try a little kindess..

I couldn't sleep at all.

It was rough at work. What else but negotiations of course! My boss said - business and things would have been smoother, with every one making monies, if we all are kinder to one another!

"Kindness" seems not to be the fashion nowadays; especially dealing with the Y generation! May be it is a result of the smaller family syndrome ie only one other sibling in a family unit. So there is no need or experience of having to share. It is always a case of 'one getting exactly what one wants'.

A small, probably silly association or excuse for our generation - I mean we grew up singing the song "Try a little kindness" by Glen Campbell. But I don't think there are any songs of this postmodern generation with that word "kindness" in it.

So it is with great enlightenment that I read in the wake service bulletin of
Mr Poh Sin Bin, of his favourite passage.

"I expect to pass through this world once
If therefore there be any kindness I can show
Or any good things I can do to any fellow being
Let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it
For I shall not pass this way again..."

I am not sure where this passage is taken from.
It is a true reflection of Mr Poh's actions and principles in life.

Rest in peace Mr Poh, for you have
"fought the good fight, finished the race and kept the faith"
(2 Timothy:5-7 (NIV])
and have been kind to everyone you touched...
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my current other interest...

It is now at least a full month when I do not have to worry about homework or studies! Though I do have a CH assignment outstanding. Well.. not quite... too long away from studies make me lazy and now thinking of not handing it in.

Now what decadence have I been up to then??? Virtual farming of course!

Take for example in this pics - what has a leaning tower, cacti and a circus elephant have in common? Answer - an addicted farmer!

Then we have the latest collection - hardly two days old! A Groovy Cow - which hops and delivers loads of 'hearts' when we pet it. Yes, there was a survey by Farmville to ask what we would like to plant and make the produce into ie a baker, a wine-maker or a spa-owner! As you could see - I choose to be a master baker! Well, I know my friends bake wonderful cakes - so I dream I could be like them - a virtual master baker!

Last but not least, here is my virtual place of solace - after a rough day at work!

All for a good course! Pure indulgence of time and brain cells totally at rest!
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the yang and the youngest..

First we have five .... little brats of nephews and niece who will follow us where ever we go. Now we are down to the two youngest - Eric aka Yang in red and Christopher in white. In form four this year, they are still 'obedient' enough to follow their elders.


In a table of 10 with only two teenager, it is great to see their love for food. I mean they are still growing kids! The rest of us have to watch our cholestrol, hp, sugar level etc. etc..

So it is with great delight to see their antics!

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eighty three years of life...

Today a very good and dear friend, Mr Poh Sin Bin, passed on at the age of 88years old. For the first time, I cried at a wake service. We never knew how much a person touched us till it is too late. Hence, though I have been procrastinating, it is about time, that I record life as well.

We celebrated our Mum's 83rd birthday on June 03, 2010. It is an amazing feat considering that she had cancer at 60 ie twenty three years ago. The Lord has been really kind to us.


My Mum and Dad just before a charity dinner. This year we also witness a couple who are married for 55years! Being thrifty, Mum went and bought herself a RM180.00 dress; which she said was about her salary that many years ago, as a school teacher, just about 60years ago.


At the charity dinner by Nam Kueng school; organised by the ex-students Association. It is to raise monies for a part of the school roof.


These students also celebrated Mum's birthday. I never counted, but apparently, she was a teacher for 27years!
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