To my dearest dad, who now lives on in heaven…

January 22, 2008 in Family Matters, Personal Reflections

You’ve been gone for two years…yet, we’re still missing you a whole lot, Dad!  (Though Mom and I wouldn’t admit it in front of each other…)
I woke up this morning wondering how different the last two years would be if you were still alive today. No doubt my life would be hard with you watching [...]

Happy Father’s Day, everyone!!!

June 17, 2007 in Celebrations & Festivals, Family Matters, Memoirs of a Wanderer, Personal Reflections

I thank God everyday that I had a father for 23 years of my life and that he had moulded me into the person that I am today. My heart goes out to all the children whose father left them while they were still young, yearning for a strong, trustworthy father figure in their life. How will [...]

Turmoil…And Respite

March 31, 2007 in Family Matters, Personal Reflections

This entire week… can best be described as “one bloody pile of a hellish shit mess…” as I told my colleagues and boss. I don’t feel like embellishing all the nitty gritty details but if there’s one thing I like to do…is to forget about this very week ALL together… March 26 - March 30, 2007 [...]

A wet, wet, Chinese New Year…plus family reunion dinner…

February 19, 2007 in Celebrations & Festivals, Family Matters, Personal Reflections, The Conservationist in Me

Well, today’s the second day of the Chinese New Year and I’m pretty stuffed to the max with all the sweet stuff and CNY goodies. Yee Sang… just love’em! And peanut cookies and pineapple tarts as well as kuih kapit…all of it just so very, very the YUMMY! Just hope I didn’t gain too [...]

Today’s my Dad’s 1st Deathday

January 22, 2007 in Family Matters, Memoirs of a Wanderer

I’m calling it a Deathday because that’s exactly what it is. If there’s birthday, there’s got to be a deathday, wouldn’t you think so? I don’t like the sound of the “anniversary of death” - anniversary is suppose to connote something that is momentous and memorable. I don’t find the death of a loved one [...]

2006 in Reflection, Part 1

December 30, 2006 in Family Matters, Personal Reflections

Less than 48 hours, we will all bid adieu to the year 2006.
2006 has been a year of mixed ups-and-downs and with many highs as well as many lows for me. The highs only started picking up towards the end of the year. Nevertheless, I have much to thank for throughout this year. I realised that there will [...]

Keep your loved ones close by…

October 24, 2006 in Family Matters

if you do not wish to see family relations go up in smoke…like my family’s.
I’ve been observing both my mom’s brother and sister’s families to see how their’s differ from mine, and I’m not surprised by the conclusion I came to - there’s a stark difference between both my relatives’ families with mine, and mostly [...]

Treasuring every moment spent with my mother

August 29, 2006 in Family Matters, Personal Reflections

Whew… had to shrug off a bit of a migraine and lethargy in order to post this.
Since my last post on the Lina Joy case and the plight of Malays who left the Islamic faith (Malay Christians and other Malays who follow a different belief system - remember Ayah Pin anyone?), I’ve been busy preparing [...]