Some people are very lucky not to have any expectations placed on them in terms of cultural practices or traditional customs. Isn’t it nice not to have any weight on your shoulders when it comes to meeting these expectations?
I, for one, detest the formality imposed by customs and traditions. There are a few core customs […]

Here’s what I do every weekday, since I started work…
Mornings :
- Drag myself out of bed between 6:00 - 6:30am
- Wash-up
- Feed cats; change water supply when necessary
- Take my daily fill of friendly bacteria (need to have this in me for at least 1/2 hour before I eat)
- Start laundry, when applicable
- Sweep the […]

When I’m in a plane, I am very sensitive to the engine sounds. I can pick up every tiny bit of change in the engine by its sound and, I am embarrassed to admit, I sometimes get a bit worried because changes in the engine could mean different things — some of it normal engine […]

Contrary to what family and friends might think, although I am currently unemployed (by choice), I have not been sitting at home and vegetating in front of the idiot box or sleeping my days and nights away.
I have been surprisingly occupied with various tasks and activities since I quit my job, besides planning and executing […]

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Heard a story from someone I know.
He used to be on the large side but due to some unfavorable medical reports in his last checkup, he decided to get a personal trainer and shape up.
Within 6 months, he lost 18kgs, went down 2 shirt sizes and can now do 45 push-ups with no problem (he […]

Some people are seriously nice.
There’s this colleague of mine. He’s fresh out of uni, in his first job. He’s hardworking and has all the qualities you’d want in an employee.
When working on projects such as these, we, the team members, tend to forge strong bonds because we stay late nights together and we toil in the […]

I wish I became a vet.
Or an animal behaviorist (right, like there’s any market for this profession in Malaysia).
Or a marine biologist.
Or an environmental conservationist.
At least I would be more useful on this earth.
Sigh.

The past 2 weeks have been traumatizing.
Nessa developed seizures 3 Fridays ago and it got progressively worse. Dr. Vijay prescribed steroids to see if it would bring any inflammation in the brain down but it didn’t work. It got so bad that she was having fits almost every hour. That night, I couldn’t take it […]