I found this very moving thought from OneBreastBouncing.blogspot.com, the blog of Raden Galoh, a Malaysian woman who writes about her struggles as she fights against The Big C. (Kak Raden, I hope you don’t mind my ‘borrowing’ it!)
The original quotation in Malay reads:-
Bila Tuhan segera makbulkan do’amu, itu tanda Dia kasihkan dirimu…
Bila Tuhan lambat [...]
My laptop’s been acting weird the past few days. To total strangers, they’d think it might be some kind of virus — the monitor would blink on and off at certain intervals, then freeze all of a sudden before flashing the much-dreaded Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD)…then, as though rubbing salt to the wound, restarting [...]
Have you ever felt so tired and so exhausted…but you just couldn’t fall asleep? Even though every fibre of your being is screaming for rest?
This happens to me a lot whenever I’m travelling. Which is really a shame because that’s about the only time I get to sleep without any of the twins waking up [...]
Travelling is not without its dangers — getting lost or robbed in a foreign country, losing your passport, committing a cultural faux pas, getting involved in an automobile accident when you don’t have any car insurance — just to name a few.
There is also a different kind of danger that few people give a thought [...]
Continue reading about Language — The Hidden Danger Of Travel
People who come to Malaysia for the first time may find it strange (in a charming sort of way) to find Malaysians addressing them with their first names, appended by a “Mister” or “Miss”, such as Mr. John (if his name is John Smith) or Ms. May (if her name is May Lee).
The reason for [...]
