Romance in Malaya

 

This book,  Romance in  Malaya, published by Nanyang Press Singapore in 1956 carried 16 short stories, one of which, entitled, "Ten Years of Life by the Riverside"  was written by my late father.    The short story was a reminiscence of 10 years of his life and his experiences with the local culture, in different areas of the country, which all happened to be by some riverside.  

My late father had frequently contributed short stories and articles to local newspapers.  But we were too young then to know what he wrote about and too young then to have made any attempt to keep what he wrote.    

After the rain

 

After a day of cloud and wind and rain

Sometimes the setting sun breaks out again,

And touching all the darksome woods with light,

Smiles on the fields until they laugh and sing,

Then like a ruby from the horizon's ring,

Drops down into the night.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow