On being unique — The funny: I tried to be normal once. The worst two minutes of my life! The lighthearted: Not everyone has to like you. Not everyone has taste. The philosophical: I’m a limited edition! The wise: It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone. The truth: Psalm…
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…
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…
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…
Before I owned my present little nest I used to talk about how much I would love to have a landed property because with that I would get to have a garden. But when the opportunity came a few years ago for me to own my first home, I had to think long and hard…
(18.10.2015 – 25.10.2015) Sunday It was pouring the whole day but the blues on this very wet and miserable day was chased away by that warm and fuzzy feeling called friendship, one that goes back a long way and with those whom I had not had the chance to catch up with for a long…
(27.09.2015 – 03.10.2015) The life of a hotelier is never mundane. Some days things seem to go smoother than others and you are blessed to start and end the day well and even manage to be amused by some of the silly things that the guests say or do while other days you feel like…
As a hotelier over the years I have heard (and thank God I was spared from witnessing) my fair share of foreign tourists behaving in ways that are simply unacceptable in the eyes of the locals and disrespectful to the local customs and culture. When certain antics are seen as common and allowed in one…
5 June 2015, 7:17am 6.0-magnitude earthquake, 30 seconds West coast of Sabah, a place outside the Ring of Fire Trauma on Mt. Kinabalu, 18 deaths We mourn… We mourn for those who have lost their lives far too soon, most of them far too young, so unexpectedly and so tragically. To the families who have…
Chinese yellow rice wine (黄酒) making was something I had wanted to try for a long time. I eventually got round to having a go at it on a public holiday when I made a date with mum and got her to come over to teach me the process. The ingredients were minimal and uncomplicated,…
Colourful Threads of Life 