I was born and raised in Singapore. My mother tongue is Malay, my first language at school, English. I graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1983 and obtained a diploma in writing and journalism from The Writing School in 1984.
I am as much a reader as I am a writer. I enjoy both fiction and non-fiction. My favorite authors are Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Gerald Durell, but I read widely, and do not restrict mysel more...