The award

It was a fun evening, but I chose to be absent in respect of the recent demise of my uncle just two days prior to the event.

The NST Annual Dinner, themed as movie mania, have colleagues arriving as Darth Vaders, Princess Leia, Shrek, Hellboy, Helen of Troy, Queen Amidala, Cleopatra, Count Dracula and Morticia Addams, while the less imaginative prefer to be Men in Black.

During the dinner, a colleague sent a text message:

“Congrats! U guys won the Best Feature!”

He was referring to the history package a team of us worked on last year. Alhamdulillah! Wow.

The story was written by four of us from a disbanded desk called the writer’s group. Chok Suat Ling is now the Sunday Times Editor, Sheridan Mahavera has left the company in search of new adventures as a freelance writer and Yong Huey Jiun, has left the country for an even bigger adventure.

The award, I feel is an important token of the group.

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“Like a one hit wonder to a defunct pop band?” asks Mr D, as the credit of SpongeBob Squarepants the series rolled on TV.

I rolled my eyes.

“Do you think I should write a book? Maybe something on Mariam?”

Mr D shut his eyes and rolled his head on the sofa backrest in dire pretense of being asleep.

Some answers don’t come in sentences.