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September 22, 2015
When I was 19 years old, I was heading out to a nearby stall for lunch. Heaps of people were having their food. Along came a deranged man who is known to roam the area who constantly teases me. He saw me coming and said very loudly, “Big breasts girl.” Everyone stopped to stare including the mechanics who also constantly teased me. I blushed, was furious and wanted to cry but held back my tears. I had comments about my body […]
August 9, 2015
I have constant discussions about this with a friend who insists that people can’t change. I say yes and he says no. That’s a picture of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by the way. This reminds me of the story about the light bulb and how many psychiatrists are needed to change it. The answer is only if the light bulb wants to change in the first place. As a Christian, I believe so but it involves the work of the […]
July 29, 2015
But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 Preparation to run the full marathon has occupied a good part of my life this year; mentally and physically. First question, why in heaven’s name did I want to do this? The last major achievement for me was my 10km in 2010. This was the journey from […]
June 20, 2015
So many things have happened this past week, mostly positive but I can only seem to focus on the one thing/person that has annoyed me. Last week, we were astounded when a gymnast who gave us a gold medal got criticized for the stupidest thing and you hope and pray that this disease is not air-borne. This plus many pieces of news on online media that could really irk you tremendously if you let it. Let me now choose to focus […]
May 31, 2015
Risin’ up, back on the street Did my time, took my chances Went the distance Now I’m back on my feet Just a man and his will to survive I have heard that when the tiger is ready to attack, it only has the attention of its chosen prey with all eyes on its unfortunate soon-to-be victim. Someone tell me if there’s another story. I like this one so I’m sticking to it. It’s 35 days before I will run my […]
May 17, 2015
If you catch yourself saying this a little too often, you might need to ask if you’re operating at Cause or Effect. The Think@Lean In group met up with Sheila Singam of Human Equation for an afternoon to understand our Spiritual Quotient. In the process, we learned when we operate at Cause, we operate from an empowered state and when we operate at Effect, we operate at a disempowered and helpless state. It boils down to the questions we ask ourselves. […]
April 6, 2015
Office politics…I absolutely hate it. I hate it with a vengeance. I had this heated discussion about this topic with a friend recently. He’s giving me tactics and strategies on ways people get ahead. I stopped in my tracks because there may be elements of truth in it but I’m not sure I like the person I’ll be in the process. For some, it’s a case of “joining them if you can’t beat them” otherwise we’d be an unwilling victim anyway. […]
March 29, 2015
What a week it’s been! It started off with many challenges. And at the end of the week, it was back at my old work place, a reminder of why I do what I do now. I was there for over 10 years so there were obviously more good times than bad. That is life, isn’t it? The mountains and the troughs. I didn’t leave on a bad note but a different note. I was singing a different tune. So I […]
March 23, 2015
Three parties have gotten together in line with International Women’s Day to encourage and to help women move freely #movefreely. I thought this campaign was brilliant linking MyTeksi, Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) whose vision is a create a society that is free of violence against women and Zafigo.com, a website dedicated to ultimately foster a community of travellers who share the experience & joy of travel, from a woman’s perspective. What happens is that RM2 is donated to WAO for every […]