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The Switch
It was probably Rauf’s second month in school when I saw it with my own eyes. It was after school. He wanted to stay back a little longer to play at the playground. I stood to the side, watching him. Then, out of nowhere, a boy appeared behind him. He picked Rauf up and shoved…
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Finding Thomas Mason
When we left KL, I could already see my parents’ brains working overtime plotting a trip to visit us. True enough, two months after we arrived. It wasn’t exactly a surprise — we’d agreed to meet in London first and then head to NL together. I knew living in Europe would make travelling within the…
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I don’t like this idea!
That was what Rauf screamed into my ear as I carried him through the Immigration gate. 18 hours later, my ear was still ringing when we arrived at our new country of residence. Six months prior, life felt settled. Joe was working in Singapore, Rauf was happy at school and I was thriving. For the…
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The one about Margaret Thatcher
I remember growing up, when my sister and I shared a room and we would ask my dad to tell us a story (sometimes more than 1). He would never say no and for that I am grateful. Sometimes his stories would be fictional. Sometimes his stories were about his childhood and sometimes his stories…
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The Missing Tudung
Joe’s been really busy at work and we’re always rushing in the morning because he always has early meetings (seriously who has meetings at 8.30am?!) But today we had to wake up super early and coincidentally it was the day my team wanted to take pictures togther in our traditional clothes in conjunction of Eid.…
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