How could this have happened for TWO freaking years???

April 14, 2008 in Youth & Children's Issues

From The Star today:
PENANG: Ten-year-old Yeap Jia Hui, who has been living alone in a smelly rubbish-filled apartment at Ferringhi Mutiara Apartment in Batu Ferringhi for almost two years, now has someone to care for him.
Childless housewife Yeap Choon Lean, 59, will be taking Jia Hui home to live with her and her retired carpenter [...]

Pink Power - Our Malaysian kids should learn a thing or two from this!

September 15, 2007 in Citizen of the World, News Items, Youth & Children's Issues

This is a news story about how a school in Nova Scotia, Canada, whose students rallied together to stand up to homophobic school bullies who had harassed and threatened to beat up a younger boy who wore a pink T-shirt to school.
You can read the full story here.
I cannot begin to tell you how much [...]

Give juveniles a second chance

July 16, 2007 in Local Politics, Social Activism & Religious Matter, News Items, Youth & Children's Issues

My letter to The Star was published yesterday. I wrote the letter in response to this news article.
Here’s my original unedited letter, though I actually did prefer the edited version that The Star had published.
It is heartening indeed to know that the judiciary and laws of this country have not abandoned juvenile criminals and delinquents [...]

Death of Three Innocent Brothers

December 3, 2006 in Local Politics, Social Activism & Religious Matter, Youth & Children's Issues

Have you read this news report yesterday? You should’ve ’cause it made frontpage headlines in the NST and The Star.  
Words cannot describe how broken-hearted and angry I was when I read that these three innocent brothers died for the mistakes that their parents had made. Another example of the scourge that is loan-sharks and [...]

Teenage mothers need all the help they can get…

September 18, 2006 in Youth & Children's Issues

I’m quite sure many of you have been reading with interest and sadness at the plight of 15-year-old mother Hue Xiao Pei who gave away her baby son but had lodged a false police report to claim that he was “missing”. While it’s not right to lodge false reports, I cannot help but sympathise with [...]

Coming to the end of the road…Blogathon 2006 - Finis -

July 30, 2006 in Blogathon 2006, Youth & Children's Issues

It’s been a wonderful, wonderful experience. Even though I am feeling very weary now, I could not help but feel incredibly happy that I made it through Blogathon 2006. I’ve met so many fellow bloggers who has great looking blog sites and I have learnt much from seeing what others posted on.
However, the focus throughout [...]

Parents, when was the last time you’ve said “I love you”…

July 30, 2006 in Blogathon 2006, Youth & Children's Issues

…to your child?
When was the last time you ever spent at least 10 minutes of quality playing time with your children?
When was the last time you ever praised your child?
Did you ever kiss your kids good night when you send them off to bed?
Why do I ask these questions? Simple — Children, no matter the [...]

Heal the World - Michael Jackson

July 30, 2006 in Blogathon 2006, Personal Reflections, Songs, Lyrics, Music & MTV, Youth & Children's Issues

An old song, but it’s messge still quite real in today’s world. We all really need to heal the world…there’s too much suffering and too much strife…this whole world will go to the dogs if nothing is done to put a stop to all the fightings, the wars, the tensions…Please think of the children…our future [...]