Sunday Starters
Tribute to mothers
TODAY is Mothers Day, so let’s turn our attention away from the mother of all election battles, to the real mothers.
GE13: The journey goes on, after the vote is cast
Now is the time for the battle-fatigued protagonists to be magnanimous in victory and gracious in defeat, bearing in mind that the real winner must be the people of Malaysia.
GE13: Growing trees with deep roots
To make things happen for the betterment of our society, we should look into long-term goals instead of short-term achievements. It’s like planting a tree in your garden with a seedling. The tree planted the right way will take time to grow, but its roots will run deep and strong, providing shade for the generations to come.
Making the real choices in life
WE occasionally make the wrong turns, but if we take those detours as useful lessons, our life will truly be enriched.
It’s tax-ing but count your blessings
THERE are many people out there who may not have to pay taxes but have to worry about making ends meet.
Go on, give someone a break
It is not about big money. It is principally about being sensitive to the needs of the people around us.
GE13: All ears for coffeeshop talk
There’s more to the simple neighbourhood coffeeshop than meets the eye. Apart from the fare served, it is also a place where people meet to freely chat about virtually anything under the sun.
Being happy with the rest of the world
A life well lived is where you discover true joy even in tumultuous times.
When we talk, talk and talk
AT the end of the day, our perspective on life will determine what we lend our voices to.
Give and let live
Some of the most generous people aren’t billionaires but modest folk who are committed to living simply so that others may simply live.
Running the marathon of life
JUST like the real marathon, it is important to maintain a steady pace, whatever our current station in life.
Giving our own meaning to time
EVERYONE'S concept of time is different even if we all have the same 24 hours in a day.
Love actually is all around us
LET’S talk about love. Love is not a one-day commercialised event that deludes you into spending a tidy sum to prove your love for another person.
Priceless, the real ‘kuih kapit’
Letters and cards help to build up your treasure trove of special memories with loved ones.
Grin and bear the ‘interrogation'
AS Chinese New Year approaches, many young adults dread facing the invasive questions posed by older relatives. Instead of seeing it as overbearing, perhaps we can look at it differently.
The lighter side of life
WE should learn to laugh more, and more importantly, at ourselves, because laughter is the best medicine.
The art and the heart of listening
There is much to be gained in any conversation if we truly know when to speak and when to listen.
Catching up is hard to do
IT may be diplomatic to promise to catch up with friends, but make sure you really find time to do so before it is too late.
Treasure each gift, or pass it on in kindness
IT seemed timely, yet ironic, that one of the articles featured in this newspaper during the recent holiday season was about how to return unwanted gifts. It may strike a chord with you. I suspect that some of the gifts you received in recent weeks have yet to be opened.
All things will pass, when viewed in perspective
THERE’S something reassuring about hearing the captain’s voice when you are on a plane, even when it is a short journey from Penang to Subang.
Living one day at a time
AND so the world did not end on Dec 21, 2012, which is why I am still able to write, and you are able to read what I have to share.
Be sure to stay in touch for all the right reasons
ALL of us have made and lost friends along the way. While there are the occasional rotten apples, the ‘real’ buddies are worth fighting for when life, over the course of time, causes one ‘to lose contact’.
Living a life that leaves a long-lasting legacy
NATURE’S great events, like how salmon swim thousands of miles upriver, evading grizzly bears as they leap mightily over the waterfalls, really come to life when you watch them on high-definition TV.
Are we forever busy?
December makes one think about time and what we have done – or not done – over the past year.
Sometimes we need to disconnect to truly connect
IT’S always fun when a bunch of city slickers heads into the jungle. More so when all connections to the outside world are cut off – no TV, no Internet, and horror of horrors, no cellphone signal.
To buy or not to buy? Happiness is the real question
HAVE you been shopping lately? We are truly spoilt for choice considering the number of shopping malls that seem to spring up every now and then.
Preparatory works are the foundation with which our goals rest
THERE is an MRT station coming up near my office. The barriers lining the main road remind me that traffic congestion will build up as the work progresses.
Marking milestones in life
MILESTONES. We cross them every day without realising them sometimes.
Posing nude at 84 – at least he is doing an honest job
WE have all read about the 84-year-old man in China, Wang Xuzhong, who was disowned by his children because of his part-time job as a nude model.
Second half of your life can be better than the first
THE young man at the roadside stall called out to me, “Uncle, uncle, your change”. Sigh. One can feel forever young, but one certainly cannot hold back the reality of physical aging.
Going hungry in a world of plenty
A SMALL item appeared in the foreign news pages of this newspaper last Wednesday quoting the latest UN hunger report, which revealed that the number of the world’s hungry has gone down by 13% to 868 million.
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