A truly inspiring story of a blind fisherman and his wife in The Star today
It is a story of Jamal Jamil who is blind and his wife Noraidah Kamaruddin who goes out to sea bringing their youngest kid.
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Tailgating – some idiots do it on a daily basis. Image source: The Sun
They have little consideration on the safety of others. Anyone who saw this advertisement in Astro must have appreciated the great message that the advertisement was trying to convey – don’t tailgate. But a quick look at the advertisement reveals other important lessons too.
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I was typing this during my break from a system walkthrough meeting and as I pondered on the tough day I had, I realized that there is no easy way for handling tough audience (in my case, end users).
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(King of the rain – Schumacher is a specialist on slippery roads and very much in control in a very wet race. Image source: Youtube)
There is little doubt that Michael Schumacher is the king of the rain when it comes to Formula One. His very controlled style of driving has won him numerous races in the wet. Malaysia being in the tropics is no stranger to heavy thunderstorms. So, how does one drives like a Schumacher (Schumacher – in the sense of controlled driving, not racing)?
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This is how a neuron connects to another neuron and passes the information to be processed. You would have learned this in your Biology class. Isn’t it just amazing what the human body can do?
Our brain contains millions of cells called neurons involved in the transmission and processing of information.… [Click to read the rest] “You want to be smarter? You want to try what I am “trying” now?”
Before anyone presses the panic button, let me assure you that I am not down with any dengue fever. I have been hit with a “Bing & Bong” fever. They are the characters from children serial “Tiny Planets”.
The symptoms (finger automatically pressing on channel 63 at about 9.54 pm and humming Tiny Planets theme song when I am taking shower) started last 2 weeks when I watching my son’s favorite kiddies shows when I realized he was almost silent, concentrating almost 101% on the show that was on the TV…”Tiny Planets”
The scenario is pretty simple:-
… [Click to read the rest] “Sorry…I have been infected with a fever!”1.
Smiling at face of death – trusting your life on bald tires for RM4 (Picture source: The Star)
I always had dreamed of going to Maxwell Hill every time I go back to Taiping to my in-laws’ house and decided that I will do so with my family during the Deepavali holidays.… [Click to read the rest] “Sometimes they take us for fools…”
Trust me, when it comes to participating in school concerts, I would be one of the last people to volunteer for them and it is due for a number of reasons. One of them is that I was a quiet shy person and I hate to set aside time to do the rehearsals. Photo by cottonbro from Pexels
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* Four-year-old T. Rishivarma – Inspiring! (Picture source: The Star)
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The Star today reported a truly inspiring story of a four year old T. Rishivarma who has effortlessly memorized the verses from the Thirukkural (an ancient Tamil book on good conduct written in a poetic form) even before he has learned how to read and write.… [Click to read the rest] “An inspiration for my son (and for me)”
Today, The Star had a story titled “Cops foil robbery at cigarette hoarder’s house”. For those who have read the story, I am sure, will be wondering about the “sleek silvery Toyota MR2 driven by a police officer, rammed into the robbers car” (picture source: The Star).
However, I must admit that it is not everyday, you see our police chasing robbers with high performance cars.… [Click to read the rest] “Cop’s story – read it to believe it”