THE first gift hamper I received for the Chinese New Year came from an old friend, Kalimullah Hassan, while another friend, Mohamed Abid, came to my office with home-cooked food including a bottle of chilli sauce.
It was a touching gesture. Abid knew I enjoyed his wife's cooking from the meals I had in his house.
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