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

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...

So, you can obviously tell from the title, this is just a quick post to promote my new book. It would be incredible if you leave a rave comment and rating ;) because that may help me out in earning some money for my sequel of the book too. So yeah! The prologue and first chapter is up on Wattpad. The link is: https://www.wattpad.com/story/114644389-your-end-in-mine The rest of the story can be found on penpee.com. The link is: https://www.wattpad.com/story/114644389-your-end-in-mine Please check it out :). Here's a short description of the story:  I have a curse. Every time I look at someone I have a connection or relationship with, I can see exactly how everything will fall apart between us. Except for him. I don't see anything with him. But maybe that's because there isn't even a beginning to begin with.

So, if you've read my last blog, you'll know about the whole writing thing, and the $100 bucks and everything. I agreed. Because I want the money. Sue me. And I'm a writer, I can just cough up some 10-chaptered 12,000 worded story right up, can't I? It can be shitty, I shouldn't care; good book, bad book, I get the $100 all the same.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  But noooo, apparently, I can't. I can't just write a shitty book. I mean, yeah, it's underdeveloped and shit, but I'm pretty sure all writers agree, when y'all start writing a book, creating them universes, and also all those little characters, they start doing crazy things all on their own. It's not just me, right? I just can't. Once, my English teacher told me to leave a piece of me in everything that I do, and that I do everything with passion. And I do, I really do. So, I can't just write something without putting passion into it. I'm a huge believe or doing what you love, lovi...

A few months ago, I worked briefly for this website. Essentially, they're a website where you can post your stories and potentially earn money from. However, all the books there are shit, the user interface sucks, and there are very little readers so posting your stories there doesn't really get you any reads and thus no money. Anyways, they paid me $40 to help me reach out to potential customers and do things like online press releases and basically publicizing the website. I was completely done with the whole thing because, really, it's so shit and ridiculous. I told them that they should not limit one book to 6,000 words (what the hell kind of length is that, like?). Instead, they say, they want a book that can be read quickly during a bathroom break or lunch break, and that no one reads long stories anymore, like the hell? Have you ever set food in a bookstore? That aside, they recently contacted me again. See, I'm not that great on Wattpad, but I do have a ...

Being a writer is problematic. And I don't mean all the technical errors and stuff--no, no. As excruciating as it is to realize you haven't saved one of your chapters, or having a really annoying and debilitating writer's block that has left your fingers pretty much paralyzed and confused, I'm talking about the reality check.  Oh, the horror.  Do you know how easy it is to say you're a writer? Oh, yeah, I'm a writer, I write blogs about cars. Yeah, I write fan fictions about K-Pop idols. I'm totally a nerd, I love writing one shots. Oh, I'm a writer, I love to write sad romance fictions and publish it on Wattpad to garner views! (BTW, the last sentence there is essentially the basis my "writer"hood is based on; what an impostor).   Well, okay, maybe you do know how easy it is to claim yourself as a writer.  Mm. I wish I could say the same.  I only recently found out just how many people call themselves writer. I should have k...

As none of you would have realized, 01. is not present in my blog, because a certain someone, *ahem* Dienta *ahem* read it and bugged me about it and freaking about everything (a.k.a "John" possibly finding out and just going like, what? Even though he won't because I don't... really know him). So, I took it down. I'll give a brief update on the whole crush thing, though. First of all, I think I'm over it? Of course I am. It was pretty much a very virtual-istic and basically superficial crush. I liked the idea of him, the idea I had of him, so yeah. But, I'll still admit, any day and time, that he's cute, but I'm not looking for a relationship. Not with him, not with anyone, really. I'm, essentially, a child. And though many, many people find love or date people at the age of 15, I'd like to just... not? At least not now. Maybe in a few years. Maybe I'm not even single by choice and I'm just lying to myself and everyone else o...

Since the age of 12, I have had a pretty clear path my mind has set out for me. However, as time passed, and my life has festered into something... pretty repugnant, I've changed the way I've looked at things, as one does as their growth and goals come into a screeching halt in fear of failure and in fear of mothers. I, personally, have a fear of failing my mother. Lovely. Anyways, when I was 12, I was dead set on my ambitions and the directions I wanted to take. I knew I wanted to be a writer since I was 10, having written a few (shitty) 'novels'. By coincidence and perhaps fate, I looked at the word journalism, had no idea what it was, thought it had the word journal and thus relative to writing, and so claimed it as my major. Through research, I knew I wanted to go to University of Missouri, Columbia, which had a great--one of the best--journalism schools. And that was... pretty much that.  I'm lucky that my family is well off, that I am able to select wh...

Hello there everybody! This is probably my... what, umpteenth? time attempting to write and consistently write/upkeep a blog. But, nevertheless! There is beauty in... persistence. Be it futile.  Anyways, here's a quick introduction. Hi, hi, nice to meet you, my name is Claudia, Claudia Khaw (pronounced as you would when saying raw, thaw, saw, law, and paw). Born in the year 02, a Pisces baby, a destined legend.  I like to write. I've been writing since I was 7. My first book was something along the lines of 艾利的故事, direct translation: Ai Lee's Story.  It lacked plot. And depth. And vocabulary. And logic. My next story was also in Chinese, titled, 姐姐的日记, which means My Sister's Diary. Juicy, I know.  I learned to love to write, and soon enough, it became my ambition. And it really still is. I love it so much, and partially it's because I'm good at it. I can fail at anything else, but writing is my everything and if I ever fail any subject or exa...