About the Man, About the Blog

A true artist seeks no  audience,  attention,  accolade  nor  abundance.

He lives and breathe art. He do what he believes in and he will spend 

his whole lifetime doing it.  If there is audience and attention,  so be it. 

If there is none, so be it.  If there is accolade and abundance,  so be it.

If there is none, so be it..”                     ~ fiveloaf (April2010)

fiveloaf, the man is a second generation immigrant Chinese lazing in the sunny island of Penang- a former British colony and currently, a Unesco listed heritage city situated off the North Western coast of Malaysia.

fiveloaf, the blog is a poetry blog authored by fiveloaf, the man. His poems encompasses the most theatrical time of his life, and it chronicles all the drama and shadow play deliberated in between. Fiveloaf is self taught. His approach, minimalistic. He shuns away from confining his works to the restrictive aspect of classification he says is the job of the academia, preferring his writings to synchronize naturally with the rhythms pulsating in his heart. Fiveloaf stumbled upon poetry by chance and had since composed well over 200 poems. His style of poetry he says are like mini skirts~ mostly short and sweet, yet there are some which are steep in humor~ like  Cursery Rhymes for instance which is an experimental repertoire of childhood nursery rhymes he now develops dedicating it to the straight-faced grown ups!

Besides poems, Fiveloaf has also compiled for record, a budding collection of early Hokkien Proverbs & Sayings as well as Hokkien Rhymes & Ditties to capture the essence and spirit of his hoi polloi, a community originating from the southern province of Fujian where his ancestors climbed aboard bum boats, crossing the torrid South China Sea to settle in faraway lands both, to escape the brewing civil unrest and a way out from hardship carrying along with them in their journey, nothing except their trademark ponytails and their beliefs, very much rooted in Confucianism. These proverbs and sayings according to him, are important as it seeks to retell the lifestyle of his forefathers and are archived for the younger generations to understand their origin.

For those who are not familiar with the writing style of this man, his 30 Selected Works would be great to start with. To dwell into his thoughts, read his Musings & Scribblings or  Humanity. 

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