Archive for the 'Writing' Category
Feel the Ice-Cold Passion
As published in the New Straits Times, Travel Times, 31 March 2008, and NST Travel Online.
Temperatures here never drop below 26ºC, so who would have thought that Malaysians can get so fired up about ice skating? Ardent figure-skaters offer MAJIDAH HASHIM a zillion reasons to keep on skating.
Story and Pictures by MAJIDAH HASHIM
THE two girls [...]
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Roping in your courage
As published in the New Straits Times, Travel Times, 25 November 2008, and NST Travel Online.
What’s so difficult about climbing up a few ropes strung up like a cobweb amongst the trees? MAJIDAH HASHIM finds out at Nomad Mountain School’s Pinnacle Adventure High Ropes Course.
Story and Pictures by MAJIDAH HASHIM
“NO, no, you don’t understand. [...]
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Bus to hell and back!
As published on Travel – NST Online, 26 August 2008. Unabridged version published in The New Straits Times – Travel Times, 26 August 2008.
You’ve never ridden the nightmare bus until you find yourself in a rickety bus to Laos, strapped stiffly to your seat and hemmed in on all sides by goods, passengers and more [...]
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Sk8r Kids
As published in Time Out KL magazine (July 2008.) and website.
Life just cannot get crueller than this: Fully grown adults, garbed in Backstreet Boys meets Vanilla Ice fashion (complete with Aaron Carter headgear), scramble on their feet and crawl against the walls of the Sunway Pyramid ice skating rink; while high-pitched little children in [...]
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Burmese Daze
My law abiding friend, Ray, snapped these photos on AirAsia last month. My first Myanmar article is out.
I am delighted and sad at the same time, and this is in light of the devastation brought about by Cyclone Nargis that struck the capital last month, the same month this article is published. Looking at photos [...]
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Meet Majidah Hashim
A unique combo of poetry and cynicism, Majidah Hashim’s style of experiential works lends her readers a thoughtful and light-hearted view of the world. Her feature articles have been widely published in various regional publications and has earned her Malaysia Tourism Award’s title of Best Malaysian Writer.
About Wysard
According to Merrian - Webster Online, wysard is the Middle English word for wizard. The word dates back to the 15th century, and has been randomly selected as a reference for this website.
See, not everything in life needs to be that complicated.
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