I'm getting counselling. One of my housemates is taking a degree in counselling, and part of her course requirements calls for her to hold actual counselling sessions with "clients" and record those sessions. She was hunting for victims "counsellees" (if...
This would be a good time to use them. My Lycos email is down for maintenance and will be offline till Thursday, 11am PST which is actually Friday, 2am my time!!! Waaah! Blogspot sites were down this morning... ICQ has...
I didn't really reflect on my life upon turning 25. But I do remember one night, I was crying into my pillow and I decided I was fed-up of being afraid all the time. There are two things that I'm...
Not many know - or imagine - that I am very much a small town, kampung (village) girl. When I was eight, my family moved to Dad's hometown, a small town called Ayer Tawar (literally, "tasteless water"; more aptly translated...
I've been spending lots of time with my housemates lately, which is why things have been kinda quiet here. As Dean is fond of saying, "Real life trumps blogging!" Relationships are important to me. In high school, I didn't relate...
Religion, they say, is a "sensitive issue". Why must you try to convert me? What makes you think your way is the only way? It's funny really, yesterday I was talking to a friend about some difficulties she's facing in...
This beautiful post comes to you courtesy of my friend, Gavin. Posted with permission, of course :) To my dear friends, When I meditated on the word GUIDANCE, I kept seeing "dance" at the end of the word. I remember...
A few days ago, Dad sent me an SMS on my latest article: Read your piece on Gurney School. Quite a good article, but not terribly exciting. Sigh. Growing up with Dad taught me that words have great power. Remember...
These days I don't know whether I'm coming or going. (And I proved it by forgetting to turn my car headlights off on Saturday night; the battery went flat the next day. Cost me $114 to replace!) Too many things...
Someone thinks I hide behind my writing instead of going out and living life. I think he might be right; when my life is full, I have less inclination - or time - to blog. Recently I've spent quite a...
The trouble with me is that I'm interested in too many things. Etymology (the origin & history of words), crossword puzzles, brainteasers, calligraphy, origami (the Japanese art of paper-folding), card-making, the world of nature, physiology, poetry & limericks, biographies, the...
There's this "5 questions" thing going around the BlogWorld. (I refuse to say the word "blogosphere"... oops, just said it!) Bryan has devised five questions just for me. Bryan, did you have to ask such HARD questions?!! ...And yes, that...
That five questions thing in my last post? I'm apparently supposed to offer to ask five questions of anyone who wishes to be "interviewed". If you'd like to participate, leave a note in my comments. Actually, in real life, my...
Sometimes I really hate myself. I always tell people that we are hardest on ourselves because we can see all our own weaknesses and failures, and I believe it. But then of course I think my faults and failures are...
I've been reading Mike Yaconelli's Messy Spirituality, which is probably THE most encouraging book to read when you feel your life is hopelessly messy and might never get straightened out. I don't think my life is ever going to go...