Kit TeguhBring back bummeling. On Jerome’s Three Men on the Bummel.With the predecessor titled Three Men in a Boat, you’d be safe to assume that a bummel might be some sort of mode of transport. I initially…4 min read·1 day ago----
Kit TeguhThe WhatsApp group your friends won’t let you join. On Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?Mindy Kaling is the understated Kelly Kapoor in the US version of The Office. She was also a director and a writer for the show, which sets…3 min read·3 days ago----
Kit TeguhFinding some semblance of peace Hermann Hesse’s SiddharthaThe first time I read Siddhartha, I had just finished uni, left my job at the power company (on a hiatus) and bought a ticket around the…7 min read·5 days ago----
Kit TeguhGetting messy with Mexican food. On Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate.Living in Malaysia, where the best food in the world is available in almost every street corner, the discussion of food is not to be taken…6 min read·6 days ago----
Kit TeguhScrewin’ around with Screwtape. On reading Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was to convince the world he didn’t exist.” — Charles Baudelaire5 min read·6 days ago----
Kit TeguhShakespeare in the invisible city. On reading The Merchant of Venice.Venice has always been the setting for the most unsettling stories in literature. Like any of the great cities, it becomes another…6 min read·Apr 26, 2024----
Kit TeguhUnderstanding our roots through the lens of prehistory. On Auel’s The Clan of the Cave Bear.When Harari wrote Sapiens back in 2011, I didn’t know that prehistoric humans also mingled with other species and was able to procreate…7 min read·Apr 22, 2024----
Kit TeguhThe not so subtle art of not giving a fk. A look at a book with a similar title by Mark Manson.It’s hardly believable that Manson had written this eight years ago and it still felt like it had been published just last year. It is a…3 min read·Apr 18, 2024----
Kit TeguhThe good ugly, the bad ugly and the ugly ugly. On Chandler’s The Long Goodbye.Heads up. Spoilers ahead.5 min read·Apr 11, 2024----
Kit TeguhThe Goon Squad is coming for everybody. On Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad.Back in 2011, Egan won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel A Visit from the Goon Squad, which left many to scratch their heads, and after having…6 min read·Apr 8, 2024----
