It's just that I think I'm going to lose my job at the studio and am damned scared of not being able to bring home the bacon.

Some of that kampong spirit still survives in the clean, orderly HDB estates today. But for the most part, Malay-Muslim families depend on their own immediate members.

Careful, or I'll bash your face in!

Lenin has left his jhola behind. I shall return it to him when I see him next. It's filthy; maybe I should wash or dryclean it before that.