Claudia Khaw (as in raw, thaw, saw, law, and paw)

I'm definitely not someone who's particularly patriotic, but today I'm starting a new (yet again) segment on my website: Malaysia 101. While not exactly someone who drapes a Malaysian flag on their shoulders and sing Negaraku with much passion, I definitely am someone who loves my country. And my love has only grown since I've left to study in the United States (I can't wait to graduate, God). I used to think I wasn't that well-versed about Malaysian things but then I realized that I have so many interesting input in conversations in the States, just sharing things unique to Malaysia. Among these interesting things I bring up in conversations are pasar malams . Sure the concept of a night market is not at all exclusive to Malaysia, but I just love the culture of it so much. Recently, I was home for a month break, I visited my local pasar malam as one does, and I took some photos that I wanted to share. Now that I think about it, I suppose this 'Malaysia ...

I haven't been posting anything at all these few months, have I? Well, I decided to start writing here again because I've just started a new chapter in life that I want to document. Also, I plan on posting more food blogs now that I have the luxury of eating out plenty of times throughout the week as I am nowhere near home cooked dishes. Time feels so fleeting. I barely feel acquainted to my new college and I've made a loose handful of friends, and already, it's over a month gone from me. September is ending next week. How is that possible? Time is so senseless, isn't it? Philosophical debate over time set aside, however, my new university experience has been... interesting. So, a little bit of background. I was previously studying in my home country of Malaysia, and recently moved to the state of Missouri to study in the University of Missouri Columbia. I'm majoring in journalism and I hope to be focusing in Magazine Writing. And I have no clue what on eart...

If you're a meat lover, you definitely know about the franchise Morgenfield's, known as the home of sticky bones. They serve Mid-West American flavors, and not too long ago, a branch opened in Malacca, and I dined there this nice afternoon and here is what I have to say about it. Clever Perhaps it was because it was a new store, and of course I can't blame the entire franchise, but most employees were young men, which is no problem, but they all seemed fresh-faced and confused and did not have answers for most of our inquiries. Our waiter was quite hospitable though and seemed to know the menu better than his colleagues. He made some recommendations, and in the end between my mother, grandmother and I we ordered some garlickey pork ribs and the threesome sliders. second one down, image retrieved from  http://morganfields.com/menu.html retrieved from  http://morganfields.com/menu.html Due to some delays (apparently last night they had a staff pa...

(Hello readers! Before I begin with the actual contents of this blog, I wanted to quickly say, wow, I haven't posted in such a long time, but I'm back now and I have a new idea for this blog; I'm going to start a new segment called foodie . Unoriginal, I know, but essentially, that's all there is to it. I love food, I love eating it, I love taking pictures of it, I love talking about it. Alright, so  foodie is pretty self-explanatory, right? Therefore I won't waste too much time explaining what it is, and instead let's just jump right into it.) Eat at 18 is an extraordinary cafe located in the heart of Malacca, a state in Malaysia and just today I had the immense pleasure of visiting it and here is what I have to say about it. Malacca is a historical city and the famous tourist magnet known as Jonker Walk has a bunch of really interesting buildings, some of them dating back to the 17th century. A lot of these shop lots have very narrow entrances but are very...

As you can obviously gather from the title of this blog post, my story Vampire Mates on Wattpad has garnered over 900k reads! First off, I know. 900k is a weird number to celebrate, but I’m not going to sit around for like 2 years for it to hit 1 million reads. Second of all, rant time. I absolutely don't deserve this at all because it was shit writing, but hey imma take it graciously and just roll with it. Seriously, though, I'm super grateful. I know some other people deserve it more than I do but I genuinely am so happy and proud that I've accomplished this, like it isn't much but these views were what kept me writing and going and got me hooked onto just sharing my work and receiving feedback from people. This was what really made me want to be a writer, and sparked my interest in writing. It's incredible to have freaking 900k reads, and I want to thank anybody who got involved, even if that means reading one chapter and just saying “ew, no” (tr...

  Lee Sun Wei ( 李荪微) /Sunny Dylan/Not-James I breathe, and it feels like his eyes are all-knowing as they stare into mine so intensely and fully. "Thank you," I can't help but choke out. "For... seeing me." A breeze blows over us, and a strand of hair falls out from behind my ear. There's an eternity long moment where we just look at each other, my vision slightly blocked by the line of black across it. But it doesn't stop me from looking at him, seeing him. He leans over, gently, and pushes it back behind my ear. When he does, he whispers. "Thank you for letting me." - Sunny and Dylan are from two worlds. Sunny just wants to go back to the past. Dylan just wants to live in the now. But one thing ties them together--both of them are afraid of the future. This is a love story, not in the sense that girl meets boy and boy meets girl and they both fall in love. No, it is a love story, and girl does meet and boy and boy does m...