An Everyday Survival Kit

This brings a whole new meaning to these items.:

- Toothpick
- Rubber band
- Band-Aid
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Chewing gum
- Mint
- Candy Kiss
- Tea Bag

Here's why:

Toothpick - to remind you to pick out the good qualities in others.
Rubber band - to remind you to be flexible, things might not always go the way you want, but it will work out

Band Aid - to remind you to heal hurt feelings, yours or someone else's.
Pencil - To remind you to list your blessings everyday.
Eraser - to remind you that everyone makes mistakes, and it's okay.
Chewing gum - to remind you to stick with it and you can accomplish anything.
Mint - to remind you that you are worth a mint to your Creator.
Candy Kiss - to remind you that everyone needs a kiss or a hug everyday.
Tea Bag - to remind you to relax daily and go over that list of God's blessings.



Have a sun shiny day with loads of smiles

22-September-2000

10 years passed really fast, i have to say. In a blink of an eye, its already 10 years. Alot has happened. Alot of tears, alot of quarrels, alot of good times, alot of being there for each other. Three of us are doing fine. We talk alot about you.
I am sure the three of us have our secret conversations with you without us realizing or mentioning it to each other.

When you lose someone, you don't lose them completely. The memory is there to remind us what a wonderful person you have been and will always be.
It was really hard at first. But life goes on.

There an addition to the family as well. Sometimes i think to myself, when they look at your picture, it seems like they are having this silent conversation with you. They greet you when they first step in the house. They bid you goodbye when they are leaving the house.

I am sure you know what is happening in each of our lives right now. And i do know, you are watching us from above.

God Saw You Getting Tired
God saw you getting tired,
When a cure was not to be.
So He wrapped his arms around you,and whispered, "come to me."
You didn't deserve what you went through,
So He gave you rest.

God's garden must be beautiful,
He only takes the best
And when I saw you sleeping,
So peaceful and free from pain
I could not wish you back
To suffer that again.

The Broken Chain
Little did we know that very early morning that God was going to call your name,
In life we loved you dearly;in death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone.
For part of us went with you, the day God called you home.
You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide,
And though we cannot see you, you are always at our side.
Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.

Rest In Peace, Daddy. Until we meet again.

A Typical Monday To Friday

My fav quotes from Eat Pray & Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

The much talked about movie is out. Eat, Pray & Love. I love Julia Roberts but I would just be contended in reading the book.
I think this is a must read by every girl.

"There’s a crack (or cracks) in everyone…that’s how the light of God gets in."

"When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings."

"Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be."

"This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something."

"In desperate love, we always invent the characters of our partners, demanding they be what we need of them, and then feeling devastated when they refuse to perform the role we created in the first place."

"We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy's fabled beggar who spent his life sitting on a pot of gold, under him the whole time. Your treasure--your perfection--is within you already. But to claim it, you must leave the buy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart."

"Prayer is a relationship; half the job is mine. If I want transformation, but can't even be bothered to articulate what, exactly, I'm aiming for, how will it ever occur? Half the benefit of prayer is in the asking itself, in the offering of a clearly posed and well-considered intention. If you don't have this, all your pleas and desires are boneless, floppy, inert; they swirl at your feet in a cold fog and never lift."

"Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be... a prudent insurance policy."

"You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions."

"As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you."

"eventually, everything goes away." (It goes hand in hand with my favourite saying, Nothing in life stays the same. Everything will change. No situation will remain the same forever.

"God never slams a door in your face without opening a box of Girl Scout cookies..."

"You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control."

Excerpt taken from Blessed With Bliss By Irwan Abdul Rahman

I never fail to read this guy's articles whenever it comes out and I really the way this guy writes.
Well he writes for The Malay Mail. In my opinion, all his articles are well written. The next time, you get a hold of The Malay Mail, check him out. Seriously, he has got this very cute boyish smile ;) Ok, i might be bias here as well, maybe I am reading his articles because of his smile ;)

It’s like life itself. When times are hard and life is tough, most of us think of God and ask Him either for help or the strength to endure. We feel small, humbled by His powers over us and how weak we are.

But when we’re blessed with good fortune and life is good, we tend to get caught up in the bliss and happiness. We forget to be grateful, fail to appreciate His blessings and conveniently ignore the needs of those less fortunate.

Ever wondered why orphans really look forward to Ramadan? It’s the only time most people remember them.

So the true test in life is when things are good and you’ve got everything you need. When you’re blessed with great wealth, the test is, what do you do with that wealth? Do you splurge on needless things, horde your belongings or do you give back to society and share your good fortune with your fellow man?

When you’re blessed with good health, what do you do with your healthy body? Do you maintain that good health by living healthily, or do you abuse that body with unhealthy or dangerous substances and bad food, thinking that coronary heart problems, diabetes, cancer and all the other lifestyle-related disease “will never happen to you”?

When you’re blessed with love, whether it’s your partner, family or friends, do you return the love by maintaining the relationship, reminding them often how much you love them, or do you take them for granted, figuring that “they know” – or worse still – do stupid things that risk losing their love and destroying their relationship?

Most people who cheat on their spouses (and families) still love them and can’t imagine life without them. They only remember when they’re caught, when it’s too late.

We only remember to drive slowly and carefully when we’re either caught by the cops or after we get into an accident.

We only remember to watch what we say when we’ve said too much.

We only remember to live healthily when our doctors tell us our hearts can no longer take the abuse.

We only remember to appreciate our wealth and happiness when we lose it.

The article ends by when in bliss, count your blessings.

For those who find this entry interesting, you can read his whole article here.: http://www.mmail.com.my/content/48848-uncommon-sense-blessed-bliss

For those who are interested in reading his stuff, you can always drop by his blog.: http://nose4news.wordpress.com/

Absurd!!!

I don't know if it's plain stupidity.
I have been noticing it during the recent Raya hols that we just had.
I saw it in 1-Utama.
I saw it in Midvalley.
And it has left me dumbfounded.
I mean seriously, you people are joking right.
I freaked out when I saw it again this morning in the train.

Who in their right mind would dye their kids hair golden blondish. I mean these kids are not even 3 years old. These kids are ASIANS, for heaven's sake.

I mean come on.
What direction are we heading to?
What next, dye your kid's skin colour to caucasion or something......

There's only one word that comes to my mind, IT'S REALLY ABSURD!!!
The only thing I can conclude here is that it's either I am not fashion savvy/vogue anymore or some parents are really born without brains.

I have this gazillion question mark in my head and I am still wondering..........

Gregory Kumar Kandasamy

You would have turned 69 years old today. Not 70 but only 69.
Its been 10 years but the wound is deep as there are many words unspoken.

Many situations which you have missed and we wished you were there.
Most of all, the latest 2 addition which you would have adored with all your heart.

Eventhough its been 10 years, we remember you everyday. Not a day that goes by, where we dont mention anything about you.

At times I wonder why such a good person like you was taken away so fast in such a short span of time on earth cause you were only 59 years old then. But than again, seeing how you suffered, its only fair for a strong person like you. Answers didnt come to the three of us then but now after growing up in this 10 year period, we do understand.

If I had only one chance, I would apologize for not completing something you really wanted.

At the end of the day, life goes on.

The three of us were blessed for having someone like you in our lives. Words cannot describe you and no one can measure up to you as you are immeassurable even till today.

Happy Birthday with lots of love, hugs and kisses from the 3 of us.

Miss Me But Let Me Go - Unknown

When I come to the end of the road
and the sun has set on me,
I want no rites in a gloom filled room,
why cry for a soul set free.
Miss me a little--but not too long,
and not with your head bowed low,
Remember the love that we once shared,
Miss me--but let me go.
For this is a journey that we all must take,
and each must go alone.
It's all a part of the Master's plan,
a step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick of heart,
go to the friends we know.
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds,
miss me--but let me go.

We have let go but we miss you everyday