Life

  • Dreams

    Sometimes dreams are just that, dreams. There are times in life that you have to sacrifice your time and effort towards your dream, in order to help others in need, or to further their dream. Does your dream live in theirs then? Most likely not. I remember the song ‘Numb’ from Linkin Park, where it…

  • Summer Lily

    This sprang open this morning. It was like the two buds at the background, taking seemingly forever and suddenly it ‘burst’ open. Such a pleasant surprise. Two things I can takeaway from this: 1. You never know when the next breakthrough or chance/change or rezeki is gonna be and come from. It might just burst…

  • Trust The Process

    It is easy to keep doing something when you’re rewarded for it. At least it is easy if the reward is great and instant. But in life, rewards don’t come so easily, especially if it is something that is beneficial in the wrong run. We humans however tend to value instant gratification and if we…

  • Familiarity

    My 3 years old daughter was prescribed antibiotics. She took her medicine nonchalantly. I was discussing with my wife however whether our daughter should continue to take her medicine. She was within earshot and quickly piped up, “Ubat yang mana satu? Yang mathematic ke?” “Which medicine, the mathematic?” I was silent for a while before…

  • No One Really Knows…

    I was listening to this podcast recently and went through a few emotions. At first the guest sounds genuine and interesting, and it seem I would be learning a lot as she seemed to say a lot of unique wisdom, but then it seems a bit like ‘toxic productivity’ with suffering (or is it hardship)…

  • Technology and Paper

    I’ve always tried to not use paper and keep things digital. I’ve not realised how this has affected my children’s thinking, until today. A bit of a background story: Previously my son was rummaging through my old passport and asked why was it cut at the edges. I explained to him about the chip in…

  • Grass Is Always Greener

    Recently a famous Malaysian who is living in the UK, showed how he manages to buy a trolley of groceries for only GBP 50. But is the groceries in the UK really that cheap? Actually it is not so cheap compared to Malaysia. GBP 50 is roughly RM 300, and you can get a similar…

  • New Habit Unlocked!

    I’ve just created a reminder to take a photo of me and my wife every weekend. The title is a bit misleading as I’ve only started doing this and I consider it not a habit yet. Let’s see in 40 weeks (since I read somewhere that a habit becomes so after it has been done…