Disillusioned yet happy and hopeful
Six and a half decades. 23,741 days, 3,391 weeks, and 780 months. OMG. That’s a mighty long time to be around. Honestly, I didn’t think I’d get to this ripe old age. Why? I don’t actually know. Maybe, because my dad passed at 62. My maternal and paternal grandmothers also passed at 62. My mum lived to 90 […]
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I must have missed the biology class on digestion in school. It was only recently that I realised how little I knew/know about how food I eat gets digested and how long before the non-digested bits leave the digestive system. The length of time was what I found interesting. I thought it took four hours […]
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The plan was good. The timing, not. My husband and I’ve been talking about flying to England to visit family for some months now. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been checking for the best fares and ideal flight times. Deliberation and a tad of blasé-ness lost us a couple of better fares, so we […]
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I ‘woke’ up, and continued not sleeping, and walking into my living room feeling tired. Not an unusual start to many mornings for insomniac me. What was different was how quickly I turned smiley-happy. One of the buds of the orchid plant, yes orchird plant, was opening up. It was beginning to bloom. I forgot […]
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My husband and I had a four-night, five-day stay at Tanjung Jara recently. It was the longest holiday that we’ve had, locally, in a very long time. We usually do two nights. By the third day, we are ready to go home. And, the last holiday was only for one-night in Malacca, which we thought […]
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There’s very little I can say for sure these days. This I know for sure. I like learning things. I’m actually happy when I learn, know or gather information that interest me. It could be something I’d seen or experienced. Or would like to know more about. Not in-depth knowledge. Just enough especially as my […]
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I’ve been wondering if I want to continue writing or take a break or give it up altogether. I know why I started my Golly Molly Aiyoh. It ticked one of the three boxes that I had read somewhere that people ‘needed’ in life. The box it ticked was ‘something to do.’ The other two […]
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I learnt a new word from a local radio station, while I was driving. It was the Tamil word for necessary. I wasn’t particularly concentrating but I think the DJ said something about trying to teach listeners one Tamil word per day. A ‘learn-a-word-a-day’ sort of thing. As it sounded interesting and a bit of […]
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Another new year. No big resolutions. No big wants. No big expectations. For me, 2026 will be a good enough year if I can carry on doing the things I did in 2025. Do a bit more of what I didn’t do as much as I would have liked to. Plus, one or two that […]
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Money or passion? Interests or needs? A few weeks ago, my husband and I had a good morning at an exhibition by students from a local art college. They were from the illustration department, and they put on an enthusiastic ‘show and tell.’ From the exhibits, we saw that much thought, effort, and time had […]
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