sulaiman Sports Club // 13 Mar 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria // 2 people like this story
    Disturbing, saw FRU brutality up close, Shields crashing,batons swinging. Not a riot! Idiots! Got video.

    After, I was pulled aside. A guy said SB want to chat. I followed, keeping in the crowd, anxiety attack, forgot to ...

  • Unfocused

    Wangsa Maju // 12 Mar 2010 // by Nuruljannah Bte Hj Usop // 1 person likes this story
    “Are you listening?” Aya’s tone fills with irritation.

    “Wha?Yes, of course”, I fib. My unbridled mind tends to wander arbitrarily. I didn't even realize the excursion to my own reverie. People can tell by looking at my ...

  • DVD

    Lorong Petaling // 12 Mar 2010 // by AM // 18 people like this story
    "This one is about what ah?"

    "Alien movie. But got lots of action also. Very good one. Shot in South Africa."

    "South Africa? Waah. They also make good movies. Malaysia only cannot."
    ...

  • Honesty

    Lebuhraya Persekutuan // 11 Mar 2010 // by AM // 26 people like this story
    Billy's father, driving, pointed up ahead. "Do you know why there's a big traffic jam?"

    "Because people are leaving work?"

    "Not at this hour. There's an accident up ahead."

    Billy tried ...

  • Leave-takings

    Kampung Datuk Keramat // 11 Mar 2010 // by Sam // 7 people like this story
    -Duit ada?
    -Ada lagi sikit, boleh la buat makan seminggu lagi.

    -Cakap dengan abah takde duit,dia tu suka sangat lambat masukkan duit. Mak ni pun dah sesak sangat ni gaji tak masuk lagi. Boot kereta pun ...

  • The Journey..

    University Malaya // 11 Mar 2010 // by Bunmi // 2 people like this story
    2000 miles away from home, the journey for uncountable success ,start from a step ,seeking for knowledge , exposure , encouragement, manliness and hope of engraving his name on the surface of the planet earth by doing the good work ...

  • The Beef

    Taman Sri Watan // 11 Mar 2010 // by AM // 16 people like this story
    Nora was in the kitchen and didn't realise her son Din was back from school until she heard his voice from just outside. "Is that all you got, Megatron?" he asked. And then a different boy's voice replied, "Come here, ...

  • The Real Beauty

    Mid Valley // 10 Mar 2010 // by Nuruljannah Bte Hj Usop // 1 person likes this story
    “Look at the girl behind you!”Shaza’s eyes glittered with amazement.

    I spun around and saw a tall fair girl with an hour-glass body shape, garbed with very tight gaudy dress.
    “She is very beautiful!” her face ...

  • Correspondence (alternate take)

    Taman Lucky // 09 Mar 2010 // by AM // 14 people like this story
    I am at a cybercafe because my modem at home had been fried by lightning. The connection here isn't so good, and while waiting for a web-page to load, I peep at what the guy next to me is writing. ...

  • Ais-Krim

    Lorong Kiri 12, Kampung Datuk Keramat // 09 Mar 2010 // by Amir S. // 3 people like this story
    In the hot weather the ringing of the apek ais-krim's bell is like sweet music to the ears of many including mine.
    It doesn't matter if life post-SPM now affords me the acknowledgement that i am not longer a ...

  • Correspondence

    Taman Lucky // 08 Mar 2010 // by AM // 27 people like this story
    Dear Mrs Namotswe,

    You are right, I was indeed surprised to get your email. In fact, my gob was smacked when I read of your unfortunate predicament, and I thank you for sharing your plight with me ...

  • Rumah Baru

    Pasar Seni // 08 Mar 2010 // by nikeda // 3 people like this story
    Malam masih awal tapi aku sudah bersiap untuk tidur. Badan aku penat sebab hari ini aku agak sibuk dengan kerja. Ke hulu ke hilir buat itu dan ini. Sambil baring aku pandang ke arah KLCC yang kelihatan dari tempat aku ...

  • Silently loving you

    Somewhere in a particular place // 08 Mar 2010 // by Nuruljannah Bte Hj Usop // 2 people like this story
    I see his face creases with pain.
    “Are you okay?” my inner voice pipes up.I am unreasonably worried but I cannot go near him. No, never! It would be odd. Very odd. I think weird is more an apt ...

  • Just About to Be Happy

    University Malaya // 08 Mar 2010 // by LeSLie
    I got a text message from someone today;
    asking me about something,
    asking me for a favour
    which (according to that person)
    is badly needed..

    So I said:
    "Fine but let me ...

  • so its a dream...

    University Malaya // 08 Mar 2010 // by Bumi // 2 people like this story
    hi! hi! , how are you ?
    fine she said with a smile on her face.
    Are you new here ? she asked in a soft tone but still smiling ,
    hmmm yes !I answered returning the ...

  • Little Circle of Life

    Taman Tun Dr Ismail // 08 Mar 2010 // by maverick // 2 people like this story
    "Restoran Ismail - Established 1979"

    I was 7 then, but I'm sure I did not discover the roti canai until I was 12, maybe 13. Usually it would be the boys and me, after a round of ...

  • Words engender different effects according to the person who utters.

    Mid Valley // 08 Mar 2010 // by Nuruljannah Bte Hj Usop
    Words. They engender different effects according to the person who utters. They could buoy up your low self-esteem’s spirit and perk you up despite the thick gray clouds blanketing your sun.
    Well the words themselves are the blistering wind. ...

  • Valentine Love

    Bukit Bintang // 07 Mar 2010 // by Syafiq S // 1 person likes this story
    14 Feb 2009
    Ketika itu, aku bersama Hafiizh, di kafe tepi jalan hadapan Pavilion. Lepak minum, semenjak senja, sambil menikmati panorama dari mereka yang sedang berkasih.

    Selepas puas dan muak menikmati panaroma, kami ambil keputusan tinggalkan ...

  • Perfume

    Sogo, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman // 06 Mar 2010 // by AM // 14 people like this story
    Actually it's depends lor. You're asking me if I knew they were a couple is it? Well, anyone can see they were close. Always taking their lunch together, at the mamak across the road. I didn't go (the smell there ...

  • Rama-rama Brickfields

    Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur // 05 Mar 2010 // by Syafiq S // 3 people like this story
    "Kak bungkus nasi lemak ayam satu," seorang gadis berskirt pendek memesan makanan.

    Aku duduk memerhati, memang menarik. Kaki panjang dan seksi.

    Dia senyum memandang aku.

    Seperti biasa, di hadapan Hotel Lido ...

  • Money (version 4)

    Taman Melawati // 04 Mar 2010 // by AM // 21 people like this story
    I stand very close to the ATM screen. I don't want the people behind me to see the number on it. Bad news: the cheque still hasn't come through.

    Damn! I have bills to pay, and now ...

  • Money (version 3)

    Taman Melawati // 04 Mar 2010 // by AM // 25 people like this story
    I stand very close to the ATM screen. I don't want the people behind me to see the number on it. Bad news: the cheque still hasn't come through.

    I stare at the screen, thinking of all ...

  • Money (version 2)

    Taman Melawati // 04 Mar 2010 // by AM // 11 people like this story
    I stand very close to the ATM screen. I don't want the people behind me to see the number on it. Bad news: the cheque still hasn't come through.

    I'm rooted until a "Hello?" from the woman ...

  • Money (version 1)

    Taman Melawati // 04 Mar 2010 // by AM // 12 people like this story
    I stand very close to the ATM screen. I don't want the people behind me to see the number on it. Bad news: the cheque still hasn't come through.

    The two-digit number is lower than 50. I ...

  • one year today..

    Taman Desa // 04 Mar 2010 // by olubunmi sodiya // 1 person likes this story
    its so sad and painful that some one could call you a friend and still stab you from the back , I bough a car from a mechanic friend who was my neighbor, he told me the car was in ...

  • sweat

    Petaling Jaya - section 13 // 03 Mar 2010 // by MI // 5 people like this story
    It wasn't being fat which got to him, it was the sweat that came with being fat. Fat people sweat buckets even when they sit quietly, minding their own business not disturbing anyone. But as always the case, being fat ...

  • Telur-telur gila.

    Solaris, Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur // 03 Mar 2010 // by AK // 8 people like this story
    Mungkin ada yang pernah dengar cerita ini. Analogi gambaran Woody Allen dalam filemnya Annie Hall. Dia bernaratif:

    "I thought of that old joke, y'know, the, this... this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, 'Doc, uh, my ...

  • The Convert

    Jalan Pudu // 03 Mar 2010 // by AM // 16 people like this story
    This is something that Ibrahim found out: a chicken's heart will beat even after it is taken out of its body. Once, he had placed one on the table-top and watched the dark, rubbery thing flop about in an almost ...

  • Orang baik-baik

    Bangsar // 02 Mar 2010 // by nikeda // 4 people like this story
    Cerita belum habis tapi aku ingin pulang. Bukan sebab cerita tidak bagus tetapi sebab malam makin lewat. Aku harus pulang awal bukan sebab curfew tetapi kerana aku di Bangsar Shopping Complex dan aku harus pulang ke Gombak.
    Aku datang ...

  • Dolce & Gabbana directing traffic

    Surronding Menara Maybank, Kuala Lumpur // 02 Mar 2010 // by Donna
    On an average day at a time where we are all at the end of a days work, on our vehicles be it our feet or on wheels. Most of us have only one thing on our mind, getting home ...

  • Late Saturday with Bernadette

    Between Kelana Jaya and USJ // 02 Mar 2010 // by V A Emuang // 4 people like this story
    have you read the stories there? very nice

    especially by AM

    He's Amir Muhammad - I added - he published Yasmin Ahmad's book

    Pause. I'm hoping she'll visit the website. Be ...

  • "You won't believe what happened, man ... "

    Bandar Sunway Toll // 01 Mar 2010 // by Chet // 6 people like this story
    The traffic was unusually heavy past the toll. Must be some accident ahead, PK thought, and all these fellas slowing down to catch a glimpse of the number plates. Typical Malaysian kaypoh behaviour, lah. He tapped his fingers on the ...

  • Peluh lama di Bangsar Baru.

    Bangsar Baru, Kuala Lumpur // 01 Mar 2010 // by AK // 13 people like this story
    Sambil berjalan ke kereta, dia selak muka surat buku nota comel yang dia bawa ke mana-mana.

    "Listen to this," dia kata.

    Aku jalan laju. Nak balik cepat. Nak rasa penghawa dingin. Terlalu panas udara ...

  • Feng Shui

    Jalan Chan Sow Lin // 01 Mar 2010 // by AM // 10 people like this story
    The newspaper proprietor had a problem: people weren't buying his paper. On the orders of his political boss, he commissioned survey after survey, but the results never satisfied him.

    So he called on the top feng shui ...

  • Neraka adalah orang lain, sebab itu aku duduk seorang diri.

    Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur // 01 Mar 2010 // by AK // 22 people like this story
    Orang belum kenal aku. Duduk diam hirup kopi, tengok bola kalau ada game. Tengok sekeliling juga. Tulis nota halimunan dalam kepala. Siapa, nama, kerja. Apa minuman dia. Buat nota kecil-kecilan tentang mereka. Mental notes.

    Yang duduk sebelah ...

  • UM my Love

    University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur // 28 Feb 2010 // by MALIK SYAM MOHAMMED LATIFF // 6 people like this story
    Hope,
    Destiny,
    Future,
    Producing leaders,
    Now, leader in research and inovation,
    As I traveled,
    Storm was my partner,
    Fear was my soul,
    You recieved me warmly,
    Washing my fears away,

  • The Q&A session

    At an unnamed cafe in Bukit Damansara // 27 Feb 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria // 4 people like this story
    It was an awkward lunch. I tried hard, forehead sweating, not to stare. She coyly danced her vision, trying to catch my stolen ogling. Smiling, knowing.

    "Can I ask you a question?" she asked suddenly, eyes boring ...

  • Loading Up!

    On the rooftop of Menara UOA Bangsar // 27 Feb 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria // 1 person likes this story
    Click!

    I pressed the round into the magazine, between twin metal sides unto the spring-loaded metal plate. Pushing the 5.56mm round until it clicked. The last of the twenty hand loaded rounds. Powder carefully measured and untraceable ...

  • The Newly Discovered Audio Recording of the Final Encounter Between Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat

    Muzium Negara // 27 Feb 2010 // by AM // 25 people like this story
    "Jebat! Yo, Jebat! Get yo ass out here!"

    "Tuah? Tuah! That really you, my homey? You ain't shittin me?"

    "If I'm lyin', I'm dyin'."

    "But we all thought you WAS dead, ...

  • Alhamdulillah

    Jalan Ipoh // 27 Feb 2010 // by AM // 18 people like this story
    Zack was dead. They couldn't reach the hospital in time. The knife in his gut had been too deep, everything was over too quickly. Remy, who was driving, stopped when he heard her scream. There was blood all over the ...

  • Persuasion

    Parking lot near Jalan Kuching // 26 Feb 2010 // by AM // 25 people like this story
    "I don't wanna go! You can't make me!"

    "But sayang, we're already here..."

    "Don't care! Take me back!"

    "But why don't you want to go? It'll be fun..."

  • Ducks

    klpac // 25 Feb 2010 // by lizzie
    She shredded more stale bread and scatter them into the placid lake. The two white ducks dashed and struck at the kois, but the puyus are even faster. The noise they make!

    She glanced at him. He ...

  • My 21st birthday.

    universiti malaya, petaling jaya // 25 Feb 2010 // by Manglish // 2 people like this story
    “I will never forget that day. It was my 21st birthday.” Indeed, Jeremy thought. It must have been Charles Dickens’s too when he wrote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” Jeremy pondered further. Perhaps, ...

  • Beef Ball Noodle

    Tingkat Tong Shin // 25 Feb 2010 // by S. Nizam Ahmad // 6 people like this story
    By the bowlful;
    Brimming with broth
    Of bones.

    Cheap cuts
    Pounded into paste;

    Reshaped
    Into round,
    Bite-size pieces.

    Add mince
    Made from the meat

  • Most useless job in Malaysia

    On our road and pavements // 23 Feb 2010 // by WH Koo // 2 people like this story
    The most useless job in Malaysia not counting the politicians would be the leaf blowers.It is a common sight along our roads,these workers with the noisy little air sucking machine on their backs and the black blowing tube under their ...

  • The Great Ogling

    Somewhere in the vicinity of the Bangsa LRT Station // 23 Feb 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria // 3 people like this story
    I noticed her ankles first... delicious, bare. Revealed by red half pumps. Caught by my eyes, while trying to avoid hers, maintaining discreet visual escarpment.

    Strange, for she had not the grace I normally admire, nor the ...

  • Suicide Blond (Part 1)

    Everest Tower Condominium, Kiara // 23 Feb 2010 // by AM // 26 people like this story
    He was already in the lift when the two tai tai walked in. There was something strange about them but he didn't realise what it was until later. While the women talked, they didn't bother to even glance at him. ...

  • Unrequited love

    Jalan Pandan Indah // 22 Feb 2010 // by hadifah // 2 people like this story
    She just throw at him just like that ‘I don't have the same feeling for you why don't you understand, why you don't get it!

    He was standing still absence himself of any sound and listen. He ...

  • God, Hell & Religion

    Brickfields // 22 Feb 2010 // by Bissme S // 3 people like this story
    She felt strange to have his lips kissing her lips....to have his hands touching her breasts... to have his naked body brushing against hers.

    She didn't want them to cross the boundaries. But she had promised him ...

  • KAMI DATANG DARI JAUH

    Ukay bistari // 22 Feb 2010 // by Shazni // 3 people like this story
    I would like to portray the filthy side of Kuala Lumpur.




    Kuala Lumpur,
    the foul smell of rubbish,
    lingering in Klang river.
    The mosque where it witnessed,

  • Chilli Crab Couple

    Taman Shamelin Perkasa // 22 Feb 2010 // by J.Y. // 1 person likes this story
    It's those hot and spicy chilli crabs. She eats a meal of those incandescent crustaceans and he's done for. Keeps him up all night after that. And yet the next day he has to go to work.

  • A Woman's Work

    Kawasan Perniagaan Cheras Raya // 22 Feb 2010 // by AM // 26 people like this story
    She drove her son to school, and as he got out from the car she said: "BE A GOOD BOY, BE A GOOD BOY."

    He replied, "I know."

    She asked: "YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, ...

  • The Breakup

    Wisma Radio // 21 Feb 2010 // by AM // 53 people like this story
    In front of Wati who is now in Bukit Tunku, whom I hope is well.

    Wati,

    I think our relationship should end here. My love for you was real but I have been clapping ...

  • Taxi Tale on a Rainy Bridge

    DUKE highway // 20 Feb 2010 // by AM // 15 people like this story
    His wipers couldn't cope with the sudden daytime downpour. He slowed down: the rain was leeching colour from the landscape, and cars in front might be rendered temporarily invisible. His wipers were just too old; maybe his eyes were, too. ...

  • Extra Delicious When Shared

    Taman Megah and Taman Mayang Jaya // 20 Feb 2010 // by J.Y. // 7 people like this story
    He passes a coffeeshop in SS2 and licks his lips. All those people queueing up to buy noodles and rice don't realise how lucky they are, he thinks. To be able to buy a meal for themselves and their families ...

  • Add Another Two At The Bulatan Pahang...

    Bulatan Pahang, Jalan Tun Razak // 20 Feb 2010 // by John Tan // 1 person likes this story
    Buzzing... white noise...

    "Dia bu*bb*kak **bzzz** matalah..."

    "**ezz**.. *eblubeleb*... Notchet die yet... ***xwuuu***"


    At least that what it sounded. Azman squinted from the noon light piercing his eyes, that ...

  • to Kampong Bahru with love

    Kampong Bahru // 20 Feb 2010 // by xanadu // 6 people like this story
    A long, long time ago when we were little,Papa used to take us to visit this very special Malay family in Kampong Bahru- a house on stilts, which always fascinated me. They always gave us lots of kueh to eat ...

  • KL, A Sonnet

    Kuala Lumpur // 20 Feb 2010 // by SN // 10 people like this story
    At the intersection of mud, anger
    Tempers flare as you cut into my lane
    Your grandfather’s road is mine too, you know
    Turns out ‘Yap’ is more common than you think.
    Don’t spit on the road ...

  • KL Vice

    Jalan Raja Laut // 19 Feb 2010 // by AM // 16 people like this story
    Sherif had been in the department for two years but knew this was his ideal job.

    His favourite: that Ampang club, New Year's Eve. His colleague Zam still had the hand-phone footage and would show it whenever ...

  • Lagu merdu serunai di tengah malam

    Kampung Baharu // 19 Feb 2010 // by Dina Zaman // 15 people like this story
    Every night after Isya', that lone song which reminded her of a Persian love story, Layla and Majnun, would be played, for ten minutes or so. When she first heard the wail of the flute, the serunai, she was piqued. ...

  • The Sex Thing with the Tempoyak

    Taman Sri Sinar // 18 Feb 2010 // by AM // 36 people like this story
    Zeb and Sarah had been having sex for seven months and she was getting bored. It's not that she would yawn, but at intimate moments she'd suddenly wonder if she'd paid the Streamyx bill.

    She didn't bring ...

  • How Did Brickfields Get Its Name?

    Brickfields // 18 Feb 2010 // by A Lil Fat Monkey // 5 people like this story
    Calvin: How come old photographs are black & white? Didn't they have color films back then?
    Dad: Sure they did. In fact, those old photographs are in color. It's just the world was black & white then.
    ...

  • Grandma's Horny

    Bukit Bandaraya, KL // 18 Feb 2010 // by J.Y. // 5 people like this story
    "How is it?" Her shrivelled hand gestured towards the pulut hitam congee, her dentures grinning.

    "Great if you like institution food."

    "Haiya! You ah. Look, I love institution food. I wish you'd check me ...

  • The Road That God Has Chosen.

    a railway track at brickfields // 17 Feb 2010 // by Bissme S // 6 people like this story
    Her husband stopped the car at a railway track. Totally naked, he ran towards a moving train. Her husband didn't leave behind any suicide note. He didn't have to. She knew his reasons perfectly well.

    ***

  • College Life

    HELP University College // 17 Feb 2010 // by Rebeliciousz // 2 people like this story
    Taking up Psychology was not my first choice but I am glad that I did. There:-

    1. I met my ex-bf
    2. I learned to love my family better
    3. I know who were really ...

  • Moving Out

    Goodyear Court 7, Jln USJ 14/1, 47630 Subang Jaya, Selangor // 16 Feb 2010 // by Romie Pujaan // 1 person likes this story
    I dare to say that I'm one of the luckiest kid around. To be able to live life in an environment well exposed to the real world situations. (apology for terrible vocabs hehe)

    This is where I ...

  • Our Grandmother's Shah Rukh Khan Remedy

    Sentul Pasar // 15 Feb 2010 // by AM // 25 people like this story
    We used to dread visiting our grandmother.

    Appamma had been very morose since Appappa died. She just stayed at home and smoked. Appa tried to get her to get out more, maybe go to the market, but ...

  • I Didn't Know

    Sungai Besi // 14 Feb 2010 // by AM // 15 people like this story
    Kong is my cousin-brother. We hang out together. He took me for karaoke. Yes, that place. We had a room, these two kai came over. One was in a red dress, Candy, and one was in an orange dress, Faye. ...

  • Love vs Respect

    Sri Damansara // 14 Feb 2010 // by TH // 2 people like this story
    He was the best lover I ever had.

    He called me sayang.

    He was a great kisser.

    He showered me with attention.

    He was really, really good in ...

  • The Jihadist

    Desa Pahlawan // 13 Feb 2010 // by AM // 24 people like this story
    He listens intensely to the khutbah. There are signs everywhere of Islam's enemies, those infidels who will never rest until they win the battle.

    The signs are visible except to those who are blind: look at the ...

  • Soundless questions

    Some place in Gombak // 13 Feb 2010 // by Nuruljannah Bte Hj Usop // 1 person likes this story
    His eyes glue on the array of humdrum food and he scoops up a scrawny chicken onto his plate. I muster up the courage and take a quick glance at him. My heart palpates frantically.

    “You are ...

  • Muhammad Ali and the Golden Girl

    Stadium Merdeka // 13 Feb 2010 // by AM // 14 people like this story
    I still keep that green ticket.

    It was June 30, 1975. I was one of 25,000 in Stadium Merdeka to watch the fight of the century!

    I was only a baby boy when the ...

  • (Dys)functional Selves and Cosmic Intervention(s).

    Library, SEGi College Subang Jaya // 12 Feb 2010 // by Nadrah Mustafa
    You know it's Fated:

    When you remembered the day before that you had left your tiny Man Utd bookmark in the book you just returned. But you weren't exactly looking for your lost Man Utd bookmark (you ...

  • Six Dates, Seven Nights

    The Japan Club of Kuala Lumpur // 12 Feb 2010 // by AM // 29 people like this story
    First date, Pizza Hut
    First disagreement also
    Pan or crunchy crust?

    Next date, KFC
    I wanted hot and spicy
    You just laughed at me

    Third date, McDonalds
    I gave ...

  • A Sure Escape

    Bangsar // 12 Feb 2010 // by Veena
    It was a good house, with a bad idea. She could see it on her skin, she tried to scrub it out in the shower. She could feel it in her eyes, and she tried to wash it out with ...

  • Alone

    Bangsar // 11 Feb 2010 // by Sunbear118 // 1 person likes this story
    I am feeling kind of despondent right now. You left for home an hour ago and I’m left alone in this great big city. A sense of emptiness fills me. I drove rather aimlessly, thoughts churning at the top of ...

  • Jungle

    Hutan Simpan Bukit Nanas // 11 Feb 2010 // by sky // 3 people like this story
    The St John's primary school morning session was over and I walk over to the Convent to wait for Big Sister to finish her netball practice before Mum comes to pick us up.

    The noonday sun beats ...

  • Superstar Singh

    Mountbatten Road // 11 Feb 2010 // by AM // 20 people like this story
    My father was fond of telling this story:

    "It was 1963. I heard on the radio that there was this new singer from America. The DJ mentioned his name and I thought: Wow! A superstar Singh! Since ...

  • IN A SHOPPING MALL

    Bangsar Shopping Complex // 10 Feb 2010 // by Chuah Guat Eng // 8 people like this story
    I think I’m going to live in a shopping mall, she announced airily.

    Sophia gave her a look.

    Okay. Bad idea.

    What’s wrong with driving here every day, like everyone else? ...

  • The Prefect

    Dua Residency // 09 Feb 2010 // by AM // 19 people like this story
    When Zain was a prefect, he once made us stand on our chairs for a whole day. By 'us' I mean a particularly troublesome section of the class, from which direction a projectile had been launched onto Mrs Siva's ample ...

  • Sodomy

    Jalan Riong // 09 Feb 2010 // by AM // 21 people like this story
    She was too horrified to do it. But her boss insisted: "You'll be disgusted the first time. Then you'll get used to it. After a while, you might even like it."

    Her body tensed at the thought. ...

  • A Birthday Gift in Advance

    Puncak Perdana, Shah Alam // 08 Feb 2010 // by Zara Suryani // 3 people like this story
    I got my sister a little 'early' birthday present and tucked it behind the car cushion. The big day is just 3 hours away but she had to leave. I think what I did was just simply sweet. =)

  • Cempedak

    Taman Air Panas // 07 Feb 2010 // by AM // 31 people like this story
    It's no fun being bloated. They lied: morning sickness lasts all day. And now I have to deal with my husband being an insensitive jerk.

    All I wanted was cempedak. It wasn't like I wanted him to ...

  • One-Night Stand

    Jalan Puncak // 06 Feb 2010 // by AM // 39 people like this story
    Sighing, sitting, sipping, looking, seeing, walking, smiling, chatting, listening, mumbling, explaining, laughing, lighting, smoking, grinning, inviting, standing, extinguishing, dancing, perspiring, dancing, leaning, touching, whispering, shouting, holding, inviting, waiting, listening, strolling, paying, walking, reaching, entering, starting, driving, talking, listening, laughing, touching, ...

  • Election candidate

    Taman Wawasan // 04 Feb 2010 // by AM // 16 people like this story
    "Why should we field you?" asked the head of the party's selection panel.

    "I have lots of experience with the complex reality of Malaysia. I was actually around when the events in Sejarah Melayu and Hikayat Merong ...

  • 20 years ago-Rubbish by the road

    By the roads // 02 Feb 2010 // by Koo Wee Hon // 2 people like this story
    One bag begets two, two begets four and so forth. They don't multiply exponentially but randomly and in variety. It may be plastic bags of rubbish or garden waste, pruned branches of trees, half gnarled-up sofas, wooden slats from a ...

  • A Johannian recalls

    St. John's Institution, Bukit Nanas // 01 Feb 2010 // by David Chong // 3 people like this story
    I am proud to be a Johannian. School shaped me to be the person I am today. The teachers then were strict but dedicated and caring. I remember being on the verge of a caning because of a birthday ragging ...

  • 20 years ago-Waiting and waiting for a bus

    At bus stops in the Klang valley // 01 Feb 2010 // by Koo Wee Hon // 2 people like this story
    His bum was seared by the heat from the stainless steel metal seating. He fought the temptation to sit down but it had been an hour long battle.It was either the sun scorching him through the polycarbonate roof sitting on ...

  • The Unhappy Mask

    an apartment in Brickfields // 01 Feb 2010 // by Bissme S // 2 people like this story
    “I have wasted the best years of my life,” he said to me. He never wanted to be a son. He never wanted to be a husband. He never wanted to be father. In fact he never wanted to be ...

  • Peaceful but boring place

    Saujana // 28 Jan 2010 // by JM
    Most of the residents here are Japanese. Here we have Japanese International School, Japanese restaurans and Japanese companies. This is the reason Japanese expatriates like to stay in this area. This is a very quiet, peaceful are to stay. But ...

  • Up the escalator

    1 Utama Shopping Centre // 27 Jan 2010 // by H.A. // 4 people like this story
    He could do lifts. He could do stairs. But escalators? No, not on his own. And though he was excited to be starting work today, he was more than apprehensive about standing on the escalator. That escalator.

  • Role of a grand-aunt

    Mega Mall, Kuala Lumpur // 27 Jan 2010 // by Shanthi // 5 people like this story
    The role of a grand aunt brought out the philosopher in me.
    I had taken my grand children to the Mega mall, the nature's call was so intense that we decided to ease ourselves first before starting the shopping ...

  • The untouchable.

    KL Sentral // 27 Jan 2010 // by Hajar Alwi // 3 people like this story
    The man walks aimlessly amid the throngs of industrious people; nearly knocking against the pillars, tripping over stumps and getting rammed by the middling passerby. Trapped in the darkened world that had become a primal part of his life, didn’t ...

  • home

    section 10, wangsa maju // 27 Jan 2010 // by ym // 1 person likes this story
    i'm not sure what to call this place anymore. they always say that home is where the heart is. but this heart is flighty and unsettled. it's been scattered in so many different dreams, people and lives that it can ...

  • The city in us

    Kuala Lumpur // 25 Jan 2010 // by SN // 6 people like this story
    The city is a man; it winks at you on the good days when the clouds shift and slide over the pale sea of blue sky, then turns it back on you when you’re no longer the center of the ...

  • Forgetting Adrian

    Brickfields // 25 Jan 2010 // by Bissme S // 1 person likes this story
    Indeed, one of the hardest things in life, is watching the person you love, love someone else. Arianna was madly in love with Adrian. But he only regarded her as his best friend and nothing more.
    She didn’t want ...

  • I don't care about you anymore

    Taman Danau Desa // 21 Jan 2010 // by Chan Soo Wah // 2 people like this story
    It was well after midnight but the girl with a nice hair bun and pale green dress was still sitting there at the corner of the cafe. I was cleaning up the last table and a plate of unfinished pasta. ...

  • I don't care about you anymore

    Taman Danau Desa // 21 Jan 2010 // by Chan Soo Wah
    It was well after midnight but the girl with a nice hair bun and pale green dress was still sitting there at the corner of the cafe. I was cleaning up the last table and a plate of unfinished pasta. ...

  • "Ngmhmph! Nguaaa!”

    Sekolah Kebangsaan Tun Hussein Onn // 21 Jan 2010 // by Nadiya Isaac // 3 people like this story
    Suatu hari di dalam kelas 1 M, Ain lihat Dina asyik bermain-main dengan pemadam dan pembaris. Cikgu Yeoh pula sibuk menanda kerja rumah Bahasa Malaysia yang baru dihantar. Dina menggunakan pembaris untuk memotong pemadam kepada beberapa bahagian kecil. Dina kata ...

  • A Friend She Didn't Have to See

    Section 17, Petaling Jaya // 20 Jan 2010 // by J.Y. // 35 people like this story
    She first noticed it when she forgot to slide back the latch on the gate. There wasn't any wind but the gate swung open halfway and there was an almost imperceptible movement in the grass leading up to the leaking ...

  • Ghost

    an apartment in Brickfields // 19 Jan 2010 // by Bissme // 6 people like this story
    The apartment was haunted. Everyone said so. But Sharon didn't care. Sharon still wanted to rent it.
    Apparently years ago, a happily married couple stayed in the apartment. But happiness disappeared from their life when the husband had an ...

  • Missing Link

    Plaza OSK // 19 Jan 2010 // by Ameer
    Wah,another Hindraf rally!! i told myself as my eyes were glued to the spectacle before me. A group of 60 or so Indians were busy chanting something in Tamil with banners and flags a-waving while a handful of bored coppers ...

  • Contempt

    Sekolah Kebangsaan Salak Selatan // 19 Jan 2010 // by AM // 22 people like this story
    My contempt for kids started when I was, in strict chronological terms, a kid myself. There were some things about school life that I enjoyed -- for example, I loved the assemblies: the songs always filled me with patriotic fervour ...

  • KL and PJ Trees

    Where real trees are cut down // 18 Jan 2010 // by Koo Wee Hon // 3 people like this story
    What's it with our councils in KL and PJ with trees? When it is really necessary to trim or cut them as they may be a danger, it takes about ten complains and finally only when you copy your complain ...

  • The Sugar Riots of 2012

    Amcorp Mall, PJ // 18 Jan 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria // 1 person likes this story
    I centered the my reticle on the target's forehead. Adjusting for range and windage based on my ballistic chart.

    Drawing in my breath, I released half of it and held the rest. Maintaining my sighting, my trigger ...

  • Love Lost in Transition

    An airport hotel, where ever your transition place may be // 18 Jan 2010 // by Sam S // 3 people like this story
    I call it the Transition Hotel. You know, the type you find in the gray industrial areas of Taiwan - when you’re stuck in between flights from South East Asia to America. And all you have here are these blank ...

  • Cinema Paradis

    Cathay Cineplex @ Cineleisure Damansara // 18 Jan 2010 // by Sam S // 1 person likes this story
    It’s a puzzle I don’t quite understand
    This hallow and pain in the pit of my stomach
    like a wound that wouldn’t close
    and the emptiness of my hands on its own
    aching for that feeling, ...

  • The IC Code

    Kampung Ampang Pechah // 17 Jan 2010 // by AM // 20 people like this story
    Last day of shoot. Aside from a mechanical dugong that refused to work properly, it was quite a smooth-running film.

    We minions lined up to collect our pay. The main people would get cheques later, but since ...

  • Prisoners

    jalan 1/155B, Bukit jalil // 17 Jan 2010 // by Jens // 8 people like this story
    It should have been like any other morning for Adi, a security guard at a condominium in Bukit Jalil. Except that it wasn’t because it was the morning Piah, an Indonesian maid at unit 4x-x, chose to run away. Not ...

  • Three little words; "I love you".

    In front of Ipoh White Coffee, Bangsar Utama // 16 Jan 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria // 3 people like this story
    Hassan never meant to love, nor perhaps, was he meant for it. Rough, uncouth and selfish, he once lived only for himself.

    But, fell head over heels into it he did. Lock, stock and barrel. The whole ...

  • A Great Saturday At Home

    Puncak Perdana, Shah Alam // 16 Jan 2010 // by Zara Suryani // 1 person likes this story
    My friend asked me out for a movie today but I refused to. So, we spent the day cooking, eating and swimming at the pool instead. Well, a whole Saturday at home wasn't really that bad. =)

  • Racist Landlords

    Section 17, Petaling Jaya // 16 Jan 2010 // by Prabz // 4 people like this story
    A year ago I was desperately looking for a room to rent in Petaling Jaya (around Section 17 / SS2). My girlfriend and I found many great deals (e.g, RM 300/month for a room in a Condominium,etc). But i never ...

  • Old Haunt

    Old PJ // 16 Jan 2010 // by i.shah // 2 people like this story
    This is where it all happens. The early hours still bring all of us here. Kind of a 24-hour Cheers where everybody likes your face. Only here at the crossroads of C&K.

    I brace myself and scour ...

  • Bumpy Lessons of Life!

    Taman Impian Ehsan // 16 Jan 2010 // by Allan // 2 people like this story
    Think of Serdang, and these words might come to mind: Green trees, Millions of UPM students, and of course...Speed Bumps.

    Yup, those long man-made semi-circular striped stuff on the roads that disintegrates any attempt to beat the ...

  • Kuala Lumpur

    Kuala Lumpur // 15 Jan 2010 // by Hannah // 1 person likes this story
    A building here,
    A building there,
    A mall just almost everywhere.

    The streets choked with cars and folk,
    This is the city
    Of Kuala Lumpur.

    But it was once calm ...

  • Shh...She knows already.

    An International School // 15 Jan 2010 // by Nadiya Isaac
    “Donna?You could say she’s pretty,”Leon said with a smirk to which Charles responded with an agreeable chuckle.
    “How about Hayley?”Charles inquired. He takes pleasure in this collaboration; two boys assessing the girls in their class on the scale ...

  • The Unfaithful Wife

    A luxury condominium in Brickfields // 15 Jan 2010 // by bissme // 5 people like this story
    She has been married for the past seven years. And in all those years she not been faithful to her husband. And the worst thing is, she feels no guilt.

    When you are beautiful like her, it ...

  • Tren Lines #1

    LRT between Pasar Seni and KL Sentral // 15 Jan 2010 // by NJ // 1 person likes this story
    You know when your heart
    Feels like breaking
    One hairline crack
    At a time

    From beauty
    From hope
    From longing

    Be careful what you wish for.

  • Kera's Kangkang.

    Jalan Raja Uda, Kampung Baru // 15 Jan 2010 // by NJ // 12 people like this story
    The old house on Jln Raja Uda had not seen this much life in a long time.

    Long before the takeover by carwashes, tom yam stalls and Indonesians willing to rent tiny flats with outhouses just to ...

  • Things that I wanted to say...but I didnt: Last Date

    KLCC // 14 Jan 2010 // by Nadiya Isaac
    What can I say?
    I couldn't say what I had wanted to say
    I have a lot to say actually
    I had tried to program my mind on what to say
    but it didn't work out ...

  • Tea of Coffee?

    Taman Tun // 13 Jan 2010 // by M&M // 8 people like this story
    "Teh tarik kurang manis.". That's my usual order at the mamak. Surprisingly that particular restaurant in Taman Tun closed down recently. Rather unusual for a mamak restaurant I thought. I took out a book and pretended to read while waiting ...

  • Doctor, doctor.........

    Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur // 13 Jan 2010 // by Noor Fazilah Abbas // 3 people like this story
    (Nurse) Ms F, 1st door please......

    (Me) Doctor, I think I'm getting the flu.. My head feels heavy, I'm starting to cough, etc etc (give doctor very very sad face..)

    (Doctor) Okay, open your ...

  • Things that I wanted to say...but I didnt: First Date

    KLCC // 13 Jan 2010 // by Nadiya Isaac
    When you asked, “What’s your average day like?”, I wanted to say,
    “Well, I normally go to work around 7.40 am. I’ll fetch 3 other lecturers who are staying in a house on my way to the college. I ...

  • Outré

    Wangsa Maju s6 // 13 Jan 2010 // by Yusuf Martin
    Outré
    Outsider
    Steppenwolf
    Elliot
    Denholm
    Isolated
    S.E.Asia

    heat
    Sweat
    Moisture
    Intoxication?
    Exiled
    Alone
    Ring-fenced
    Encapsulated

    On the road to?
    Sans ...

  • Thursday/ Friday night

    Wangsa Maju // 13 Jan 2010 // by Yusuf Martin
    Thursday/ Friday night
    Cocks crow in the Kampong
    Ox Tail soup
    Leaf next to leaf
    Melting heat
    Sweat rivulets
    Wooden stilt house
    Night heat
    Bite after bite
    Hungry like insects

  • anniversary song

    Bukit Antarabangsa // 13 Jan 2010 // by Yusuf Martin
    you
    have given me
    warmth,
    comfort,
    love,
    soft dreams
    imbued
    with
    sensuality,
    kitchens
    filled
    with
    aromas,
    scents,
    exotic,
    erotic
    spices,
    orchids,
    bougainvillea, ...

  • to my Malay lover

    Bangsar (Jalan Tandok) // 13 Jan 2010 // by Yusuf Martin // 3 people like this story
    for you
    i’d
    give up my inalienable right to be lonely
    wait hours outside shops
    stalls
    malls
    markets
    houses
    stop looking on ‘those’ internet sites
    unselfconsciously hold ...

  • She Was the One (edit 1)

    uk perdana // 13 Jan 2010 // by Yusuf Martin
    When it comes to sheets and pillows rugs and showers
    She was the best tumbling and laughing lips glued purple and her skin smell driving me crazy her sleepy eyed look love or lust I didn’t care just wanted ...

  • First Saturday Medan Tuanku (Poesy Noir)

    medan tuanku // 13 Jan 2010 // by Yusuf Martin
    Early station
    Medan Tuanku
    Solitary male
    camera
    Self portrait
    VDU
    Sound and vision
    Hollow love songs
    Transient Top of the Pops
    Traffic’s distant ghostly presence
    Semblance reality
    Sans connectedness ...

  • Something rare

    Central Market // 13 Jan 2010 // by Nadiya Isaac // 1 person likes this story
    I know that tall, lanky figure.
    “Ain?”, the voice pulled me back to reality before I fell deeper. I noticed her confused face. Faezah had been walking behind me as we thronged upon the dense street towards Central Market. ...

  • The missing piece

    Taman Perling // 13 Jan 2010 // by Zak
    You are here.
    I am not.

    I am here.
    You are not.

    The new year seems a bit cold now, but i look forward to the warmth that is coming soon.

  • My Noodle Seller

    Taman Tun Dr Ismail KL // 13 Jan 2010 // by Noor Fazilah Abbas // 5 people like this story
    I don't know her name. But I meet her every Saturday. That's my marketing day. Even when I happened to be on leave on a Friday, I will still do my marketing on Saturday. Don't ask me why. The place ...

  • What were these people thinking?

    Sid's Pub, Taman Tun Dr Ismail // 13 Jan 2010 // by Grey
    Here. Merry Christmas! I know it's a little late, but we've been busy since. You getting sick over the holidays. Me with, nothing much. You with your dad in the hospital. Me with, still nothing much.

    Actually, ...

  • City fantasy

    Between the Damai and Keramat stops on the Putra LRT // 12 Jan 2010 // by AM // 23 people like this story
    This is Arif, a yuppie who bears a strong resemblance to the actor who played the sultan in "Puteri Gunung Ledang".

    Arif is weary from a day of meetings, of trying to get inroads into the sanctums ...

  • Out of Hot Water

    Taynton View, Cheras // 12 Jan 2010 // by J.Y. // 6 people like this story
    My friend Tay has a number of Bangladeshi friends who share rooms and houses in Cheras. Once he saved one from hot water. He's that kind of guy - selfless and helpful without expecting anything in return.

  • Banana

    Jalan Raja Muda Musa, Kampung Baru // 12 Jan 2010 // by AM // 20 people like this story
    I never asked him why he worked at a Malay warung rather than a place that employed only migrants. I would have asked, eventually.

    I first saw him four Fridays ago. I noticed his height, poise and ...

  • I don't want to be a selfish beighbor

    OUG // 12 Jan 2010 // by Vivian
    That night, it was very noisy out there opposite my house. Some worker are setting up a canopy at the middle of the night. I knew that someone has pass away that's why they need to get it done fast ...

  • Live life to the max

    Zouk Club // 12 Jan 2010 // by Vivian // 7 people like this story
    I walk carefully down the hill to the crowd outside the entrance. I see sports cars parked at the valet parking, expensive handbag on most of the girls' hand, branded clothes on the guys... They look so gorgeous and beautiful. ...

  • Live life to the max

    Zouk Club // 12 Jan 2010 // by Vivian
    I walk carefully down the hill to the crowd outside the entrance. I see sports cars parked at the valet parking, expensive handbag on most of the girls' hand, branded clothes on the guys... They look so gorgeous and beautiful. ...

  • Safe and Secure

    Where the barriers are set up. // 12 Jan 2010 // by Koo Wee Hon // 2 people like this story
    I wrote this story for the Malaysian Short Story competition last year.The competiton had wanted a Malaysian theme and this I thought was something most of us in Cities and larger towns in Malaysia were seeing everyday.It was the topic ...

  • Science

    KLCC // 12 Jan 2010 // by Nadia Jalil // 1 person likes this story
    Dear Ketua Sains Dunia,

    I would like to thank you for being around, and turning up whenever I worry too much about KL (which I love, and love to hate) losing its character to high-rises and gargantuan ...

  • Setiawangsa Bandwidth Thief

    Taman Setiawangsa // 12 Jan 2010 // by Jasmine Low // 5 people like this story
    Don’t be alarmed. I live in your neighbourhood. And I'm a bandwidth thief. When you’re surfing unaware, you won’t even know it, you won't even see me.

    Sometimes I pick up merely 200kbps download speeds. But most ...

  • The Mutant Panda

    Taman Zooview // 12 Jan 2010 // by AM // 22 people like this story
    Jane was astonished to see a mutant panda across the road from her house. It was visible for only a few seconds before disappearing into the foliage. Jane continued collecting the mail (all bills!) and went back inside. She was ...

  • I took a sip from my devil cup

    Persiaran Barat, Petaling Jaya, Selangor // 12 Jan 2010 // by Subashini // 8 people like this story
    It was when I was bent over a friend in the middle of the road, as he puked out his dinner lovingly cooked by his mother into the drain directly opposite Kelab Syabas and A&W, that it occurred to me: ...

  • CLOUD NINE

    RMAF Sungai Besi // 11 Jan 2010 // by White Daisy // 2 people like this story
    It’s a gloomy Saturday and I just got home from an overnighter at campus.

    Instead of a slumbering in dreamland I’m getting ready to go out. He has something planned for me, an early birthday gift.

  • The Subversive Sign-language Switch of 1998

    Angkasapuri // 11 Jan 2010 // by AM // 37 people like this story
    Now that my life is nearing its end, I feel the time has come for me to tell the truth about The Subversive Sign-language Switch of 1998. I will lay out the facts as they happened; it is up to ...

  • 3 tickets for 3 idiots

    Midvalley Megamall, at GSC and Vietnamese Kitchen // 10 Jan 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria // 1 person likes this story
    "Three tickets sir, for 3 Idiots" said the lady at GSC Midvalley's ticketing booth.

    She smiled, cheeks glowing, eyes cheekily laughing at me. I bit back a colourful retort, smiled and laugh out loud instead.
    ...

  • The cameraman

    A restaurant in Jalan Telawi Bangsar // 10 Jan 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria
    "Hassan! Dance with us," one of my colleagues asked. I shrugged at her, smiled coyly, answering, "I can't dance".

    Though perhaps the correct answer was "I won't".

    I can still remember the last time ...

  • A missed opportunity

    Sunway Pyramid, cinema refreshment stand // 10 Jan 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria // 2 people like this story
    I was feeling restless, one of those slow mid-week days. A lull keeping me too distracted to be of any use at work.

    I was also subconsciously thinking of her. It has been eight years, but wounds ...

  • Of poetry and passion

    Jalan Duta (In a car) // 10 Jan 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria
    The beginnings of my motions
    upon the poetic stage,
    began long ago
    in my youthful age.

    But the stirrings of passion
    within my mortal shards,
    began but a while ago
    with ...

  • A time for speeding

    Jalan Damansara (In a fast moving car) // 10 Jan 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria // 2 people like this story
    Akon's "I wanna love you" blared from the stereo. The original version where 'love' is replaced by it's four letter vulgar equivalent.

    The brazen lyrics became a discomfort. Especially when she started to move, deliciously and suggestively ...

  • The image

    Gombak // 10 Jan 2010 // by Nuruljannah Usop // 1 person likes this story
    2.22 a.m.
    I shut my eyes tightly, forcing myself to fall asleep. But I could not. I look up through the darkness. An image flits through my mind. A cacophony sound of my bed breaks the silence when I ...

  • As fate would have it

    Genting View Resort // 10 Jan 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria // 1 person likes this story
    "It is fate, that we meet," she said, smiling at me while we were walking up the hill.

    Our comrades in arms spread out before and after us in a long straggling line of tired individuals, after ...

  • Boarding school

    Kg Datok Keramat // 10 Jan 2010 // by AR // 1 person likes this story
    A boy, aged 12 going on 13, sat an interview to enter a semi-prestigious boarding school which his father attended. An well-rounded straight A student, he passes with flying colours, much to his family's delight.

    But they ...

  • Christmas Night

    Taman Cuepacs, Cheras // 10 Jan 2010 // by AR // 1 person likes this story
    “Can I steal you?” I whispered
    Before, urgently, I pushed you
    Behind a deep blue shadow
    And on tiptoes
    Met your lips
    And arms twirled around you waist
    Yours fluttered on my shoulders.

  • Kantoi: A very rookie mistake

    Bangsar Utama // 10 Jan 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria // 3 people like this story
    I call myself a 'researcher'. Though that indeed is truly what I do. I find things on the internet. Information, phone numbers, you name it. I am NOT a stalker.. per say.

    But I guess it is ...

  • Blue stripes

    Taman Tun Abdul Razak // 10 Jan 2010 // by AR // 2 people like this story
    Jumping in the car, eyes averted and she softly mumbles “Hi”.

    In her bag are the thing that could decide their future, placed hurriedly into a plastic bag, which rustles as she adjusts herself to put on ...

  • He also started this way ...

    496, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman // 10 Jan 2010 // by Chet // 1 person likes this story
    "Ah Soh, sik bau lah?"

    Mrs C merely nodded.

    "Where's Si Tau?"

    "He went out."

    "I haven't eaten yet. And I left my wallet at home. Can treat ...

  • "Limbo. If I see a rock, I can see a future. Now I cannot see anything."

    Damansara Perdana // 10 Jan 2010 // by Amie Lee // 1 person likes this story
    I took off my three inches heels and sat on the couch. He was relatively quiet. My hands find their way around his neck and he gently held my fingers in his.

    Cold.

    I ...

  • 1984: Sesudah Subuh (After the Dawn)

    Jalan Ampang // 10 Jan 2010 // by AM // 12 people like this story
    How are you doing Bang? It's been so long since I came to visit, I know. I've actually been a bit reluctant to come, because I have bad news: my parents don't approve. They simply don't want me to have ...

  • The Chronicles of Tiara: Confession of A Rather Sane Shut-In

    Section 17 // 10 Jan 2010 // by i.shah // 2 people like this story
    Once upon a time in Tiara, in the land within the Fence, there lived a Rip van Winkle archetype named Bogey. He was a Nineties child, and having woken up after more than 15 years later to find himself in ...

  • When Arvand is not looking

    Bangsar Utama // 10 Jan 2010 // by Hazlan Zakaria
    Hassan is desperate, and desperation is the mother of bold plans and clever inventions. It is seven weeks since he last got his fix. Since he promised Arvand that he will handle his problem.

    It was excruciating. ...

  • Because

    Bench, KLCC Park. // 10 Jan 2010 // by Fadzlishah Johanabas
    She sits at the other end of the bench, her curled-up form edging away from me. More than anything, I want to move closer, hold her in my arms. But I know she needs her personal space, so I keep ...

  • Blue stripes

    Taman Tun Abdul Razak // 09 Jan 2010 // by AR

    Jumping in the car, eyes averted and she softly mumbles “Hi”.

    In her bag are the things that could decide their future, placed hurriedly into a plastic bag, which rustled as she adjusts herself to put ...

  • Growing Up

    Jalan Raja Chulan // 09 Jan 2010 // by Aidila Razak // 1 person likes this story
    To prove my ultimate geekiness, I am spending my last night as an unemployed person going to a presentation about the very organisation that I am going to join. Because after spending over a month preparing myself for tomorrow, I ...

  • A Man's Last Effort!

    USJ Subang Jaya // 08 Jan 2010 // by Aimee Mustapha // 3 people like this story
    "Hurry!"His voice was squeaking,sounding like a choking bird in its last breath. His face red and smeared with brownish substances,made worse when he wiped it with the back of his hand."I said hurry! Get me another one!"This time he was ...

  • Semakin hari, semakin sayang

    Wangsa Maju // 08 Jan 2010 // by V. Daim // 1 person likes this story
    Friday will be the 77th day.

    At night he wonders about the things, the people she dreams about.

    In his darkroom he inserts his own cut-out onto pictures he had taken during the day. ...

  • Saturday night in Bukit Bintang

    Bukit Bintang // 08 Jan 2010 // by V. Daim
    In a fast food restaurant a man sat reading Go and Sin No More.

    Outside, people compete against each other.

    Occasionally he looks out at the busy street, scanning for familiar faces. Not many ...

  • Saturday night in Bukit Bintang

    Bukit Bintang // 08 Jan 2010 // by V. Daim // 1 person likes this story
    In a fast food restaurant a man sat reading Go and Sin No More.

    Outside, people compete against each other.

    Occasionally he looks out at the busy street, scanning for familiar faces. Not many ...

  • Spiked

    464, Batu Road // 08 Jan 2010 // by Chet // 5 people like this story
    A nauseating smell greeted C as she walked in the front door. Her housemates must've bought some for dessert. No, they were already stuffing their faces in the kitchen. She refused their invitation, merely shaking her head as she held ...

  • A God's eye view

    Metro Tabernacle Church, 26 & 28, Jalan 4/4C, Desa Melawati // 08 Jan 2010 // by AM // 41 people like this story
    The Metro Tabernacle does not show up on the Google map that this site uses. In fact, aside from the residential flats on the left and top, only two other structures are identified by name.

    The Islamic ...

  • The Economics of Hair

    Putrajaya // 08 Jan 2010 // by RW // 8 people like this story
    Sequined baju kurung, check! Professional make up, check! Gelang, subang, intan berlian, check! Hair? Perfectly coiffed and puffed up to exactly 4.5 inches. Check! Just slightly smaller than Datin Semah's 7 inch, which is puffed and hair sprayed to perfection. ...

  • Wrong Class

    Puncak Perdana, Shah Alam // 07 Jan 2010 // by Zara Suryani
    I know I was being too picky, which is not good.
    I went to class this morning, the same subject I went in for yesterday. I was hoping another lecturer would be inside the room.
    I knocked. A ...

  • Mata Keranjang.

    Insaf, Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman // 07 Jan 2010 // by Nadrah Mustafa // 8 people like this story
    "Aku tengok dorang tu, apa rasanya ek?" Halim points out at a couple and a toddler.

    "Mana aku tau, kau pergilah tanya," almost reluctantly I answered. All I wanted was to enjoy my lunch after 5 hours ...

  • Some ghost tale (Gone II)

    Jalan Universiti, Petaling Jaya // 07 Jan 2010 // by Shaza Abidin // 1 person likes this story
    Take a Metro Bus of number 17
    Stop at a bus stop opposite MAHSA COLLEGE
    You’ll find an empty grassy lot
    (Pardon me dear landlord
    If it is wrong me to disclose this)
    That was ...

  • A breath of fresh air.

    Bandar Sri Damansara // 07 Jan 2010 // by Ilya Malik
    Sometimes I wonder, do resolutions serve a purpose? Is it merely a to-do list, created to make us feel like life is meaningful and that we have abundant of things to achieve and look forward to?

    We ...

  • Malaysian Psycho

    Sri Hartamas, Mont Kiara // 07 Jan 2010 // by Lee Ee Leen // 3 people like this story
    I'm wandering around the pirated DVD store near my condominium, sipping from a can of Diet Sarsi, the new Taylor Swift album blaring from the supplied earbuds of my Iphone. Tonight I'm wearing a new shirt from Brooks Brothers, 1-Utama ...

  • The Dog Days are Over?

    USJ 23, Subang Jaya // 06 Jan 2010 // by Nadrah Mustafa // 18 people like this story
    Maybe it is because the area that I grew up in. Or that my days as a child; I was exposed to varieties. Back then, I knew nothing of objectivity. Or having to be "religious" to cultural faiths which are ...

  • What Your History Teacher Would Tell You, to Screw With Your Mind

    Bukit Seputeh // 06 Jan 2010 // by AM // 28 people like this story
    We met at one of those cheap feringgi places because we didn't have enough money to go to a mamak. "Feringgi!" I whistled, and a sorry white specimen came to take our order. After that was done (although he'd probably ...

  • Show House

    Bukit Gasing // 06 Jan 2010 // by RW // 5 people like this story
    At 32 degrees Celsius, the tinting on my car windows didn't help as my forearms bake slowly to a golden brown while waiting for the traffic lights to turn green. Barely 3 cars have passed, and the lights changed again ...

  • Lost at KLCC

    Kuala Lumpur City Centre // 06 Jan 2010 // by Fazlina
    I was attached at one of the company at Petronas Twin Towers.I have never been before.First day when i went to work was totally good.Second day i took the tunnel which went to KLCC(Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre).I was afraid at ...

  • Childhood friends

    Overseas Union Garden // 06 Jan 2010 // by Nat // 1 person likes this story
    'Psssst!' went Wei, from next door. I exchanged glances with my sister as we hurriedly finished our lunch. Mum was in the kitchen as usual. I try to escape but too late – she’s spotted us and yells at us ...

  • The name of the game

    Bukit Bandaraya // 06 Jan 2010 // by saras manikam // 1 person likes this story
    Cryptic glances. Secret smiles for her eyes only. The adroit manoeuvres that saw him more often by her side than not, introducing her to everyone as ‘Our new PR manager.’ Man, was he ever hitting on her. On her first ...

  • Quarrel

    Damansara Perdana, PJ // 06 Jan 2010 // by Hedy // 2 people like this story
    One day, I was at home during the day, being a freelance, I decided to stay home and do some work.

    Right after watching Oprah, I was working on some proposals when I could hear some screaming ...

  • My rose tinted glasses?

    Bandar Sunway // 06 Jan 2010 // by Alyaa Alhadjri
    A walk in the park. We came back from dinner. Teh Botol and Internet. Long day we had. It must have been.

    You told me your secret. She already knew. Sitting on your balcony.

  • A Raya gift

    Jalan PJU 1A/50, Damansara Idaman // 06 Jan 2010 // by Zuraidah Omar // 2 people like this story
    It was the second day of Raya 2009. Hubby and son had 'balik kampung' to KB but I stayed home because I was still nursing my broken wrist.

    I was in the living area reading a book ...

  • A Tale of Two Cars

    SS2 Parking Lot // 06 Jan 2010 // by AM // 25 people like this story
    1.

    A woman goes to her parked car, very angrily. She has reason to be angry because her car's blocked by some idiot who had double-parked a van! She sits down (it's hot!) and blares the horn. ...

  • 回来了~

    Taman Sri Sina,Segambut // 05 Jan 2010 // by MENGLOK // 1 person likes this story
    圣诞节隔天，一早便开始到Pudu车站等车，往Perak的方向出发，回去久违的家乡！

    一月三号，我回到了渐渐熟悉的吉隆坡....

    一月五号，回到公司坐在熟悉的座位上，开始上班...

    我...回来了！

    继续着我的生活...期待下一次从这个城市出走...

  • Durian Eating Contest

    Taman Tasik Titiwangsa // 05 Jan 2010 // by J.Y. // 4 people like this story
    They first put away the appetizers: 500g durian dodol, 5 scoops of durian ice-cream, 2 slices of durian cheesecake, 3 bowls of durian bubur-cha-cha each. No problem.
    Four finalists: Hairi Hamid (1.75m tall, 95kg), KL Chin (1.72m, 85kg), ...

  • Old Man Jenkins.

    LDP // 05 Jan 2010 // by Tasnem Rain Aljoffery // 14 people like this story
    Old Man Jenkins is the name of a Spongebob Squarepants character. He rides in a wheelchair and speaks like a typical old man who wears dentures.

    However, this Old Man Jenkins lives beside the Lebuhraya Damansara- Puchong ...

  • Roxy

    Ampang Jaya // 05 Jan 2010 // by Pearly Ung // 7 people like this story
    This is the story of Roxy, a female stray bitch of about 1 year old. Roxy is the name given by a Muslim Malay teenager in my housing estate. Roxy is a typical local dog, medium size with short brown ...

  • 1997: My life as an artis

    Jalan Raja // 05 Jan 2010 // by AM // 20 people like this story
    The limo was a little late today, but I keep on smiling. I can't let people see me in a bad mood. It's one of the rules of show business. Yes, we know of divas that throw tantrums -- I'm ...

  • Hide your shoes, and the cross on the wall!!

    Sri Putramas // 05 Jan 2010 // by Lefty // 7 people like this story
    I was in my living room in Sri Putramas, watching The Sopranos DVD box set when my mother called to inform me that the family are going for a holiday, and I was told to come and join. It was ...

  • Waiting

    Corner of Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Ampang // 05 Jan 2010 // by lizzie // 4 people like this story
    "Balik?" asked the mak guard robot-like.
    She nodded. Her cheeks hurt from smiling all day. She hurried towards the staff entrance door, anxious should she miss again the last Monorail. She had exactly RM3.15 in her wallet, and that ...

  • His Mother’s Love

    somewhere in Brickfields // 05 Jan 2010 // by Bissme S // 1 person likes this story
    Not all mothers are meant to love their children. Her son has a hard time accepting this fact. All his life, he did everything in his power to win his mother’s love. But in the end, he failed miserably.

  • Abang

    Chow Kit // 04 Jan 2010 // by RW // 3 people like this story
    The door opened and steam rushed out from the bathroom in billows of dancing mist. She came out, all fresh and perked up from a long, hot shower. She stole a glance at the clock on the bedside table. 7 ...

  • 1999 Exam Feud

    once MPIK/Jalan Tenteram but now IPIK/Jalan Yaacob Latif // 04 Jan 2010 // by Shaza Abidin
    The clock is ticking
    My head is spinning
    My hand is busy scribbling
    Shivering, shaking is my body
    Blood pumping, rushing through my vein
    Words circling round
    And around my brain
    PHONETICS, DIPHTHONGS ...

  • Milo Fear Factor

    Taman Bunga Raya, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur // 04 Jan 2010 // by Gina C // 29 people like this story
    I like to make my Milo piping hot. So I pour freshly boiled water to 5 scoops of Milo till the brim. Sometimes, I will just fill up about 9/10 piping hot water, then stir it quickly, then pour another ...

  • Welcome to the Cemetery

    Kwong Tong Cemetery // 04 Jan 2010 // by Chua Kok Yee // 4 people like this story
    The moon and stars conspire to hide from the sky that night, leaving me in darkness. I can hardly see the path ahead of me, and my footsteps are silent on the soft, muddy ground. The wind is sinking its ...

  • Monthly Winners

    Taman Desa, Kuala Lumpur // 04 Jan 2010 // by Chua Kok Yee // 12 people like this story
    There was only one petrol station in the neighbourhood, and it was crowded on that morning. Cars were queuing up for their turn at the pumps. Everyone seemed to be taking much longer time than usual to fill up their ...

  • Lipstik Babi

    Taman Sentosa // 03 Jan 2010 // by AM // 50 people like this story
    Miss J tweets everything she does, as her friends just can't get enough of her! So when she left the shop, she tweeted on her Blackberry: "Kat garden pharmacy tadi tak sanggup beli lipstik babi punya mahal!"

  • Stadium Mamak

    Jalan Desa Jaya, Taman Desa, Kuala Lumpur // 03 Jan 2010 // by Chua Kok Yee // 13 people like this story
    The mamak stall is famous for its nasi lemak and ice-blended cucumber drink.
    But tonight there is another kind of hunger; of glory and pride. Tens pairs of eyes are glued onto the big screen perching by the roadside. ...

  • Over River, Under Sky

    Unfinished bridge over Klang river (abandoned for over 10 years) - connecting Kinrara, Puchong and Taman Sentosa, Off Jalan Kelang Lama. // 03 Jan 2010 // by Abdullah Ahmad Bawang // 2 people like this story
    A concrete path of brick hidden
    Under the scarlet sky
    Known by birds of air it is
    A resting perch on high

    A concrete bridge of brick hidden
    Behind stone blocks of gray ...

  • Urban Miracle

    Bandar Utama // 03 Jan 2010 // by Chet // 8 people like this story
    The slight figure hesitated. But her mind was made up. She started walking again, but slowly. She was not familiar with the area and there were no lights. A noise startled her and the bundle in her arms. She stopped ...

  • Her Desire

    Brickfields // 03 Jan 2010 // by Bissme S
    She wanted a man to fall madly in love with her and then, she would betray him in the worst possible manner. This desire has been playing in her mind since she was young. She can’t give any rational reasons ...

  • Clubland

    Heritage Row // 03 Jan 2010 // by Lee Ee Leen // 2 people like this story
    The guardian at the door lifts the thin red sash and ushers you through the narrow door. You descend downstairs into the seething pit. Another Friday night of going out that will end with a Saturday afternoon staying in, only ...

  • Key to the city

    Jalan Cheras // 03 Jan 2010 // by AM // 22 people like this story
    She would sleep every night to the sound of drilling. And then wake up, after some very fitful hours, to even more drilling. And hammering. And pounding.

    She should really be used to it by now. But ...

  • It was just a child

    Petaling Jaya // 03 Jan 2010 // by Diyana Zulasmin // 3 people like this story
    I choked down a sob, and tried to stop the tears from coming down. Telling myself that it's ridiculous that I'm crying for some unknown person. But at the same time, i told myself, it's not just some unknown person. ...

  • Mummy?

    Wangsa Maju // 03 Jan 2010 // by Diyana Zulasmin
    Mummy, I'm scared.

    I was walking to the store on my own, like big sister would.

    I was about to reach there when someone grabbed me. The whole world seems to be tilted and ...

  • Many walks home

    SMK Subang Utama, SS18 // 03 Jan 2010 // by Alyaa Alhadjri // 7 people like this story
    Subang Jaya:

    We were walking in the rain from school to her house. Laughing all the way. They were already there waiting. Borrowed her clothes to change. Watched Friends, hanged out, somone played the piano.
    ...

  • Thank God For Night Blindness

    Sidewalk of a road at Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur // 02 Jan 2010 // by Gina C // 19 people like this story
    One day, after cramming our brains with formulas and facts which sadly be practically useless and obsolete when we started working, we decided to go to Alpha Angle, Wangsa Maju to jalan-jalan (Tell me? Who the heck use calculus at ...

  • My KL Dream Tour Guide

    KLCC // 02 Jan 2010 // by PRETTY // 3 people like this story
    Today i met a guy. He took me walking down the corners of Petalling Street, where my GUCCI'S and ARMANI'S cost less than a bus ride,for a moment there i felt like a queen dropping ringgits like they had lost ...

  • Murder Most Foul

    Jalan Bangsar // 02 Jan 2010 // by Wena // 1 person likes this story
    The pain is excruciating. The blade had struck deep into her heart. She took a deep breath, and tried to hold on.

    She had only read about murder and death in books. She had never dreamed that ...

  • It was

    SMK Subang Utama, Subang Jaya // 02 Jan 2010 // by Diyana Zulasmin // 3 people like this story
    The story I'll tell is not about an event that's romantic, nor is it life-altering, but it's stuck with me till now.

    We were young, still in school. It's been a year or so, maybe more since ...

  • The old beaten-up BBK

    Taman Bukit Indah // 02 Jan 2010 // by Marina // 2 people like this story
    It was a single-storey house. Built on the side of the hill. Taman Bukit Indah. It was the first time she had set foot in his home. There was no carpet. Very few furniture. Minimalist, some designer people would say. ...

  • November Rain..!! Ohh November Rain.!!

    Inti University College, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan // 02 Jan 2010 // by Shaarmen // 1 person likes this story
    November Rain!! Ohh November Rain..!!

    Its the month of November and its full of rain everyday...
    Lonely in his room...
    He sat by the window...
    And watched the rain pouring down...
    And so ...

  • Butterfly

    Subang Jaya // 02 Jan 2010 // by Valkyrie @ Tan Yian May
    When the time I flutter my first wings,
    It was here when I first open my eyes to you,
    Though how hard I made it to make you far,
    You always seem to stay so close,

  • That Night in Bandar Sri Permaisuri

    Cendana Apartment, Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Kuala Lumpur // 02 Jan 2010 // by Mr. Interpreter // 3 people like this story
    Our baby has felt asleep in her baby cot. We were watching television, when suddenly both of us feel horny.

    I cannot remember the exact date but it was sometime in 2005 and we were living on ...

  • Where it all began, where it all ended...

    Jalan Enggang Selatan, Taman Keramat // 02 Jan 2010 // by Zye Shaz // 2 people like this story
    Many things have changed about Taman Keramat but some things remain the same... as do people. As people grow & learn, so does places...
    Taman Keramat especially does it at a slower pace, sometimes even at a hesitant, reluctant ...

  • Me, Myself and KL.. well PJ to be exact

    Mutiara Damansara // 01 Jan 2010 // by Shalina // 2 people like this story
    I moved here in 2008.

    I did so because I wanted to run away from a few things in my life that was happening at that time. I was living in JB, staying with my parents and ...

  • Our Kind of Love

    Kinokuniya, KLCC // 01 Jan 2010 // by Fadzlishah Johanabas // 5 people like this story
    "Sorry I'm late."

    He makes a tiny arc with his left hand. "Don't worry. This book's good. I'm thinking about buying it."

    "Zarif. You bought a trilogy last week."

    "Done reading ...

  • "Because we don't need names here."

    Damansara Perdana // 01 Jan 2010 // by Amie Lee // 8 people like this story
    That night I watched him sleep in his apartment in Damansara Perdana. But it wasn't a peaceful sleep. Occasionally, he'd wake up groaning and then fall back quickly into slumber. At times, his muscles flinched aggressively like the drugs he ...

  • Mr. Monkey Lives Here

    Sri Petaling // 01 Jan 2010 // by Lucas // 1 person likes this story
    Mr. Monkey is a colleague of mine:

    He’s a good sport, often the butt of practical jokes, or the life of the party at his own expense. He doesn’t mind. Once he told me, as long as ...

  • Universiti Pertanian Malaysia and durians

    UPM, Serdang, Selangor // 01 Jan 2010 // by DNAS // 2 people like this story
    It was a breezy Saturday afternoon in 1997, a year before I graduated from UPM - University
    of Agricultural, Malaysia. My flatmates and I decided to go for a volleyball game
    game at the University's expo site - ...

  • Abandoned and Corrupted, Yet I Am Still Proud of It.

    Jalan Cochrane // 31 Dec 2009 // by Nazirwan // 4 people like this story
    30 years ago, i was born in Lorong Cochrane, located in the southern part of KL. We lived in one of the colonial quarters. The way i remembered it, Cochrane was such a beautiful place to live with large fields ...

  • Kuala Lumpur Bohemians

    In an LRT on the RapidKL Kelana Jaya-Gombak line, having just passed Damai, and heading towards Kelana Jaya. // 31 Dec 2009 // by Amirul B Ruslan // 6 people like this story
    "You really need to get a car, Hailey," he said, the lazy and dream-struck mumbles of a tired young man.

    She smiled, briefly loving the harmless nickname that stuck, beaming to him and then saying, "That wouldn't ...

  • Blood and Guts.

    Jalan Bukit Angkasa, Pantai Hillpark. // 31 Dec 2009 // by Meena Lakshana // 2 people like this story
    Blood and guts.
    Feathers, ethereal white and cement grey, in a mesh with flesh and bone on the cold tar road of Jalan Bukit Angkasa near Pantai Hillpark.
    That is all I see as I stop to look ...

  • very expensive!!

    bukit bintang // 31 Dec 2009 // by nauffe idawsa // 2 people like this story
    "how much?"

    "rm150"

    "wah..very expensive..i can get much cheaper in Jalan Pudu.."

    "this one very good one.. can massage also.."

    "allo uncle.. i don't want massagelah..i want only ...

  • 'khong kuai'

    Old Klang Road // 31 Dec 2009 // by doris wong
    Last year, I got reacquainted with an old pal. We haven't seen each other for decades and it felt good to meet up and update the other the events and highlights of our lives.

    He has taken ...

  • Between Wangsa Maju and Home

    Wangsa Maju, RapidKL Station // 31 Dec 2009 // by bakat_17 // 6 people like this story
    I could hear the sound of my own footstep as I crossed the road opposite of the LRT Station on 12:00AM. The last train had just passed by and there were no cars on the road as usual.
    ...

  • Realisation

    PJ // 31 Dec 2009 // by Chan Soo Wah // 2 people like this story
    I spent 17 years being ignorant of what racism is. It was such great time. Studying in a Convent school wasn't such a bad thing after all, as everyone hung out with each other regardless race and cultures.
    ...

  • Sex Education

    Pandan Indah // 31 Dec 2009 // by RW // 12 people like this story
    The designated parking lot to the lift lobby is only a 2 minute walk, but I've managed to squeeze in 3 sms and a short phone call as I approached the dimly lit lobby of my apartment block. It has ...

  • Who's Your Daddy?

    A clinic somewhere in Taman Selayang Jaya // 31 Dec 2009 // by Gina C // 29 people like this story
    While waiting for SPM 1993 results, I took up an assistant job at a clinic to kill time. I had a fair share of interesting clinic stories. This by far remains very much vivid in my mind, apart from the ...

  • Kumpulan Pantun (Edisi Pelajar) 2010

    Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka // 31 Dec 2009 // by AM // 41 people like this story
    1.
    Buah cempedak di luar pagar
    Ambil galah tolong jolokkan
    Pergi tiusyen kata nak belajar
    Entah-entah berdating sakan


    2.
    Kalau tuan mudik ke hulu
    Kirimkan saya sebiji saga

  • October 2005: a midnight trip down memory lane...

    bandar baru bangi // 31 Dec 2009 // by sue // 6 people like this story
    came home late one day feeling hungry, so cajoled my housemates into going out for supper with me. was craving for maggi goreng and milo ais... at first they didn't want to, suggesting that i make my own iced milo. ...

  • The Old Folk

    Bok House, Jalan Ampang // 31 Dec 2009 // by TheBoyAsPatriot // 1 person likes this story
    Bright lights on a city night,
    The red heeled tights come out to play,
    All the old folks,
    Are weary of their jokes,
    And sit with their faces grey,
    Full of cracks,
    And squatting ...

  • The A-maize-ing lady.

    Taman Segar, Cheras // 30 Dec 2009 // by doris wong // 1 person likes this story
    We used to frequent her stall at the Pasar Malam in Cheras. The pair who manned the stall had ready smiles and worked well together; he attending to the steamed maizes and she taking orders and dispensing changes. We often ...

  • We, The Regulars Of This Route

    In an LRT on the RapidKL Kelana Jaya-Gombak line, having just passed Bangsar, and heading toward Kelana Jaya. // 30 Dec 2009 // by Amirul B Ruslan // 9 people like this story
    I am seated in the left-most seat at the middle section of this two-car train: there are six seats in this section, three on each end. There are five seats per row at the heads of both trains, and two ...

  • the journey home

    KLCC // 30 Dec 2009 // by sue // 10 people like this story
    the word 'sale' seem to jump at me from all directions. one drawback to working in the proximity of a shopping complex is the amount of temptations one would have to face every day. fighting off just one such 'devilish ...

  • a home away from home...

    bukit jalil // 30 Dec 2009 // by sue // 11 people like this story
    we moved here a few months after our graduation - 4 friends from 4 different hometown, sharing a roof over our heads. and with that, we also shared many sweet and sour moments together, moments that bring us ever closer. ...

  • Driving While Arab

    Ampang Park // 30 Dec 2009 // by Travis Dunn // 4 people like this story
    My Saudi friend and I were recently pulled over by the cops. My friend was driving his rented car, and he wasn't doing anything wrong as far as I could tell. In his opinion, and in my opinion, and in ...

  • A Tuesday Morning

    Dataran Merdeka // 30 Dec 2009 // by Puteri Wardatul Hayat // 4 people like this story
    I'm sitting here, at a table in the KL Library, with a view of the city. I look out the glass window and see KLCC, the KL Tower and a gorgeous view of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building and Dataran ...

  • The Lioness and the Hyenas

    Sungei Wang, Jalan Bukit Bintang // 30 Dec 2009 // by Gina C // 22 people like this story
    I was washing my hands in a restroom in Sg Wang when a hint of unpleasant smell pierced my nose. From the mirror reflection, I could see a woman with unruly hair and filthy clothes walked past behind me. She ...

  • Nasi Lemak Isteri Bro Ghani...

    In Front of Putra Villa Condominium // 30 Dec 2009 // by Dotz Al-Bangi.... // 2 people like this story
    Every day...[almost every day]... on the way going for works, i will go to gerai nasi lamak in front of my apartment[putra villa] to buy nasi lemak that was sold by Isteri[wife] of head security in my apartment...
    ...

  • Dato' Keramat Gelas Besar Restoran

    Dato Keramat...Gelas Besar Restoran....[this is not the real name] // 30 Dec 2009 // by Dotz Al-Bangi.... // 4 people like this story
    Every Tuesday, me and my colleagues will have an activity, Rayau-rayau KL.... and one of the place that we had experienced is, Restoran Gelas Besar at Dato' Keramat...[I forgot the real name]...

    imagine, the size of standard ...

  • Living in Mont'Kiara

    Mont'Kiara, Kuala Lumpur // 30 Dec 2009 // by Sheila Philip // 1 person likes this story
    We've lived in Mont'Kiara, off and on, since end 2004. First time round we lived in MK Pines. It was, by our standards, a very small apartment - only 1468 sq ft, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Just managed to fit ...

  • What about never?

    Berkeley Garden, Klang. // 30 Dec 2009 // by symmys
    "But tomorrow I've got something else to do... What about Sunday?"

    We're having a conversation... I'm upstairs... she's downstairs. We're yelling. It makes very little sense. I don't remember the content of the conversation nor how long ...

  • Step Over The Rubble To Find A Gem

    Dang Wangi // 30 Dec 2009 // by Zara Suriya // 17 people like this story
    A nondescript Tuesday morning, as most weekday mornings are when you are barely two years into your post-university working life and you drive your first but oh-so-tiny box-like car that people jokingly quip you could buy at a toy store. ...

  • Where we were lost and found

    Tails of concrete (light gray and blue) // 29 Dec 2009 // by Syazwina Saw // 1 person likes this story
    Remember that day? I do;
    We were lost and wandered over tails
    of concrete, light gray and blue,
    Our words colliding over memories
    I only shared with you.
    Because we once found ourselves lost

  • September 2006 - Toothpick

    Taman Selayang Jaya // 29 Dec 2009 // by Gina C // 34 people like this story
    It is very usual to watch mom and dad bickering over lunch at home. They have been doing this for as long as I could remember. The usual stuffs that they would argued over varied from how many times one ...

  • The streets passing by.

    Central Market // 29 Dec 2009 // by Syazwina Saw // 1 person likes this story
    Where are we?

    We are the middle tier -
    The middle-middle class.
    Beneath us are rubber tappers and sellers of kueh
    Under us are bandaraya workers and owners of stalls
    Below us are ...

  • May 01 08: Catching a Ride Home After Work

    Jalan BB just before turning off to Pudu // 29 Dec 2009 // by Sherwin SY Ng // 1 person likes this story


    Listening to an old Japanese song

    in your car

    poignant -

    gave me goosebumps on my neck and shoulders

    the air-condition

    streaming ...

  • On a Public Holiday

    Federal Highway // 29 Dec 2009 // by Sherwin SY Ng
    It’s a public holiday
    but 7 a.m. on the highway
    a morning haze today

    Work in the city center
    meeting people
    idle banter
    time flies like whatever

    Panda buys ...

  • Charlie Charlie Chickadees

    Kepong Baru // 29 Dec 2009 // by RW // 4 people like this story
    His tiny feet pitter pattered towards the wet kitchen where Mummy was busy preparing dinner. He stood on his toes beside the kitchen sink and watched Mummy skillfully remove the innards of an ikan kembong with a cleaver.
    ...

  • The Way To Work

    Terminal Putra RapidKL // 29 Dec 2009 // by bakat_17 // 3 people like this story
    Shibuya, Tokyo. 7:30AM: The morning breeze struck the fresh morning faces of early bird catching on a train at Shibuya Station.

    I hold on to the pole as the seat is occupied with children and a mother ...

  • Young Grounds.

    SMK Seaflied, USJ2, Subang Jaya // 29 Dec 2009 // by Nadrah Mustafa // 12 people like this story
    The days of our lives when we dragged ourselves out of bed just to be in between these lines of ourselves. The time when we were seduced by the temptations of the outside world.

    Some took off ...

  • Glib Shoes

    In a city mall, in Beloved KL. // 29 Dec 2009 // by chiichii // 4 people like this story
    So I start wandering into the massive halls of a City Mall. Not expecting to shop, yet lulled by the bright colours at the window displays.

    It was just after lunch, on a lazy afternoon.
    ...

  • Did you forgot about us?

    Taman Medan // 29 Dec 2009 // by Naharudin // 1 person likes this story
    Before your fancy malls, your uptight neighborhood, your glittering hotels and unwelcoming spirit, my friends and I used to swim around and pisses inside the abandoned iron mine that is now your Sunway Pyramid, Lagoon, Mentari, whatever. Do you even ...

  • Sri Hartamas-Nite dat changed my life

    Sri Hartamas // 29 Dec 2009 // by AKM // 2 people like this story
    Would never forget dat nite at Souled Out, Sri Hartamas, d nite tat changed ma life 4ever.Wat meant to be a blind date blossomed into a beautiful rship which had an untimely and ugly end.
    Till date, that spot ...

  • Bahasa lesson

    Jalan Sentul // 29 Dec 2009 // by RW // 14 people like this story
    The usual din and raucous laughter peaked just as the end of recess bell rung, ending the precious 45 minutes period which every student savored daily.

    Soon after, the feet of 40 odd students stomped up the ...

  • (Almost) Broken Memories

    Jalan Selatan // 29 Dec 2009 // by S. Jamal Al-Idrus // 1 person likes this story
    Drive past this small street, just off of Jalan Tun Razak, and you'll wonder what the big deal is about this enclave.

    Well, the big deal is that there used to be houses in this area - ...

  • Less Than Kosong

    Jalan Duta // 29 Dec 2009 // by Lee Ee Leen // 6 people like this story
    People are afraid to read in KL. This is the first thing I hear when I come back to the city. Bebe picks me up from KLIA and mutters this under her breath as her car drives up to the ...

  • The Lady in White

    Jalan Sultan // 29 Dec 2009 // by Travis Dunn // 2 people like this story
    She materialized like an apparition, or an angel, or maybe even an extraterrestrial, and I didn't notice her until she was right in front of my face. At first I thought she was a nun: She was radiant in all-white ...

  • Walk a mile in these Vincci shoes

    Plaza Pantai // 28 Dec 2009 // by SN // 15 people like this story
    When, you think, just when did cleaners start looking so... wrong?

    Shit. That’s just the kind of middle-class, bourgeois thought you despise… coming out of your own head. That’s your mother talking, and it’s okay, it will ...

  • Speed

    Jalan Tun Razak // 28 Dec 2009 // by AM // 51 people like this story
    It was way past midnight when the yawning traffic cop flagged down a car along Jalan Tun Razak.

    The driver of the vehicle stopped and only partially wound down the tinted window. Tinted? Some kind of VIP? ...

  • Numbered community

    Pudu Jail, Jalan Pudu // 28 Dec 2009 // by RW // 4 people like this story
    "Wah! You so clever to draw the Indian God lah!"

    65449 looked over my shoulder, admiring the tiny artwork on the wall. We both smiled and looked at the latest addition to the extensive mural within the ...

  • Amazing Grace

    Bukit Nanas // 28 Dec 2009 // by RW // 5 people like this story
    Walking up the steep incline of the hill, I finally reached the cathedral.It is only a short walk from the office, but I've already broken into buckets of sweat. Entering from the side door, the church was amazingly quiet, as ...

  • Family family family

    Laman Mukmin, Pandan, Tmn kenchana // 28 Dec 2009 // by ahliusrah // 10 people like this story
    Here we sat down
    here we discussing something
    here we build our strength
    here we give and take

    Here we sat down
    here we tight our friendship
    here we think
    here ...

  • Little Demons

    Taman Desa, KL // 28 Dec 2009 // by Chan Soo Wah // 1 person likes this story
    I see demons. Every where.

    In the staircase. In the railway station. In the train. Under the hot sun shining over Taman Tasek Perdana.

    In the cafeteria near my apartment. In the elevator.

  • Mak Jah's Nasi Lemak

    Near Putra Villa Condominium,Taman Melati // 28 Dec 2009 // by notmyrealname // 2 people like this story
    most every monday and thursday i have dinner at Maj Jah's Nasi lemak with Sardine or Paru or very basic nasi lemak.
    Irs cheaper and tasty.

  • First date

    danau kota // 28 Dec 2009 // by Marina // 3 people like this story
    "Let's go to Petaling Street."

    "It closes early, right?"

    She googled 'Petaling Street'. It closes at midnight.

    "So where else can you go to?", she asked, trying to hide the disappointment ...

  • The Noodle Man

    Taman Tenaga, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur // 28 Dec 2009 // by Kian Ong // 9 people like this story
    There it was again. The blinding flash, an unmistakable prelude to another deafening thunder, amidst the merciless pour. Mr Lee winced his wrinkled eyes in anticipation, while keeping himself busy at his stall. In fact, he's been at this exact ...

  • Just another day of work

    KLCC // 28 Dec 2009 // by bakat_17 // 5 people like this story
    Yesterday,
    We went to the office together. No breakfast, just straight to our cubicle.

    Today,
    We are going to lunch together. No rush, just packed cold storage food.

    Tomorrow,
    We are ...

  • A girl in Pandan Jaya

    Pandan Jaya // 28 Dec 2009 // by nauffe idawsa // 4 people like this story
    Every morning when I go to work, I will see this girl sitting in the table in my flat yard all by herself. With a mix Chinese – Malay looks; I assume that girl might have some problems. She likes ...

  • Storm Symphony

    Taman Sri Hartamas // 28 Dec 2009 // by Julia Mayer // 4 people like this story
    In KL the marble-mosaic sky hammers out its monsoonal symphony; three black bold notes fall upon a stave of endless concrete pavement. The sweltering silence is now broken by a semibreve of breeze pushing up a scale of thick tortured ...

  • mini-market

    Damansara Utama // 28 Dec 2009 // by titasam // 7 people like this story
    To be geographically precised, my home is an LDP away from Kuala Lumpur. To outsiders, I'm very much KLite/ian. It's easier to pronounce. I've been staying in Damansara from the beginning of my brain development for long-term memories.
    ...

  • Alternate Merdeka Day commercial

    KLCC Park // 28 Dec 2009 // by AM // 27 people like this story
    "Nega" begins the Bangladeshi waiter, confidently.
    "Raku" continues his counterpart from Myanmar, not sure if this is a joke.
    "Tanah" trills the China masseuse, who is keeping an eye on the fountain.
    "Tumpah" goes the Javanese construction ...

  • third-world, really?

    MPH bookstore, 1 Utama, Bandar Utama // 28 Dec 2009 // by Darell K // 3 people like this story
    By nature, I find myself in the familiar confines of MPH bookstore, 1 Utama, facing more rows of chic-lit shelves than I’ve remembered since last. The space is bustling, yet distracted. Middle class Malaysians thumb through greeting cards that warble ...

  • 1980: Mosque Slippers

    Kampung Sungai Penchala // 28 Dec 2009 // by AM // 42 people like this story
    The first azan was heard from very close by. The only other sounds in the room: the ceiling fan, and my eyelashes scraping against the pillow. I was 7. There had been a dream, which now evaporated, leaving me slightly ...

  • Haiku Wednesday: Seven Horses Seem to Be on the Mark

    Angkasa Condominium // 28 Dec 2009 // by Cthulhu // 1 person likes this story
    Malady comes to pass,
    Darkness at bay,
    Be strong as I pray thee well.

  • The World Has Forgotten To Love Me

    A police station in Brickfields // 28 Dec 2009 // by Bissme S // 5 people like this story
    He brought fear to all of us who live in this city. He was a serial killer who loves breaking into stranger’s house and killing them, violently.

    The police would always find his victims with their heart ...

  • Ampang

    Taman Putra, Ampang // 27 Dec 2009 // by Lee Guet Poh Ruth // 2 people like this story
    I love this place; it gets into my senses,
    the people, the shops, the 3 storey low cost houses,
    the pasar malam that's held Friday,
    the same vendors set up stalls every Sunday.

    Ampang ...

  • education

    any malaysian family // 27 Dec 2009 // by Rebecca Choong // 2 people like this story
    I hide
    the sheet of paper
    in the
    deepest
    darkest
    corner of my desk

    a previously unblemished white
    it is covered
    with childish scribbles
    and
    angry red ink ...

  • 1988: Sheila Majid's Niece

    Jalan Sultan Salahhuddin // 27 Dec 2009 // by AM // 17 people like this story
    Nik was pale and small, like her aunt Sheila Majid. But you can't blame her (Nik, that is) for being small: we were only in Standard 4, so give chance lah!

    But the resemblance ended there. Nik ...

  • It all started from imagination...

    Jalan Johor Selatan, Bangsar, // 27 Dec 2009 // by Melor Hidayah // 2 people like this story
    I used to live in Bangsar,...in a government quarter right behind a forest. We had a big house and a bigger back yard.

    I remember as an inquisitive 5 year old...looking at the tree tops..and I ...

  • 1990: Dorm Horror

    Taman Shamelin Perkasa // 27 Dec 2009 // by AM // 36 people like this story
    I used to study at this residential college. The college and the dorm were located in converted multi-level parking lots. So you had the choice of walking up the ramps or the stairs.

    But that isn't the ...

  • Cyclops, My Love

    Taman Connaught // 27 Dec 2009 // by J.Y. Lou // 3 people like this story
    "Of course he's not a very smart guy. What did you expect when his third eye takes up brain space?"

    You're just jealous. You don't see what I see. You certainly don't feel what I feel.

  • Distance

    a small cafe in central market. // 27 Dec 2009 // by Derick Tenh P.S // 3 people like this story
    She sat there. The mug of 'hot-cham' in front of her had ceased to puff thin layer of heat.

    Sitting opposite her wasn't the familiar face that's already engraved in her pupils. And that was a fact ...

  • Lucky Garden Laksa

    Lucky Garden, Bangsar // 25 Dec 2009 // by June Rubis // 7 people like this story
    Every Sarawakian worth his salt knows that one of the more decent Sarawak laksa stalls is located at Lucky Garden, Bangsar. It’s not as great as the laksa back home of course. Sometimes Aunty is very stingy with her sambal ...

  • Bangsar Indah

    Bangsar Indah Apartments // 25 Dec 2009 // by June Rubis // 5 people like this story
    I work here, at D30-3 Bangsar Indah every Wednesday and Sunday. It takes me about 20 minutes to walk from the LRT station. Sometimes I take the bus if it’s raining or I’m feeling extra tired. The Nepali guards acknowledge ...

  • Earning Merit

    Section 11 // 24 Dec 2009 // by saras manikam // 7 people like this story
    The visitor to the centre held the staff with her beatific smile. It is dharma, she explained in her soft voice, to feed the poor disabled. What better merit than to cook food for God’s own children? So she came ...

  • Suburban Guerilla

    Bangsar // 23 Dec 2009 // by Lee Ee Leen // 19 people like this story
    My grandfather often told me tall stories. Such as the clump of haunted banana trees at the garden wall. The trees housed the spirits of nine children who had died during a neighbourhood bout of botulism in the late ‘70s. ...

  • Random

    kepong // 23 Dec 2009 // by tesstotoro
    How long has it been?
    The last time you step on pebbles;
    How long has it been?
    The toad last cloaks.

    How long has it been?
    Shopping malls became your retreat;
    How ...

  • Adrian and Rina: The Train Home

    Setiawangsa LRT Station, 18:03 hours // 23 Dec 2009 // by Fadzlishah Johanabas // 4 people like this story
    Dhuk-dhuk, dhuk-dhuk. Dhuk-dhuk, dhuk.

    Adrian leaned against the closed doors of the LRT as it sped past the KLCC station. He knew boarding the train during rush-hour traffic was a mistake, but with only RM10 left in ...

  • Pimps, Prostitutes & Priests

    A house in brickfields // 22 Dec 2009 // by Bissme S // 6 people like this story
    A young priest sits opposite her. He is a distant relative of her. He is trying to convince her to love God again. He is trying to convince her to come back to church again.
    “These days, I find ...

  • The girl who waits for her train

    KL Sentral // 22 Dec 2009 // by Chan Soo Wah // 4 people like this story
    Everyone lives in this world is a part of this world. However, there is this girl who basically lives in her own world.

    Elise doesn't know the purpose of her life in this world. She hopes that ...

  • Gone

    Jalan Ilmu, Petaling Jaya // 22 Dec 2009 // by Shaza Abidin // 7 people like this story
    Once upon a time at number 5, Lorong Elmu.
    “Where’s Kak Haja?”
    “ At Shida’s house.” Just opposite the house number 5.
    “Where’s Kak Asma’?”
    “ On the roof, reading.” Referring to the flat concreted roof ...

  • DingDong

    Subang Jaya // 22 Dec 2009 // by Alam
    The desires and urges innately instilled,
    Every day it grows and demands for new thrills,
    Given birth into societies and their fake dreams,
    Fighting against it, resembling swimming against strong tides.

    To disregard the ...

  • Bitter n Error

    Subang Jaya // 22 Dec 2009 // by Alam
    A hint of a smile,
    When your eyes sets on mine,
    A grin spread across your face,
    Enlightening and divine…
    Only these thoughts fixated on my mind.

    For a moment there,
    All ...

  • At the Moment

    subang jaya // 22 Dec 2009 // by alam shah
    Things are going pretty well? Not really but its better than before certainly – is this just a short pause or as they say it, the calm before the storm, until something big happens? The emptiness still visits often… leaving ...

  • Her life.

    Bangsar // 22 Dec 2009 // by Chan Soo Wah // 6 people like this story
    She sits there in her office. Her boss came in to the room and offers her words of congratulation on her well done work. She deserves the promotion, he says.
    She smiles.

    One by one of ...

  • A New Year

    As written by a seven year old - Jln Margosa SD10/5B Bandar Sri Damansara // 22 Dec 2009 // by Ilham Rosman // 2 people like this story

    A New Year is fun
    Happy to start a New Year
    A New Year sounds like
    Fireworks exploding in the sky, lion dance
    A New Year smells like
    Yummy foods, firework smoke
    A ...

  • She Wanted Heaven

    at a condominium at Brickfields // 22 Dec 2009 // by Bissme S // 9 people like this story
    When he told his mother that he was gay, she was furious beyond words. She wanted him to ask God for forgiveness, repent and be a better man.But he was tired of living a life of lies. He refused. She ...

  • Last Train Home

    In an LRT on the RapidKL Kelana Jaya-Gombak line, launching from the Kelana Jaya station, and heading towards Gombak. // 21 Dec 2009 // by Amirul B Ruslan // 9 people like this story
    KE ARAH / TO
    GOMBAK,
    the sign read.

    The voice on the P.A. was not the usual cool pre-recorded female announcer; instead, the ungraceful voice of the tired attendant downstairs. The next train will be ...

  • Sunset by the Riverside

    Somewhere near Masjid Jamek // 21 Dec 2009 // by Shahriman Latif // 33 people like this story
    The aged man ambled along the street, a lighted stubbed-out cigarette in his mouth, dust in his hair. He looks lost, or disinterested, perhaps both. It is time for his evening teh tarik, and he is oblivious to the world. ...

  • A Cheras Love Story

    Cheras // 21 Dec 2009 // by Sasha // 3 people like this story
    I shifted, fighting and kicking, to Cheras in 2005 but over the past 10 years, I suddenly realized, I have been moving closer and closer to the district without me even realizing it.

    When I came to ...

  • Haunted House Hunting

    Bangsar // 21 Dec 2009 // by Lee Ee Leen // 15 people like this story
    "There's a haunted house nearby," I sometimes say to a friend in the car after a late night.
    Depending on their spiritual beliefs or level of inebriation, most of them of scoff or make silly gibbering noises, but all ...

  • Confessions of an introvert

    Bentong, Pahang // 21 Dec 2009 // by Mallow // 5 people like this story
    I couldn't sleep. It's not insomnia.
    It's just that..I like the atmosphere, where there's no sound. Nobody's around. No one's talking. Solitary. Serenity.

    I miss him. I miss him so bad that I don't realize that ...

  • Sanctuary

    flora damansara, damansara perdana, petaling jaya // 21 Dec 2009 // by Derick Tenh P.S // 4 people like this story
    He stands outside, on the balcony.
    The rain pours and soaks his wavy hair, the wind pushes his stiff flesh, the storm grows harder and harder, outside and inside of him.

    His emotion is numb. Living ...

  • kl 6

    pasar seni // 20 Dec 2009 // by joe zh
    words out of your skin and mouth and hidden hair
    oh don’t stop the veils are ripped head scarves won’t fly
    near the drainage I waited your fate there a river
    spraypainted to give birth to the ...

  • Heart & Mind

    Somewhere in Brickfields // 20 Dec 2009 // by Bissme S // 12 people like this story
    Jamil could not believe the place where he work for four years will be torn down. A new swanky shopping center is expected to take over its place.

    “KL is over flooded with shopping centers and do ...

  • Last Day in PJ

    Section 14, Petaling Jaya // 20 Dec 2009 // by Eliza // 7 people like this story
    The boxes were gone, the furniture transported, and now all that was left in the house were scraps of newspaper, discarded toys and used balls of sellotape. Twenty-eight years of life had been boxed, moved, scrapped or donated. There had ...

  • Subang Diamonds

    Subang Ria Recreational Park, or, Subang Lake // 20 Dec 2009 // by Jha // 6 people like this story
    Step One: Wake up
    early and make
    your way down to the lake.
    Defer breakfast.
    (The sky is preferably
    twilight blue, with a sliver of
    red in the distant east.)

    Step ...

  • Life

    Hospital Kuala Lumpur // 20 Dec 2009 // by Fadzlishah Johanabas // 5 people like this story
    He sits on a granite bench shaped like it was made of logs. He leans forward into the shadow of the building, his back exposed to the afternoon sun. Sweat trickles down his neck, down his back, soaking the brown ...

  • Many Moons Ago in Damansara Heights

    Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights // 19 Dec 2009 // by Zuraidah Omar // 13 people like this story
    Many moons ago, I was a teen living in Damansara Heights. It was so many moons ago that there was no Jalan Duta. There was, however, Guillemard Road where the senior civil servants lived.

    You could say ...

  • The Pasar and Me

    Pasar Datuk Keramat // 18 Dec 2009 // by Ameer // 5 people like this story
    The blue-white roofing of the pasar has always been the first thing that came to my mind when people talk about my kampung. Firstly because my kampung(i still see it as a kampung)is not what people would really talk about, ...

  • Kindness Remembered

    496, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman // 18 Dec 2009 // by Chet Chin // 17 people like this story
    The man came into the shop. He’d been walking along the five-foot pavement, looking here, there, everywhere, and especially where the roundabout used to be. He’d peered into every shop in this row, visibly sniffing the air of each. And ...

  • Hard Labour, Tough Medicine

    Jalan Barat, Petaling Jaya // 18 Dec 2009 // by Lee Ee Leen // 16 people like this story
    The signboard read, 'Lourdes Clinic'. But I was not looking for a miracle as I pushed the door open, I just wanted a half a day off work. I leave my company's name with the receptionist and sit down on ...

  • (not) wasting time

    damansara perdana // 18 Dec 2009 // by doids
    for d most part, i love where i live. good food & amenities at my doorstep! broadband connection not too bad either! too bad there's no seafront...

    while i can do lots (work-wise on my laptop & ...

  • A Man, A Girl And The Singing Machine

    Institut Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur. // 18 Dec 2009 // by Zed Adam Idris // 18 people like this story
    He holds her hand. She wipes his tears. His handkerchief slips off her crooked fingers. He sniggers watching her rheumatic clumsiness, she smirks and rolls her eyes. The beeping machine was unbearable but now it sings like music to her ...

  • Jalan Yaacob Latif

    Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak // 17 Dec 2009 // by Habshah Abdul Kudus // 1 person likes this story
    I studied my form six in one of the four schools situated along Jalan Cheras. I left it by the end of 1975.

    I came again to Jalan Cheras but this time with a husband and my ...

  • The Girl In The Seat Opposite Me, Part I

    In an LRT on the RapidKL Gombak-Kelana Jaya line, at the Pasar Seni station, and heading towards Kelana Jaya. // 17 Dec 2009 // by Amirul B Ruslan // 27 people like this story
    As much as I wanted to speak to her, I knew I couldn't. It was a potent mix of shyness, my fear of her not being able to hear me over the torrential downpour playing pitter-patter against the walls and ...

  • K.L.

    wangsa maju // 17 Dec 2009 // by Yusuf Martin // 4 people like this story
    kuala Lumpur
    breasts
    phalli
    twin Rivers
    twin spires
    inspire
    conspire
    inflame desire
    require
    beckon
    mysteriously

    verdant
    lush
    plush
    revealing
    loving
    soul

  • between jalan tunku abdul rahman & jalan masjid india

    between jalan tunku abdul rahman & jalan masjid india // 17 Dec 2009 // by Liyana Dizzy // 4 people like this story
    It doesn't even feel like I'm in Kuala Lumpur. Unless of course, I'm
    ignorant, and this is what the city has always been like. Both are
    equally plausible. I am walking with my friend.
    He has a ...

  • Sweeping The Food Off The Table

    Jalan Telawi 2, Bangsar // 17 Dec 2009 // by Jerome Kugan // 8 people like this story
    Everyone was looking at me. A man sitting at a nearby table looked like he was ready to get up at any moment and beat the crap out of me. At another table, an elderly couple were shaking their heads. ...

  • Pursuing Perseid

    Rooftop of Taylor's College, Leisure Commerce Square // 17 Dec 2009 // by Michelle Tam // 6 people like this story
    "heard about the meteor shower?", he asked, eyes aglow with excitement.

    i smile and say nothing, but swept up my bag and shawl and stand in the hallway. he locks his door, and i open ours.

  • A morning story from Kg.Melayu Ampang

    a quiet cul de sac at Lorong Kempas 2, Kg.Melayu Ampang Tambahan. // 17 Dec 2009 // by DR Bubbles // 1 person likes this story
    The morning light came early. The garbage bin is full till the brim. It is all quiet at this cul de sac. The usual bicyle-bell ringing from the grass cutter from Burma has yet takes its turn.

  • Stammering Whore By Leon Wing

    Chow Kit // 17 Dec 2009 // by Leon Wing // 3 people like this story
    I tap tap tap a toll to the pavement,
    To sight that man slouching this way.

    My red lips oral : cum cum cum,
    my tug his point of no return.

    I’m ...

  • Daughter in law

    Subang Indah // 17 Dec 2009 // by Manglish // 1 person likes this story
    "Who she thinks she is, huh?!" his aged and frail mother said, as Jeremy held open the car door, waiting for her to get in.

    "And she dared said she would never want to live with me." ...

  • Kitten

    Taman Tun Dr Ismail // 17 Dec 2009 // by Sharon Bakar // 5 people like this story
    Chocolate-box cute
    Not she.

    Thrown out with the rubbish
    (to survive
    or to fail to)
    and soaked by the afternoon rain,
    she has me marked for one who'll stop
    and rubs ...

  • Padang Promises

    SMK Puteri Ampang // 17 Dec 2009 // by Michelle Yoon // 6 people like this story
    “Let’s make a promise.”

    I turn to look at you while you plop yourself down onto the grass, not caring that it just rained early this morning. I squint a little, the sun’s too strong.
    ...

  • Chinese Girl With Curly Hair

    Taman Bunga Raya, off Jalan Genting Kelang // 17 Dec 2009 // by Lou Joon Yee // 11 people like this story
    There is no need to think about what to buy as there isn't any money left over to buy anything other than food and pay the room rent. Madge looks at her hands; they are orangey from eating a big ...

  • Cider With Zombies

    Jalan Telawi, Bangsar // 17 Dec 2009 // by Eeleen Lee // 7 people like this story
    Ker-tish. Gavin mimed the drum sound in self-congratulation. Good joke, it went down well with his mates in the pub after work. The joke was about five seconds worth of guffaws before intense discussion resumed on how to ace the ...

  • Taken for a ride

    496, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman // 17 Dec 2009 // by Chet Chin // 2 people like this story
    “Yes, see you in a while,” Mrs C said before replacing the receiver.

    “Who was that?” her husband asked, cupping a hand over the back of his ear even though he'd been wearing a hearing aid for ...

  • Intermission

    Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi, Taman Tun Dr Ismail // 16 Dec 2009 // by Daphne Lee // 6 people like this story
    "Sometimes I regret having children," she told Lucas. "I don't regret them. I love them, but I regret having children."

    She raised her head from her coffee cup. His expression was solemn, sad even. But he was ...

  • We delivered them back their dead son

    Lengkungan Seri Mersing 25, Taman Sri Andalas, Klang // 16 Dec 2009 // by GY // 10 people like this story
    He was here for about two years. Tall and lanky and sometimes mischievious, he worked hard, earning just enough every month to send back home to his family. Not that they needed him to send any. He just wanted an ...

  • Crowded Rooms

    in and out of Asian Heritage Row // 16 Dec 2009 // by Liyana Dizzy // 3 people like this story
    Maybe you’ve seen me this weekend in a crowded room. I place myself in them over and over, convincing myself into that bar seat so that I can yank up my social ante till it gives me wedgies. I don’t ...

  • Jalan Nagasari

    Jalan Nagasari // 16 Dec 2009 // by Liyana Dizzy // 3 people like this story
    My heart is in my throat.
    Everytime I’m here, I feel unready to approach
    These bright lights.
    Nagasari shines off the beaten path,
    it does all the cooking.
    Its sister is my new friend.

  • Gin

    Bangsar Permai Apartments, Jalan Tanduk, 59100 Kuala Lumpur // 16 Dec 2009 // by Daphne Lee // 4 people like this story
    "I never thought I'd see you here," Ruth said, smiling happily.

    "You really are pleased to see me!" said Ling.

    "Well, of course. I didn't think you'd come."

    "I wasn't going ...

  • ABUSES

    Tropicana, PJ // 16 Dec 2009 // by Sharon Bakar // 16 people like this story
    We begin as friends talking of inconsequences
    I lean against your car in the driveway
    And we discuss the problems you have with your maid
    A recipe for the fish cutlets

    I praise your ...

  • Hardly There

    Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman // 16 Dec 2009 // by Daphne Lee // 4 people like this story
    HE was silent.

    And so was she.

    They were both waiting. She thought she might be waiting for someone. Or a change. Anything, really, to replace what was.

    She opened the ...

  • I, Minah Rock

    Intersection of Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Bukit Bintang // 16 Dec 2009 // by Priya // 16 people like this story
    Late nineties. A club since shut down. Beer slicked floor and drainpipe jeans. The heat makes her cry mascara. He is just another wannabe, stutters on about dead artists and post-life philosophy. She had waited years to hear him say ...

  • 68000

    Taman Bukit Mewah, Bukit Anatarabangsa, Ampang 68000 // 16 Dec 2009 // by Matt Armitage // 3 people like this story
    It’s been a year since the dream started. Always the same thing: woken at 4am by the shouting. Scrambling around in the dark, he bangs his knee on the doorframe. Usually there’s enough light from the streetlamps outside to maneuver ...

  • Fishing by the Fountain

    Suria KLCC // 16 Dec 2009 // by Damyanti Ghosh // 13 people like this story
    I hear your thoughts. Yes, you, sitting by the fountain, taking in the Twin Towers. It must be something about fountains, because every time I’m near one, the thoughts of the people around me ride in the mist and whisper ...

  • Christmas in KL

    The Pavilion, KL // 16 Dec 2009 // by Damyanti Ghosh // 25 people like this story
    My children, of course, thought I’d look ridiculous. But that was the point of it, really. To have fun. Especially when we had so little of it in KL on my cab-driver’s takings, ever since I lost my job as ...

  • Cancer

    2 Jalan SS24/13, Taman Megah // 16 Dec 2009 // by Damyanti Ghosh // 13 people like this story
    He couldn’t stand it. The way his friends behaved, chatting and laughing, as if they had all the time in the world, around the round plastic table at Fatty Crab. The way they chugged their beer, picked chicken wings with ...

  • Masterpiece

    Klang River near Pasar Seni LRT // 16 Dec 2009 // by Jerome Kugan // 23 people like this story
    The smell of paint fills the air. Rico’s finger releases pulses of colour from the can in his hand. The colour fills up the wall. It’s been about two hours since he started. Azyz and Ray are taking photos. It’s ...