Communicating in English
The English language has always been my primary and natural language. Whilst I can read, write and speak Malay with some fluency, the gulf in my command between the two was and remains great. In English, I wield a scalpel, in Malay, I wield a butcher’s knife. I squandered my chance in my youth to learn Cantonese from my mother and her side of the family. My rudimentary Cantonese language education left me with just …