Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at
6:34 pm
Just read this in These are the Gifts I’d like to give to you and found it so wonderfully encouraging. Thought I’d share it with my readers as I’m going through a very difficult time.
When you need some help to get through the day; when you need a whole lot less to concern you and a whole lot more to smile about…sometimes you just have to remember:
It really is going to be okay. You’re going to make it through this day. Even if it’s one step at a time.
Sometimes you just have to be patient and brave and strong. If you don’t know how, just make it up as you go along. And hold on to your hope as though it were a path to follow or a song to sing.
Because if you have hope, you have everything.
- Douglas Pagels
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Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at
11:29 pm
Another eccentric post here but lately I’ve been wondering about a close affinity with another person who could be just next door or thousands of miles away. It’s happened to me a few times and it might have happened to you too.
For instance you’re chatting with them (either on the phone, instant messaging, Skype, whatever) and they mention they’re not feeling well, perhaps a bit of the flu or something like that. Well guess what, I have the flu too. Coincidence? What about other stuff like when they mention a song and you interject “Hey, that song is one of my faves too!” And on and on it goes, with other elements, like colors, food, hobbies, etc. And sometimes more philosophical stuff like their values, their dreams, their aspirations. You find that the more you know them, the more you have in common.
What I want to remind my readers is that no, I don’t want to be an exact copy of another person, sharing the same taste for things and life 100% of the way. That wouldn’t be too exciting, would it. It’s the unexpected flukes that make me sit up and smile. There will be times that we dare to be different (I’m talking stuff like bananas here. Yes, bananas. Someone’s probably shuddering now) and that’s what makes human interaction so fascinating—it’s always in a state of flux. Similar, yet different.
Dunno about anyone else, but I tend to gravitate toward people who have the same tastes as myself. It’s so weird that I can experience this even with someone who’s thousands of miles away—there must be some unique and wonderful disturbances in the temporal vortex*, but I like it!!
* Yes I pinched this from Star Trek.
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010 at
9:11 pm
Maybe I screwed up. Maybe I should have stayed back for graduate studies. We make decisions in life which obviously can’t be reversed on a whim. When I left the University of Arizona after graduation I was only 24. Now I’m twice that age and am strongly thinking of returning to the States. Crazy isn’t it. I’m not definite about graduate school (the tuition fees now would probably kill me) but other factors are making me want to leave Malaysia, at least for a while.
I guess I could take a mini Sabbatical—haven’t had a proper holiday for years. Sometimes I am so tired of life here in Malaysia, I really am. Things are cheap, I’ll grant you that—but certain mannerisms about Malaysia and Malaysians never seem to change. I’m not going there because this is a touchy subject, ‘nuff said.
I know it’s senseless, or futile, but I keep asking myself the “What if” question. What if I had stayed back to do graduate studies? What if I had decided to remain permanently there in the States? Damn, my life might have been entirely different from now. Can’t quite forgive myself but what’s done is done. Can’t go back to the past but I can still look forward to the future with hope and determination.
Perhaps it’s not too late. I can’t turn back the clock—but at least I can revisit.
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at
6:28 pm
I’ve known Alan and Liz Peacock for a long time. They’ve been frequenting the Penang Parkroyal for many years and I am glad to have them as friends. Alan is now retired after lecturing for years, both in the UK and here. He used to come out to Penang on working vacations, now it’s all holiday, no more work—wonderful isn’t it.
So today I took both of them to Chilli Corner in downtown Penang for a meal—wonderful food at this restaurant. Don’t be aghast with the picture, the three of us had much more than plain cucumbers (which was just the hors d’oeuvre)
I’ll be seeing both of them tomorrow night since they’re planning a dinner at the E & O Hotel. Great friends, and good times. Alan, you can take a deep breath now—you’ve got your 15 minutes of fame in my blog.
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at
11:43 pm
Here are some pictures I took just before starting work at the 1885 (fine dining restaurant) E & O Hotel, Penang on Valentine’s night. Wine, women, and song (not necessarily in that order)
There’s my workstation above (wine not included) 
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010 at
9:12 pm
Seeing as Valentine’s Day is drawing near, allow me to present this clip of yours truly playing Dream a little dream of me. The lyrics are displayed below. Songs like this one are all about romance—and I love it. Not the “let’s get the sex part going” kind of thing, nope. And a kiss is the most romantic thing between two lovers, period. Enjoy, and Happy Valentine’s Day.
Stars shining bright above you;
Night breezes seem to whisper “I love you.”
Birds singing in the sycamore tree.
Dream a little dream of me.
Say nighty-night and kiss me;
Just hold me tight and tell me you’ll miss me.
While I’m alone, blue as can be,
Dream a little dream of me.
Stars fading but I linger on, dear—
Still craving your kiss.
I’m longing to linger till dawn, dear,
Just saying this…
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you—
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you.
But in your dreams, whatever they be,
Dream a little dream of me.
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