CY@CY Says Welcome to my dreamscape. Where a Lim is also a Ling.

Shelter by Jung Yun is included in the 100 best thrillers of all time by signature-reads.com.  This debut by Yun is more of a family drama but with the tension of a thriller. Kyung Cho is a 36-year-old biology professor living with his Irish wife Gillian and four-year-old son Ethan in a 3-bedroom house he can’t afford and his American ...

I have been reading thrillers for the past few months so I decided to try something different for a change.  Browsing through my book list, I chose The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas as it has the highest Goodreads ratings among all the books in my collection. This book has garnered so much praise and accolades that even John ...

Today heralds the beginning of the last quarter of the year Like sunset at the end of a day the setting of the year is now so near October is a month of contemplation And also a month of celebration.   October is my favourite month of the year For it is the birthday month of people I hold so ...

  Cartoons are meant to entertain But some can cause you to be detained.   Balloons are usually meant for kids But yellow balloons for some strange reasons give some adults fits.   Baboons are monkeys belonging to the genus Papio But some humans are moronic baboons we have to endure.   Keep a watchful eye over your chocolates Crying ...

High up in the sky I saw an egret Watching it glide gracefully fills me with regrets About things not done and missed opportunities And giving up too easily when faced with difficulties.   Life should not be taken too seriously Sometimes I tread too cautiously Nobody gets out of life alive I shouldn’t have let my fears run rife. ...

Two years have gone by Since you bade us goodbye Memories of you linger strong Nothing will break our bond.   Knowing you are with the Lord With your suffering taken off your load We take comfort in God’s grace With our hearts filled with love and praise.   We may have overcome our sorrow With age we are growing ...

I had a dream a few nights ago I was still a kid in Bintangor The Rejang River was in high tide My delight I could not hide.   Stripped down to my cotton pants I raced to the river bank Into the river I dived Piercing through the water like a knife.   Swimming in the river were my ...

A sudden turn of my head is all it takes To make my head spinning like a top What a difference vertigo makes Like I am high on some kind of dope.   Doctors said it is due to my ears A peripheral vestibular disorder They said I have no need for fears It may be just a sign that ...

Knock knock knock It’s past 5 o’clock The knocks are my wakeup call My son Leslie is ready to go.   Make a quick trip to the loo Put on my Nike shoes Armed myself with a rod It’s time to hit the road.   The sky is eerily dark It’s quiet except for an occasional dog bark As we ...

After my big disappointment with The Darkest Secret by Alex Marwood, I decided to read something different for a change. So instead of thrillers, I opt for Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa, an exploration of the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship in an unforgiving society. Translated into English for the first time by Alison ...