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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport

The city's view from Taman Tasik Titiwangsa

The view from Pudu Ulu



Sunday, January 10, 2016



A couple of days ago, as I was staring at a rack of chocolates I texted some of my friends and asked "will you get me chocolates if I wanted them?"

No one said yes. :( (can you believe it???????)

Instead, they asked "what for?", "are you okay?" and questions along those lines - and one even said "if you need them." I was feeling a little bummed over the replies, but then I kind of knew that that's what they'd say. They know me too well and for far too long. I don't ask for favors for things I can do myself.

Anyway, I grabbed and put several bars of Lindt's dark chocolate into my basket, for myself and some others I thought, like me, could also use some chocolates. I was feeling generous.

Yesterday night, I received an early birthday gift. It came in a bag, and when I opened it, I saw "Royce" (although, as you can tell, the words "cooling bag" was more attention grabbing). At this, I blurted "how did you know I wanted chocolates?", and the reply was along the lines of "I didn't... I just guessed".

At that moment, I felt like bawling into tears, although, really, I have always complained that chocolates are too cliché and that if anyone were to get me anything, it has to be something I couldn't get for myself even if I wanted to. Like a poem, a story, a painting, a doodle, a song, homemade meals, cookies, cards or whatever. Something personalised.

Maybe it was how the gift made me feel that it was okay if for a split second I wanted some chocolates like the rest, and that I could ask for chocolates and expect to have some.

To hope, I think. That's it. To hope.

That while we do not always get what we want, sometimes life presents us with surprises and we're given what we need. And in my case, it was hope in the form of a bag of chocolates.

:)


And it reminded me also of a beautiful quote in Coelho's Eleven Minutes: "when I stopped being who I am, I found myself."

Thursday, January 7, 2016




If you really think about it there are just about two things we can shut - our eyes and mouth.

We can't shut our ears to things we don't want to hear - our heart to things we don't want to feel - our mind from thoughts and memories we don't want to be reminded of.

Yeppppp. 

That's how helpless and vulnerable we can all sometimes be. Always at the mercy of another.

So be kind - Bear Bear approves.

Monday, January 4, 2016






It takes a very very very VERY happy person to help someone bitter learn how to be happy again. 



So be happy, because the bitter ones need you!!