Young, busy and self-absorbed?

February 11, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

My now friend and ex-client said a decision she made when she was young continues to be her biggest regret. She was not present for her dad, who suffered a stroke and subsequently died. She still feels he may have lived a little longer if he had better care and attention but she was just […]

A 3-in-1 resolution

December 31, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

I am one for resolutions. Every year, I make resolutions. I like making them because it encourages me to think. Yes, just think of what I’d like to do better or different in the new year, never mind that I forget some and ignore others. Still, I enjoy the thinking and the listing, and hopefully, […]

All about the money, money…

December 17, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

I was watching ‘A Star is Born’ and multi-tasking by looking up Lady Gaga on my iPad. It was a general browse about the stars of the movie. I wasn’t checking on anything in particular but her net worth popped up, which was pretty impressive, but what really threw me was how much Kylie Jenner […]

Mad and maddening drivers

December 10, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Scurrying and rushing to keep up with the flashing green man

I felt compelled to write about the driving culture in Malaysia, if you can call it that, following a recent drive to Fraser’s Hill. Being a local, I am amply aware of our ballistic and ‘kiasu’ tendencies when we get behind the wheel, deservedly and sadly, earning us the shameful label of being rude and […]

Leavers and remainers

November 26, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

The only time my husband and I take an early morning flight is from England to Malaysia. Up at 5am and out the door by 6am to catch the 10am flight home when the leavers (us) and remainers (family) are still half-awake and a little groggy from sleep. I dread the leave day as it […]

Grateful, thankful and blessed

November 19, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

I have managed to get to my fifties; grateful for living and remembering more happy days than not. I am happy with my personal life, and content with my reasonably successful professional achievements. All my organs function, not at full capacity, but they work ok, and my limbs are intact and allow me mobility. I […]

Do now list

August 12, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

If we knew we were going to die in a year or within a specific time frame, what would we do? This is not a morbid thought or question, if anything it made me think about what I wanted, liked and enjoyed most in my life. My husband and I intermittently speak about what we would […]

Old and older

August 1, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

Age has a way of happening. You get a bit older every year, but the ‘getting older’ process is so gradual that it sort of sneaks up on you. I felt like the face, body and mind, and the general attitude packed-up and forgot to tell me about it.

A proud again Malaysian

May 31, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

I am happier. I feel like a weight has been lifted. And, it will and has to be better because it couldn’t get any worse than it was. I am a happy and proud again Malaysian. I no longer feel shy or fudge my nationality when I am overseas. Yes, I did it. Not from […]

Ban mobile phones

May 23, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

What is it about people and mobile phones? Some speak loudly on their mobile phones. Some watch and listen on their mobile phones at deafening volumes infringing the public air space. Noisy voices, screams and laughter emanating from reactions to movies, serials or news on mobile phones is disruptive and annoying. Should there be laws, […]