The Invisible
Maureen TaiA Malaysian writer, wandering the earth, listening to the universe and writing the stories behind my photographs.
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Goodnight Store (a nod to Margaret Wise Brown)
In the cramped cluttered store
There was a telephone
And an alien from the moon
And a picture of -
A bride and a groom
And an entire class, gathered outside their room
A whiskered stone cat
A pig, brown and fat
And a beaten old cha...
Camel's in the House
It was during the days of pandemic lockdown when I chanced upon the Yeung Hau temple on the fringes of the sleepy fishing village of Tai O on Lantau Island.
It was during the days of pandemic lockdown when I chanced upon the Yeung Hau temp...
Hope and the Hurricane
Official weather predictions in Hong Kong are eerily accurate, so even though the usual typhoon season had passed, when the issued forecast called for heavy rain, gusty winds, a T3 later in the evening, perhaps even a T8 overnight, you coul...
When Milk Tea Met Butter
Towards the end of her event at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival in 2025, I presented Yuzuki Asako, the bestselling Japanese author, with a pillow-soft bor lor bao (pineapple bun), stuffed with a thick slab of chilled butter....
The Temple in the Hills
I stand on the balcony of my usual Airbnb while on a caregiving mission to Penang. It’s early morning. Eighteen stories below, the streets are silent, save for the occasional motorcyclist; a security guard on his way home after a late shift...
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A Malaysian writer, speaker and visual storyteller inspired by Asian culture and universal truths. She tells the hidden stories behind photographs in The Invisible, on Substack. Her other work can be found at www.maureentai.com.
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