My Life Journey

Happy Birthday Our Most Beloved Kayla!

It’s been one year since you came into this world. On this date last year God endowed me and your grandma with the best gift with your birth. It was truly an unforgetable day for us as our life was transformed and we got elevated to the status of grandparents.You gave us the taste of becoming grandparents. You have brought so ...

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Goodbye 2021 Welcome 2022!

My granddaughter Kayla

Don’t cry because 2021 is over, smile because 2022 is about to happen. It’s the end of 2021 and 2021 will be gone in six hours’ time. Though 2021 has not been a good year for me, I still salute to the experiences I have in the year. I welcome 2022 with great hope, joy and anticipation. Before I say ...

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Passion In Our Life

My passions

A great boon to happiness is to have passion – whether it is reading, video games, photography, stamp collecting, singing, investing, or whatever. Your passion in life is an affirmation of your values, reminding you what’s most important to you outside of your other obligations. It allows you to enjoy something that’s all yours, recharges your life, and instills a deeper sense of meaning to your ...

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Wow! I Will Be A Datuk Very Soon!

Baby Scan

Within the next few days, I will be awarded the coveted title of “datuk.” No, it is not a title bestowed on me by the Sarawak Government or the governor of Sarawak. This is a title I feel really honoured to accept because I know that being a grandfather is a luxury not everyone is fortunate enough to enjoy. And it is a title that ...

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Dreams Of Being Lost In Some Foreign Countries

Dreams

For many years now, I have been having recurring dreams about being lost in some foreign countries. In a dream many years ago, I was lost in an area near a small lake when I saw a lion on the opposite side of the lake. On seeing me, the lion ran round the small lake heading towards me. I was ...

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Welcome 2019 Good Riddance 2018

Hello 2019 Good Riddance 2018

Here comes 2019 the Year of the Female Earth Pig Everybody is dreaming to make it big Setting for themselves lofty goals and resolutions Aspiring to elevate their life’s stations.   With a Yin Earth Year Fengshui masters are expecting mixed energies World events may bring some good news and synergies But with a dominant earth energy with a yin ...

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Goodbye 2017 Hello 2018!

My 60th Birthday

2017 started off on a very somber mood as January 1 2017 was the day of the funeral of my brother-in-law Chieng Yew Kuok. January 11 saw the passing on of Sarawak’s beloved Chief Minister Pehin Sri Haji Adenan bin Satem. Sarawakians had been pinning their hopes on him to bring much needed change to Sarawak. His untimely passing brought ...

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Life Is Great At 60!

Life is great at 60

Today I turn 60. It seems not that long ago I was still studying at Kai Chung Middle School in Binatang. But six decades of life I have lived so far. It has been said that life begins at 60. Yes, 60 is the new launchpad year for adventure, opportunity and change. For turning sixty today, I don’t harbour any ...

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Oh How I Long For Thee!

Me on Mount Royal in Montreal in late autumn in the late 1970s

Oh how I long for thee Not seeing you makes me feel empty More than thirty seven years have gone by Since I bade you goodbye.   Memories of you linger Your whiteness in winter Footprints in the snow As temperature dropped low.   Memories of you bring Sweetness and joy in spring Fields of green emerged from their hibernation ...

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Surround Yourself With Positive Influences

Surround Yourself With Positive People

“Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through.” – Karl Marx It is a worthwhile exercise to analyse the influences that impact our life. Our station in life is ...

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