Recently I bought a book entitled “50 Philosophy Classics at a bargain price. Despite being able to acquire this book (in e-format) from the local library, I decided to go ahead and purchase it as I have always been intrigued by philosophy and I reckoned I could use this book for my “daily night read” before retiring for the night. What a refreshing source of insight that the book has been. From...
So I recently bought a laptop. Actually I kinda traded up my old Asus 1005P netbook (which I got back in 2010!) for a proper windows-based laptop. I didn’t really want to invest in a new notebook for stuff which I knew I was going to just clown around and use as a spare laptop. Besides, I already have my faithful Macbook Air 2013 for all my daily computing task. But the thought of...
Hearing your child express his first few words is a remarkable feeling. Even if its just utter jibberish, you can’t help but feel elated and be filled with unprecedented joy. Hearing him call out to you…now that’s something that is beyond remarkable. It’s moving to the core of your heart. That’s what the little one has been doing over the last few weeks. His mother has taught him some basic...
You have given him the best time of your day while at the back of your mind you know you got to leave. You have a 9.30 am meeting with your team and you can’t afford to be late. After all, you want to be exemplary at work. But he wants you. He looks to you, he gives you the biggest grin you are going to get this whole day. You smile back, you kiss him on the head and tell him to be good and you...
So I am now a father of an 8-month old infant. I suppose in some ways Noah has taught me more than I have taught him about this next phase in my life. He has taught me what it truly means to be a father. Modeling after my own dad, I always thought that being a father meant to make sure you provide a roof for your family and to ensure u have food on the table. I never did look at the father figure...