It was August 31st sometime around in the evening. I was with my family out in the nearby park when I got a message from my dad’s wife – Dad has had a heart attack and has been admitted to the GH in Penang. I remember that evening being a blur as I rushed to pack a small suitcase and catch the next flight out to Penang. That night I was on the AirAsia flight (which as usual was delayed) and by...
I do apologise, first and foremost for the sparse entries for this year. Every year, when I look back at this blog, I always make a vow – to write more the following year, to have an achievable target on the number of posts I will commit to write each month for the year. And unsurprisingly, it never works out. Rather than beating myself up for not achieving my ‘blog targets’, I...
No I did not have a heart attack or neither am I going to have one (at least I don’t think so). But my dad once again had another heart attack 2 days back. This would mark his 3rd heart attack and it’s getting a little worrying to be honest. The 2nd one was bad enough, and now within a span of just over a month, he has suffered again. I made two visits to Penang back in September to...
Friday, the last day of the week. To most people, Friday is the best work day of the week. In fact, in my company, Fridays are sometimes playfully labelled as “Friyays”. After a long week of slogging, people look forward to the weekend and friday is the day where things get kicked off. Early knock-offs from work, gathering of friends and the change of mood (and maybe pace too) as the...
Waiting is hard. Especially in today’s world, gosh it’s just so hard. In a world where we get everything so instantaneously, where, the next 2-3 steps is known and almost predictable (for better or worse), to live in this season of waiting in what feels like an endless time is hard. Heck, I even wrote a whole series on waiting on God a couple of years back just as I was waiting for a...