I was in a meeting today when I described a process using a cake analogy, again, and most of my colleagues looked at me in askance. I think I should try using other analogies other than a cake analogy. The thing is though I like cake and I think most people have eaten cake, even…
A colleague recently asked whether a study group session would be recorded. Two thoughts occurred to me: first was I missed one of the study sessions weeks before, and I haven’t ‘catch up’ on it, and second was this colleague would need to wade through weeks of recording and I think it would be better…
It’s almost the end of Syawal, but for Malaysian, this doesn’t stop us from celebrating Eid, or Hari Raya, through having ‘open house’. I had a problem to describe this to a Chinese neighbour, I simply said it’s a Malaysian party. What I find best about these gatherings is they make me feel grateful of…
Usually when you pick up medicines from the pharmacy, there’s a verification process where they ask you your address. In other places, sometimes this verification involves asking your birth date. I have always wondered how is this safe? The date is not that secret as most people would announce it either by bringing cakes to…
After dinner tonight, my son asked me the reason why Allah made us like this. “What do you mean like this?” I asked. “You know, like this,” he said and raised his arm.”You mean five fingers?” ”Yes,” he said. “Allah could have made us like a blob and like an alien, and then if we…
