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Fadzlishah Johanabas
Kuala Lumpur
Doctor. Author. Photographer. Gamer. Total procrastinator.
Interests: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction Writing, Landscape Photography, Figure Drawing, Reading
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Pride: be the noun, not the verb
I wrote to The Star sometime ago, but since they haven't responded, I'll go ahead and post what I wrote here. Oh, well. --@-- Pride. One beautiful word that has two polar opposite connotations; both have deep significance in the medical world. Eight years haven’t been that long since I... Continue reading
Posted Apr 13, 2013 at Murky Clarity
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What Nurses Do Best
Posted Mar 18, 2013 at Murky Clarity
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The Rise of the Army of Darkness
Darkness. We have always been afraid of it. It holds too many secrets, too many monsters. Our ancestors learned to harness fire and huddled close to it, partly for warmth, but above all, for its light that kept darkness at bay. In time, we learned to banish the dark. It... Continue reading
Posted Mar 9, 2013 at Murky Clarity
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#KLNoir
noir noun /ˈnwär/ 1. crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings. --@-- Asian Angel was the name they gave him. They didn't know his age. They didn't know his story. They only knew he looked like a teenager. He didn't know his age. He didn't know his... Continue reading
Posted Feb 26, 2013 at Murky Clarity
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Yay! Thanks. I watched a documentary about negligible senescence on Animal Planet some months ago, and I've been playing with the concept for a story. Which may or may not come to pass.
Sonnet: Impossible Wishes
I wish to experience summer here so that I’d feel the kiss of winter’s cold I wish for negligible senescence so that this love I have will not grow old I wish I was able to discover the cure for every illness there ever is I wish to know before life is over what true happiness actually m...
Sonnet: Impossible Wishes
I wish to experience summer here so that I’d feel the kiss of winter’s cold I wish for negligible senescence so that this love I have will not grow old I wish I was able to discover the cure for every illness there ever is I wish to know before... Continue reading
Posted Feb 15, 2013 at Murky Clarity
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Movie Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Posted Feb 12, 2013 at Murky Clarity
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Sorry, Brian. Was operating.
You're right. As a reader, I've every right to be angered by the trick ending, the breach in contract. My review is justified--even if you say it's a bad review. I may be a writer, but I am a reader first.
However, as a writer, I've broken the writer bro code. Even with the spoiler alert, I shouldn't blatantly reveal the ending.
So here's my compromise: I've masked the spoiler text, and it can only be seen if people highlight the passage. If they end up reading the spoiler, it's not my bloody fault.
Kris, I'm sorry to have revealed the ending. Hope the masking won't spoil the story for future readers.
Book review: "Son Complex", by Kris Williamson
I always look forward to reading locally-published English fiction. Granted, a lot of them out there are bad, but there are also gems, brilliant in their own right. When Buku Fixi announced the launch of its English imprint, Fixi Novo, I was excited, ecstatic even. Fixi publishes pulp fictio...
Book review: "Son Complex", by Kris Williamson
Posted Feb 10, 2013 at Murky Clarity
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So You Want to be a Doctor: on stress and suicides
We doctors are the best when it comes to suicide; we are among the most creative at it, too. We also have the highest suicide rate compared to other professions.1 It's no surprise, really. In learning how to heal, we indirectly learn how to kill. Armed with the knowledge, we... Continue reading
Posted Jan 13, 2013 at Murky Clarity
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Tender Moments: The Alphabet I Propose
A is for the things I’m about to say B is the book you pretend to read, but you’re listening anyway. C is for the comfort I feel in your embrace D is the dreams we share across time and space E is for the emotions that I feel F... Continue reading
Posted Jan 7, 2013 at Murky Clarity
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Another year gone by
New Year's Eve used to mean something. I remember hanging out with Izaac watching fireworks. I remember running up the stairs shouting "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" to my parents and siblings. I also remember mass-messaging friends and relatives, wishing them a great year ahead. I don't know when this happened, but... Continue reading
Posted Dec 31, 2012 at Murky Clarity
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A Cultured Life: Reading at Kinokuniya
Posted Dec 23, 2012 at Murky Clarity
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If you could only see the mess that is my room. Nope, I refuse to post it on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. I color-code my clothes the rare times I actually organize my things, but they return the state of appalling disarray within days.
Storytelling: the promise
When I met up with Sharon Bakar last Sunday for our "Readings from Readings 2" promotional slot at Art for Grabs, we chatted a little. She said that I have paid my dues in terms of publishing short stories in magazines and anthologies. Now I have to concentrate on having a book published, be it ...
Storytelling: the promise
When I met up with Sharon Bakar last Sunday for our "Readings from Readings 2" promotional slot at Art for Grabs, we chatted a little. She said that I have paid my dues in terms of publishing short stories in magazines and anthologies. Now I have to concentrate on having... Continue reading
Posted Dec 18, 2012 at Murky Clarity
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When the service is no longer personal, it gets personal
Posted Dec 15, 2012 at Murky Clarity
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Tender Moments: Gravity
Dearest heart, I have no idea if this letter will ever reach you. Even if it does, chance are, you will not even unseal the envelope. But I have to write this. I have to write this for us. I have to write this for you. Most of all, I... Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2012 at Murky Clarity
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An invitation to "Readings from Readings 2" KL launch
I think about you while I work. It’s funny how you keep appearing on my mind, no matter how fixated my attention is on something else. Right now, as I cauterize a bleeding vessel, the smell of charred meat reminds me of how you scrunched up your nose when the... Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2012 at Murky Clarity
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Thanks, Yasmin!
I know you worry about me, and I love you for it.
I believe I have a new love. I have an old love. They are the same. Since coming back to KL, I've been stopping by KLCC most mornings for my cup of caramel hot chocolate and an apple multigrain muffin. Some mornings I do more than that. I spend 5 minutes walking along the park, just...walkin...
Something Random, Something True
Question: Do you hail from another planet, far far away? Do you now call Earth home; are you here to stay? Were you bitten by a radioactive insect, and then gained skills even acrobats respect? Are you secretly endowed with cybernetic implants? Are your senses, agility and strength enhanced? Has... Continue reading
Posted Nov 15, 2012 at Murky Clarity
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é·lit·ism
é·lit·ism n. ...the belief or attitude that some individuals, who form an elite — a select group of people with a certain ancestry, intrinsic quality or worth, higher intellect, wealth, specialized training or experience, or other distinctive attributes — are those whose influence or authority is greater than that of... Continue reading
Posted Oct 29, 2012 at Murky Clarity
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The Downsides to Beauty
Posted Oct 26, 2012 at Murky Clarity
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Dear Teen Self
Dearest Falie, Assalamualaikum. I write this letter from the future, in the year 2012. Yep, this means we made it to 31. And no, the world hasn't ended. Yet. I know you're still trying to get over the fact that I'm 31. It's so...old, isn't it? You think that people... Continue reading
Posted Oct 19, 2012 at Murky Clarity
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How do you measure success?
I had a patient last Saturday night. He was involved in a road traffic accident, didn't lose consciousness but had this massive headache, went to a clinic, and was discharged with analgesia. It wasn't until a few hours later that he lost consciousness. Textbook description of an epidural hematoma. In... Continue reading
Posted Oct 1, 2012 at Murky Clarity
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Brilliance
Posted Sep 27, 2012 at Captured Life
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