THIS IS THE MAN

by Sam J Christopher

He stepped onto this foreign shore when just a lad of 20,

In hopes of a better opportunity of which he heard was a-plenty.

Found no one with a vacancy or a lodge,

So he slept on the five-foot ways of Telok Anson town.

He gave up his watch with a heavy heart, for a train ticket,

To travel to Kuala Lumpur without burden of loan or debt.

At that time it was his only prized possession,

But he didn’t let that get in the way of his vision.

TO MASK OR NOT TO MASK?

by Sam J Christopher

Strange, that a little palm-sized piece of cloth, can elicit so much social, political and even religious fervour and controversy. Even to the possible toppling of governments!

So.what gives?

Being an avid DIY-er, masks are not alien to me. (I have a few types on the wall in my modest workshop.) And I am well aware of the media-hyped global paranoia over a pandemic that apparently had its origins in China, that great bastion of lofty humanitarian values (not to mention cheap gadgets and fantastic taste in exotic meats).