DAVID TONG is your average Malaysian guy - down-to-earth, tidak apa type, and handsome (not necessarily in that order). David was “bread and buttered” at the King George Vth. School, Seremban after the World War (the Second one, that is), and thereafter trained as a teacher at the Kirkby College in Liverpool, England. In addition to a number of years as a teacher of English as a second language, his background encompasses sales and marketing, and general and agency management.

Now retired, David spends most of his “old age” laughing over old and new jokes, believing that laughter is certainly good medicine for his bones. When he's not lounging in his sarung at his home in Kuala Lumpur, David can be found sipping teh tarik at his favourite mamak stall, making quirky remarks and spinning frivolous kopi tiam yarns with his cronies.

David Tong’s second book, He Who Laughs, Lasts! was written with the assistance of his daughter Cheryl. For more, click father-and-daughter team.