(Remember John Lennon and his famous song “Imagine”? He sang “Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try…Imagine there’s no countries, it isn’t hard to do…Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can…” – Picture source: www.lennonthemusical.com)
Imagination can be a powerful mental exercise. If we imagine positive things, it can soothe the mind and feelings.… [Click to read the rest] “Imagine how our world will be if…”
1. coming with the content for a blog (it’s a good mental exercise) and2. Able to learn new things (when it comes to tweaking my blogspot, my hands are just too itchy to keep still)
Now, with my blog growing in the last 6 months, I am finding some difficulty to search through past blog entries.
(Taiping has no beaches but I guess this is how me and my son will be lying down in bed in the house. Cartoon source: www.opensecrets.org )
(Mind having your feet massaged by professionals? Picture source: www.irishhealth.com/)
(My wife lighting up for Deepavali – ok, I am kidding, it is not my wife but this is what normally we do at Deepavali night – Picture source:www.didaweb.net/”>
I was over at my cousin’s house on Deepavali night and whilst we were chatting with beers in our hand, one of my uncles remarked that this year Deepavali is just plain boring.… [Click to read the rest] “My Deepavali Celebration this year”
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.
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)?
Read More »Driving Skills 101: How to drive like a “Schumacher” in the rain?
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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”