SUKMA

SUKMA short for 'Sukan Malaysia' (Malaysian Games) has kicked off as of today in my fair city. I will be posting pictures of the various events from time to time as this event will go on until the 4th of June. Below are some pics showing the torch run and the official lighting of the torch in Alor Star.

The torch being lit, to be sent to Alor Star, the main venue for the games.


The torch bearer with his 'body guards'!


The man standing beside the mascot(the 'eagle') is my friend.




The Lawn Bowling event has started. Below are two pics of the ladies in action.

Happy Mother's Day

I would like to wish all mothers who pass by this way a Happy Mother's Day. Below is a poem especially for you :

A Villanelle for Mother's Day

A villanelle for Mother's Day
Should take me just about an hour:
Writing it is child's play.

Because I know just what to say,
And rhyming's quite within my power,
To write it should be child's play.

Yet plain speech is not my way:
I look for leaves to shade my flower,
This villanelle for Mother's Day.

I do not wish to sound too fey,
Obscure, mystic, gushy, sour--
Arggh! Writing's never child's play!

Yes, childish! To my dismay,
Far beyond the allotted hour,
This villanelle for Mother's Day

Dawdles on. Let me just say
It plain: I love you, and so end our
Villanelle for Mother's Day.
(Well … writing it was child's play.)

- Nicholas Gordon