It never cross my mind how important birthday anniversary until today. If my dad was still alive he would be 63 today. Sadly he passed on the 13th July 2009, 2 weeks short of his birthday. When he suffered a stroke attack and later complicated with a lung cancer at fourth stage, the doctor gave [...]
I just met my old friend the other day and he asked me “Are you in Facebook?” The facebook social networking site allows user to keep in-touch with family member’s and friends wherever they may be. It is also a great way to build your network. It’s application such as photo sharing is a wonderful [...]
Raynald was so excited this morning. He had a reason for he wanted to show me how he had improved in his studies. During the first school examination his report card shows that he was in the last position in the class as he failed to answer the exam questions. The stern looking principal ( [...]
A father wears many hats. He has a significant role to play in the family as he is the head of the family. When I first held my first born son in my hand, I knew that everything in my life changed from that moment. I was no longer a married man but a family [...]
As I watch over my father on the hospital bed who is bed ridden from a sudden stroke last month, feeling of helplessness seems to be my constant companion. More than a month ago, he was still teaching as a contract teacher at the only international school in Labuan. Though he was 63 years of [...]
My oxford dictionary tells me that that the word LOVE is both a noun and a verb. Based on the world divorce statistic in 2002 ,it shows that out of 100 couples in Sweden who said Yes earlier on in marriage , 55 will eventually say no to love. Sad but true, that the word love [...]
Last Saturday evening, my son Raynald wanted to have KFC hot and spicy chicken snack plate for dinner. At the order counter, I forwarded my request to the girl standing behind it. She immediately brought my attention to the menu in front of me and pointed to her hears gesturing that she was deaf. I [...]
I have never gave any serious thought about Mother’s day celebration because I see it as a commercial driven opportunity to make more profit by exploiting it’s sentiment. The flowers, the dining and accommodation suddenly cost more during this period. The question in my mind was, why should we remember our mother only for one [...]
Though it may not be possible to be happy all the time, it is possible to be happy most of the time. We begin to appreciate happiness only when we experience sadness in our life. When my Dad suffered a stroke last week which left him bed ridden, I began to re-evaluate my relationship with [...]
The moment we were brought into this world, we are already exposed to all kinds of uncontrollable events and situation. We can’t choose who our parents are, the environment we are born into and the body we were born with. However we are all given an instinct to survive which allows us to adapt to [...]