(photo journey of a short mission trip with medical service to Nabawan and Tataluan, interior of Sabah, Malaysia 15 – 17 July 2016) Dad said he would pick me up at 6:00am on Friday morning for breakfast before dropping me off at church to meet up with the rest of the team. 6:00am!!! It definitely…
I love travelling and only if I had the time to do so whenever the wanderlust sets in, I believe my family and close friends will have a hard time keeping track of my whereabouts. However, with the various vicious terrorists’ attacks on foreign soil recently, the first thought that comes into people’s mind when…
This elephant family sure can teach us a thing or two on family values — Family value one: encourage and help one another, and no one gets left behind Family value 2: one of the best gifts parents can give to their children is a good example, so lead by example Family value…
I have been contemplating on expressing my thoughts on this particular topic for a long time but never got round to actually putting all the thoughts together as I was not quite sure if I would do a good job of it. Today, as I pondered upon it my final thought was, what the heck,…
Uncommon Women 非凡的女性 We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free. — Kavita Ramdas, the India country representative for the Ford Foundation, former President and CEO of…
I love elephants and that is a fact. I love them because when not provoked, they are lovely gentle creatures, unique in their appearance, loyal and they remember! 🙂 I started collecting elephant ornaments since many years ago and before long, I had to stop as instead, friends started getting them for me when they…
We had a very nice and joyous celebration at church on Resurrection Sunday in March this year. When I saw the flags and banners in various colours and sizes flying I was thinking to myself that how interesting it would be if I knew how to make them. Only a few days after that my…
My travelling plan this year as I have been telling everyone is to do “cuti-cuti Sabah”, meaning holidaying in and around Sabah — domestic travelling! Being in the hospitality industry sometimes I do feel slightly embarrassed that I have been to less places in my home state than many of the tourists from around the…
An ode to all the phenomenal women out there on this International Women’s Day — Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the…
It all started with a conversation over dinner. The 2-day/1-night weekend trip to James’ resort, The Village at Mesilau up at Mt. Kinabalu for the alumni in the tourism industry was conceptualised and subsequently confirmed by Serena, the president of our alumni association and two fellow alumni James and Roger. I was initially not interested…
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