Wild Storm

"Wild Storm" is the second collection of essays by Malaysian Chinese writer Leong Ching Fun. The essays are written over the past decade or so. Some have appeared in newspapers and magazines, while others have simply been jotted down in notebooks, posted on blogs, or posted on Facebook.

The book is divided into five volumes. Volume one, "Seeking in the Wild," writes about people; Volume two, "The Rhythm of Unleashing the Wild," writes about drums; Volume three, "Wildness is the Irreversible Tide," writes about reading, writing, and watching plays; Volume four, "Wild Ways," writes about traveling; and Volume five, "There Are Wild Lilies Too," writes about all sorts of things.

Leung Ching-fen:

I believe the vitality of prose lies in its “wildness.” Wildness is everything and nothing at the same time.

Wildness is like water flowing, like wind passing by your ears.

If prose has an ideal form, then what I yearn for is more and more wildness.

Born in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan , Leong Ching Fun graduated from the Department of Science and Computer Education at the University of Technology Malaysia. She began her career as an editor for Xuehai Weekly. Three years later, she moved to Beijing to pursue a Master's degree in Chinese Language and Literature, majoring in Modern Literature, at Peking University. After graduating, she returned to the newspaper as deputy editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine, Asian Eyes.

"Asian Eye" ceased publication and he was transferred to work at the supplement of "Sin Chew Daily".

He has won the Malaysia Outstanding Young Writer Award, the Taiwan United Daily News Literary Award Essay Jury Award, the Seagull Literary Award Novel Jury Award, the Huazong Malaysian Chinese Literature Award, the Huazong Malaysian Chinese Novel First Prize and the Outstanding Work Award, etc.

His published works include the essay collection Dreaming of the North (You Ren, 2007); the short story collections Langdao Songbook (Sin Chew Daily, 2011), Five Elements Turbulence (You Ren, 2013), and Water Tremble (Taiwan Printing, 2016).

Preface: Wild Imagination

Part 1. People

Seek help from the wild hometown people escape the net Bakhtin and mother Youchaoshi Red River Valley I think my – beep –
Hey, hey, don't be afraid of your father and recitation. You know that life depends on your waist. The lottery ticket wife and the writing woman met the Burmese Navy in Thailand.
Hiding the "dark humor" of an era
Missing Schiller, listening to Ah Tie talk about toilet paper flowers, Ah Feng delivering novels, visiting the garden, meeting Yang Ze, staring directly at the knife on his back, searching for the old site of the Friendship Association, a breeze rising from the apple, the thoughts of a literary editor.

Volume 2. Drums

The rhythm of wildness

Lachi is like this sometimes
Jammed
Sad day
Born to be wild?
The last drum lesson on Saturday that doesn't exist

Volume 3: Reading, Writing, and Drama

Ye Shi, the tide is irreversible

Reading "Children's Playground" The origin of life by Eco, dentures and head lice by Gibbon, Banana coveting by Camus, In the end, everything becomes commonplace by Jay McInerney, It doesn't matter by Levi-Strauss (I), The melancholy of innocence by Levi-Strauss (II), Interception by McCullin, The meaning of repetition by John Berger (I), Prison dreams by John Berger (II), Little difficulties by John Berger (III), Leaving a memorial to the suffering by Meng Ruo (I), Mouth-mouthed by Meng Ruo (II), Dear Life by Calvino, The heavy sword has no edge, great skill is not elaborate by Xixi, Who will you save by Priest, The book has a bandit by Huang Biyun and Su Weizhen, Not curious by Huang Biyun (I), Voice by Huang Biyun (II), Hiccuping beautifully by Liu Jianmei, If you are a goddess, you should revel by Lin Hwai-min, Transfiguring Rainbow, and About Islands by Bei Dao, Phone Book by Acheng, Don't Touch the Hot Iron by Wang Anyi (I), Fast and Slow by Wang Anyi (II), Both
Reading Fan Junqi's writing about people, reading Facebook, how I began writing novels—a gentle letter to a lover in prison, walking on a tightrope, you advised me not to write a poem no one could understand, someone asked me if it was prose or fiction, a coloring book with no focus, typos, catching mosquitoes, a master's notepad, what literature allows us to do, every joke a small revolution, Billy Lynn's difficult words, acting poorly is meritorious, grilled horse mackerel, wait until the scenery is exhausted, painted figurines, the mountain fish recipe didn't tell me.

Volume 4. Travel

Yeluzi

North Korea's shorthand Panmunjom was unplanned. Back then, democratic Yangon was impossible to translate into Western European good fortune. Budapest shoes.
Bratislava, a sense of morality, Prague, kindness, Barcelona, ​​the possibilities of carrying things with you, Mediterranean cruise, Thailand off-season island tours, Hong Kong's close proximity, Tuen Mun's slow pace and quiet, the mystery of Kyoto's cobblestone roads, gifts for returning from a long plane trip to New Zealand.

Volume 5. Supplement

There are also wild lilies

Knowing everything about archaeological toys, you're stupid. Nothing to do with you. You saw it. It's completely unrelated. Patting my face. Brainless video games. Snow Hidden Ninja reaction crisis. What are you worried about? Dear, smelling the noise and silence, bumping into my companions. So much worry, but I still don't quit. Qingming new words, prison signature password. People catching turtles, looking for a pair of boots, train tickets, crossing the same boat together. Innocent, facing a face full of books, archery lessons, washing dishes, COVID-19 notes.