365 days today

May 19, 2025.Reading time 6 minutes.

Today is one year since my mum passed. Yes, 12 months since she hasn’t been a part of my life. 365 days that I haven’t seen nor spoken to her, for real, I mean. I speak to her. I tell her things that are going on. Which is basically me speaking to myself. A one-sided […]

A little samey

May 12, 2025.Reading time 6 minutes.

My husband and I returned yesterday from a 5-day holiday in Khao Lak, a quieter tourist destination some 90km north of the more popular Phuket in Thailand. We met up with my husband’s friends, who had planned this holiday, a year in advance, yes, one year ahead. We’ve had other holidays with them. One in […]

Requests

May 5, 2025.Reading time 6 minutes.

I was enjoying riding and reading on the LRT until a gentleman took a seat in front of me. He whipped out his mobile, and single-handedly robbed all the other passengers, mostly me, of peace and quiet. A cap on, face down, he cranked up his mobile to full volume. A non-stop barrage of music […]

Perceived value

April 28, 2025.Reading time 6 minutes.

A super expensive box of chocolates I received for my birthday made me think of perceived value. Four small chocolates in a beautiful box cost about RM56. Each chocolate, no larger than a dice, was a whopping RM14 per bite, literally. My husband, who bought the chocolates, wanted me to have at least eight pieces so […]

Personality types

April 21, 2025.Reading time 6 minutes.

I’m a combo-introvert. My husband thinks he might be a social-anxious introvert. Nephew number 2 says he’s surely an extreme introvert. Interesting diagnoses based on a spectrum of traits associated with introverts. Research on introverts for my previous post invariably produced results on other personality types. I looked them up not because I wanted to […]

Introvert

April 14, 2025.Reading time 6 minutes.

I met up with an ex-colleague a few weeks ago. As usual, we spoke about our long ago work life, people whom we hung out with and where we are at now. Our customary walk down memory lane. This time, unusually, we touched, albeit, fleetingly on personalities. Our mutual friends whom we spent time with […]

Fingers, joints and bones

April 7, 2025.Reading time 6 minutes.

My fingers took the biggest hit. Neck, next. Ribs. Then, all my bones. I’m not sure which came first. Me waking up before the pain or the pain waking me up. Whichever. It was excruciating. I couldn’t bend my fingers. I couldn’t extend my fingers. Both actions were painful. It was dark so I knew […]

A better choice

March 31, 2025.Reading time 6 minutes.

My confirmed and paid for birthday beach holiday didn’t happen. Although initially disappointed and a little peeved, the alternative was so much better. Mangala Estate (ME) Boutique Resort in Gambang, Pahang was not a consideration, this time, only because my husband and I were there in January. Yes, just over two months ago. That said, […]

Birthday month

March 24, 2025.Reading time 7 minutes.

I like birthdays. Mine, particularly. March is my birthday month, and today is my birthday. Yay. Birthday month, yes. I started feeling celebratory on March 2, not March 1, as that’s sister number 2’s birthday. I let her have that day😊 For me, my birthday month is like a licence/permission/green-light to feel special, and do […]

A good read

March 17, 2025.Reading time 6 minutes.

I wish I had read this book a few years ago. But then, I might not have appreciated it as much as I do now. Why? Because I didn’t really think too much about aging or the elderly. Yes, I had grandparents. They were, in my then young mind, older people who weren’t really a […]