I had dinner with my uncle over the weekend and he told us the story of his life. How he and my father grew up in an attap house in small town Kluang (Johor), the adventures they had growing up and the struggles. My late grandfather too played an important role in much of that story of course.
It made me remember that before my grandfather passed away he wanted to write a memoir. Not for a publishing deal because he wasn’t necessarily anyone famous but for his kids and grand kids and great grand kids to learn about the life he had. Something I wish I could read today.
He never got to doing it though and was consumed by his illness. Taking a page from my grandfather I want to now take my time to write what would in 50 years or more be my memoirs for my kids and grandkids and hopefully great grandkids. So I’m going to start writing piece by piece on my blog and tag it as “autobiography”. I imagine this to take 50 years or more and this will be the beginning of it all.
I’m going to take the next few day to think about where I want to start. Maybe somewhere from my early childhood and I’ll update it here.
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space