ABOUT ME

A life lived across continents, faiths, closed doors, unlikely turns, and a growing conviction that sometimes it takes an outsider to see clearly.

I’m Alexis, writer, interviewer, observer, and occasionally, unapologetically brazen woman now living in Malaysia.

If you’ve read even a handful of my words, you’ll know this about me:

I don’t glide around truth gently.

I walk straight into it, with humour, honesty, and no intention of pretending not to notice the things everyone else politely ignores.

For years, this blog has been my companion through reinventions, migrations, faith, loss, curiosity, and the endless search for belonging, or at least, for meaning.

But before it became all of that, it began with a much simpler realization:

There were stories I was meant to tell, and I could no longer stay quiet.

Where I Come From, And Why I No Longer Fit Neatly Anywhere

I was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, a place that builds character, resilience, and a lifelong habit of asking inconvenient questions.

From there, life took me further than I ever expected:

London.

San Francisco.

Abu Dhabi.

Edmonton.

Penang. And now, Kuala Lumpur.

Each place changed me.

Each place revealed something about belonging, and about what happens when you discover that you don’t quite belong anywhere anymore.

London was awakening, art, storytelling, rebellion, a voice finally allowed to speak.

San Francisco was introspection, books, solitude, faith quietly finding its roots.

Some Americans didn’t embrace that part of me.

That, too, shapes a person.

Abu Dhabi: The Door That Wouldn’t Open

I went to Abu Dhabi seeking a home for the next chapter.

But a retirement visa came with a price, one that required surrendering control of my own funds.

My money remained with MCERA, safely, independently.

And I moved on.

Not defeated.

Just redirected.

Edmonton: A Community That Wasn’t One

Edmonton should have felt like home.

But it didn’t.

There was a Muslim community there, but it was insular, family-bound, structured around men.

I was Muslim, but friendless.

Inside and outside at the same time.

Belonging in faith, but not in place.

It was there I finally understood:

I was an outsider, and perhaps I always had been.

My Reversion to Islam

My reversion did not arrive with theatrics.

No spectacle.

No audience. It was quiet, thoughtful, private, born from reading, reflection, and a recognition of truth I could no longer ignore.

Islam did not silence my feminism.

It affirmed it.

A faith that honours women.

A theology that recognizes dignity.

A Prophet (PBUH) who elevated their place in society.

On October 20, 2020, I said my Shahada, first in English, later in Arabic, through laughter, tears, and relief.

My life didn’t become simpler.

It became clearer.

Penang: Where Observation Became Perspective

I arrived in Malaysia by accident.

Penang first.

And something shifted.

I began to see a country full of creativity and kindness, yet stifled by systems that do not always make space for ingenuity, learning, or courage.

Then Kuala Lumpur.

A city of contradictions, promise and limitation side-by-side.

Here, the outsider in me didn’t disappear.

Instead, it found something worth writing about.

Why I Write Now

I write because stories matter.

Because silence never suited me.

Because there are people here, innovators, artists, builders, educators, dreamers, trying to reshape a country that deserves better than stagnation.

Because Malaysia is a work-in-progress worth questioning, honouringg, and re-imagining.

Because I am close enough to care, and far enough outside to see clearly.

And because, as more than one person has told me, I have been given a voice.

And a responsibility to use it.

Where I Am Now

Kuala Lumpur.

Listening.

Writing.

Learning from the people who are creating, healing, building, and refusing to give up on what this country could become.

Still an outsider.

But one who believes deeply in possibility.

If You’re Here…

Whether you’re here to read, reflect, challenge, or simply be curious, welcome.

Walk with me through this place, these stories, these questions.

Not always gently.

But always honestly.

This is the lens I write from. Thank you for being here to see through it with me.

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