Working a Wonderful World

By Ooi Kok Chuen

September 2016 PENANG PALETTE
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Anthony Lau’s realisation is that staying curious is what makes life worth living.Anthony Lau.“Please write it down,” he commands. Then, he squints closer to eyeball the small blackboard to read the chalk scribblings, sometimes using his fingers to gently prise open his eyelids in order to see and answer the question.Sometimes, he uses a magnifying glass.“I can see the shape, not the face I knew before,” he says.By his own assessment, his eyesight is good for 50%, his left ear...

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Ooi Kok Chuen

is an art-writer and journalist, and the author of MAHSURI: A Legend Reborn (Ooi Peeps Publishing), an adult contemporary fantasy “movel” (a novel conceived as a mock movie) spun from a local legend.

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