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I was born in Pembury, Kent in the UK. The first child of four - which means that I was the naughtiest, the loudest and the bossiest...ask any one of my siblings! I have two brothers and a sister, all of whom are now taller, stronger and more clever than me, so I have to watch what I say and be very nice to them! My Ma is an absolute angel, she's English, a teacher and the best human being in the world, my Heroine. My Pa's a lawyer and he's Punjabi. He is wise, funny and is the most practical man I know, his advice to my stubborn ears has saved my ass so many times I can't count. If it weren't for my family, I would be in Tanjung Rambutan right now...
So that's that about them...
Now lets see...I always wanted to do something flamboyant I suppose. My Mama's first recollection of me and my first career choice was to be a Hairdresser - I used to make the poor woman walk to pasar malam with the most ridiculous styles ever! That's how much I'm loved, she did it! Anyway lets get to the point - you see, I wanted to do 'fun' things...I even once tried to convince my mother to take a tape that I had recorded in my bedroom to the shop up the road and get them to sell it for me. The poor woman played along and I was an obscenely proud little 'oik' who started strutting about thinking that my version of Gloria was now selling out like hotcakes at the Emporium up the road!
I was such a loser...
Cut to years later - I'm at school in the UK, life is dull, no sambal in sight and I remember moaning that this could not be it...and it seem to be, until I decided to not let it. I jumped at the chance to work in a film company in the UK, lying through my teeth about my experience...and then decided it would be easier to come back to KL (and less bloody cold too) to carry on. So I packed my stuff and decided in 1994 when I arrived back in Malaysia, that I wanted to be working in T.V. and Film and would do what it took. Lucky for me, I managed to bully my way into the industry. How, I don't know - sheer volume of my nagging voice or perhaps my first boss took pity on me! Whatever...it is inconsequential because I'm still here working today and the fools who pay me still believe I'm good at what I do! I tried to do things the conservative way, I really did, but I got so bored and depressed that I decided to be me no matter what anyone thought.
I love to read...I used to have more time when I worked in Hong Kong - the ferry rides to and fro work were the ideal book spots. I love to cook, and always with chili if I can because I am addicted to the stuff. I am a vegetarian, dress really weirdly according to my friends, laugh too loud according to everyone I meet. I love coffee, wine, my dogs, my friends, adore mangosteens and green mango, don't like rudeness and laziness, abhor war and wish that people would stop killing in the name of God, any type of God.
I HATE COCKROACHES - I try to love them like everything else on this planet, but after all these years I still can't. Sorry.
So now I'm here, I've lived through Primal Scream's threat to kill me, Moby in his underwear in a hot tub, Lenny Kravitz shutting me up, me telling Galliano his shoes were ridiculously uncomfortable...and the chance to travel all over the place, eat all sorts of things and meet too many fabulous people. I am really lucky and I am really grateful. For everything. But you know, I still miss home, my two dogs Seal and Rani, and there are so many things I want to do - write a book, record an album, direct a movie, learn to scuba dive, the list goes on and on. I don't make New Year resolutions but I constantly promise myself to do something different whenever I can and that's what I live by - to question all the time and laugh at myself everyday. I invite everyone to laugh at me too! I'm nothing but a silly little girl who wants to make everyone smile whenever I can because I believe if we create good things in our mind, great things will happen.
Peace, Love and Glee...
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