“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.” — Anonymous At the crack of dawn and while bleary-eyed, I was picked up by friend Ellen before Yuen Yee, our other travelling companion. The three of us were to meet our designated driver Edvin back at Ellen’s for our weekend cross-state border…
My friend May reminded me of the second part of the famous Chinese idiom “在家靠父母，出外靠朋友” (One depends on one’s parents when at home, and on one’s friends when away from home) when I was stressed out on how to collect one of my huge suitcases that she was bringing over to Kuala Lumpur for me…
Apart from a short stint in Labuan off the coast of Sabah many years ago, I never worked anywhere else but in Kota Kinabalu throughout my professional life, at least not until March this year. When I decided to take up a job offer in Kuala Lumpur with my family’s blessings, almost all of my…
I made my first and a surprise trip home recently after I moved to a new city and started a new job. Apart from my siblings who were informed very last minute for the obvious reason that I needed a ride from the airport, I did manage to surprise my parents and friends pleasantly. However,…
At the end of tomorrow I will be celebrating making the two-month mark in my new job. This second month seems to have breezed through as I adjusted and settled in nicely in my new environment in a new city. I have not been blogging since I started work so I thought a short update…
So here I am… looking out from my new accommodation on the 21st floor and I am greeted by a totally different skyline from what I am used to. After a 2.5-hour flight yesterday, I got into a new city to begin a new part of my life journey. I am making some great changes…
The highest form of of love – agape (agápē), divine love Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves…
When the dust has settled, you will discover it was never random! 當塵埃落定後，你會發現事情根本不是偶然的。 “My season with this job has come to an end,” I explained to the team at work after I tendered my resignation in very short notice in August last year. The heads of department were in utter disbelief that I would leave…
Last year when I tripped over a small speed bump on my life journey, I discovered the essence of true friendship. The life lesson I have learnt: Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest, it’s about who walked in to your life, said “I’m here for you,” and proved it. ~ Unknown My heartfelt thanks…
Since I found out the name of the thorny plant bearing minuscule flowers subtended by a pair of petal-like bracts that come in a few pleasing colours, I have never been able to subdue the urge to tell whoever that happens to be with me its interesting common names when we stumble upon it. Scientific…
“Creativity is making marvelous out of the discarded.” — Anonymous When someone commented positively recently about my posts on upcycling, only then I looked back and realised I did not share any of the crafts I worked on throughout the year last year in my blog. In fact, I did not even blog that much over…
I can hardly believe the year is coming to an end. Really, where has the time gone? The memory of celebrating the last Christmas seems to be still fresh and lingering, yet we are preparing to welcome my favourite time of the year again in just a couple of weeks’ time. Truly, how time flies!…
