Its been weeks since my last blog. Guilty to say I ran out of time with work commitments throwing the spanner onto my free time. Coming home around 9.30pm every night does put a person off his PC.
It been a whirlwind few weeks, a couple of trips up to KL, the capital city for meetings and the main big event being my wife's Convocation. She finally graduated after many a long nights of study after a full days work and evenings making sure the kids are attended to. Sure proud of her; for her strong perseverance and commitment.
To boot, I got myself a new Lenovo notebook. It interesting to see the insides of this brand and its outside is similar to an IBM thinkpad!! And it only costs RM1,700 at Tesco!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
25 years to change a model!
18th January 2008 marks the day Malaysia's first national car, the Proton Saga was replaced by a new model. The first national car was launched in 1984 and this model lasted 24 years!
It has been well received by the public and has maintained its main feature which is its affordability. In this era where things become aged over 6 months, it has been a remarkable for the Saga to enjoy a demand.
I can only think of the mini and the Volkswagen Beetle where production has been longer. So would you consider the old Saga an iconic car where people would buy for nostalgia???
It has been well received by the public and has maintained its main feature which is its affordability. In this era where things become aged over 6 months, it has been a remarkable for the Saga to enjoy a demand.
I can only think of the mini and the Volkswagen Beetle where production has been longer. So would you consider the old Saga an iconic car where people would buy for nostalgia???
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Begin with yourself
For 2008, I decided to send more time reading. I hope to think a bit more about how I interact with the world around and make a more significant impact in 2008.
My first book for the year was "for one more day" authored by Mitch Albom who became known for his earlier book "The Five People You Meet in Heaven"
The book revolved around a man who was at his wits end emotionally, financially and he decided to take his own life. In his attempt to kill himself in his hometown, he causes an accident and in a state inbetween living and death, he meets his deceased mother who had been his emotional rock in his life.
Many a times, when we focus too much on our work, we tend to forget life is a balancing act between our responsibilities. These responsibilities include time for the family, physical activities, spiritual nurturing and self renewal.
My past and current long hours at the office often times leaving after 8.00pm compromises my time with my family. Especially when I get home after 9pm and my youngest daughter is already asleep. Weekends are spent running errands, grocery shopping and sometime a bit of exercise.
A self assessment on my current lifestyle confirms an inbalance. The results of this inbalance is now prominently visible for all to see.
Physically, I have gained over 5kg. My frame has gone flabby and my stamina is low. A result of a lack of exercise. I have been putting off my physical fearing adverse report.
My shortage of time in reviewing my sons school progress has left me a long catchup with how they are feeling adapting to a chinese language school. We comunicate in English at home.
Most of all, I have short changed myself in self reflection, in taking a step out of the loop to view how I had faired todate. A step which provides opportunity for fine tuning myself before rejoining the rat race. I have forgotten how useful this has been.
As the saying goes, it's always a good time to put events in one's life in perspective so that we are able to make our adjustments to suit the direction we want to take.
My first book for the year was "for one more day" authored by Mitch Albom who became known for his earlier book "The Five People You Meet in Heaven"
The book revolved around a man who was at his wits end emotionally, financially and he decided to take his own life. In his attempt to kill himself in his hometown, he causes an accident and in a state inbetween living and death, he meets his deceased mother who had been his emotional rock in his life.
Many a times, when we focus too much on our work, we tend to forget life is a balancing act between our responsibilities. These responsibilities include time for the family, physical activities, spiritual nurturing and self renewal.
My past and current long hours at the office often times leaving after 8.00pm compromises my time with my family. Especially when I get home after 9pm and my youngest daughter is already asleep. Weekends are spent running errands, grocery shopping and sometime a bit of exercise.
A self assessment on my current lifestyle confirms an inbalance. The results of this inbalance is now prominently visible for all to see.
Physically, I have gained over 5kg. My frame has gone flabby and my stamina is low. A result of a lack of exercise. I have been putting off my physical fearing adverse report.
My shortage of time in reviewing my sons school progress has left me a long catchup with how they are feeling adapting to a chinese language school. We comunicate in English at home.
Most of all, I have short changed myself in self reflection, in taking a step out of the loop to view how I had faired todate. A step which provides opportunity for fine tuning myself before rejoining the rat race. I have forgotten how useful this has been.
As the saying goes, it's always a good time to put events in one's life in perspective so that we are able to make our adjustments to suit the direction we want to take.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
DADDY'S GIRL ON HER FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL
It comes to all fathers at one time or the other. Their daughter's first day at school. That day for me was the 3rd January 2008. My baby Juliana starts her first step into formal education.
She was all excited the night before, going to sleep early and waking up at 6.45am in the morning to get ready for school. The kindergarten or pre-school is located about 300 metres from the house at the local methodist church.
Daddy is proud to report his little princess only lost her composure when daddy and mommy left her there by herself but it lasted less than 5 minutes!
golfing baby
She was all excited the night before, going to sleep early and waking up at 6.45am in the morning to get ready for school. The kindergarten or pre-school is located about 300 metres from the house at the local methodist church.
Daddy is proud to report his little princess only lost her composure when daddy and mommy left her there by herself but it lasted less than 5 minutes!
golfing baby
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