.....My pals from my USM days.....

I'm happy to have come across several long-lost pals from my undergraduate days at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Pulau Pinang, in the early '70s. Accolades go to Facebook, but of course. Sujiah Salleh studied with me in Form 6 at Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar (English College), Johor Bahru in the late '60s. 

Mohamed Talha Idrus

Zaini Rahmat

Zahariah Mokhtar

Fatanah Mohamad

Johanna Anuar

Zakiah Ahmad

Zainon Johari

Hasnah Rohany

Sujiah Salleh

.....Just Unclogging # 4.....

     A few 'things' have transpired during the last three weeks, the most significant of which being Mama D's departure for KL on Sunday, 17.02.2013, to seek 'greener pastures'. We, who're left behind, have to contend with the changes in this household, especially yours truly-lah. My role as the perennial unpaid maid has been magnified to encompass that of a chauffeur, grandson-minder as well as an untrained tutor. I must admit that I've never been more overwhelmed in my life. Extreme fatigue has become my middle name now. Stress in certain quarters is also mounting. It's undeniable that mental and emotional fatigue will surely lead to physical exhaustion. Sometimes, I just have to listen to my bodily needs. Sleeping aka 'power-napping' will be my saviour at any odd time of the day. I need to rest my weary bones more often, now. Sigh! Who would ever thought that I'll be stuck with doing mundane chores, such as the scrubbing of heavily soiled school uniforms and shoes now, at my 'six series' age? Gosh! It's almost unthinkable! Yet, that's exactly what I'm stuck with, these days. Sigh.....again!!!!!

     Well, despite everything, I've got to be strong, lest I'll be affected in 'other ways', considering the 'special condition' that I'm 'lucky enough to be blessed with'. I always have to remain positive and believe in the fact that 'better things' have yet to come, with the Grace of Allah SWT. InsyaAllah.....God willing.....Ameen.....

.....Just Unclogging # 3.....

Yes, I have to admit that I'M TIRED.....I'm only HUMAN after all. Being a full time Maid cum Chauffeur cum Grandson-minder cum Untrained Tutor is slowly but surely beginning to affect my sanity and general well-being. All my life I've never tasted the luxury of having a maid to help lighten my 'burden'. So, I can only sum up my predicament with this one word.....SIGH!!!!!

.....JUST SHARING # 11.....

.....'LES MISERABLES' is my middle name.....

'Les Miserables' has been my middle name, of late. Well, actually it has been since the late '70s. I've been trying my utmost best, all these years, to quell the highly depressing thoughts and feelings, but time and time again, they keep on re-surfacing.....to haunt me, no end! Most times, I'll be questioning and questioning, "Why me?". Why must I be the unfortunate one to cross paths, and to contend with the highly s........ and b........... specimens? What do I gain by it all, at the end of the day? Yeah, what? It's no thanks to certain stupid and unfeeling beings, that I've landed myself in this mire. May these stupid nincompoops rot and get their just desserts in hell!

     Sigh! I jolly well know that it's utterly pointless for me to entertain these unhealthy feelings and thoughts, but then, I'm only HUMAN. I can't help but feel defeated, most times! Sob..sob..sob..!

.....Sharing Hamdan Ibrahim's Thoughts.....

 EVEN FAMILIES ARE DRIFTING APART

"True friends are like gems, they are hard to find. But fair-weather friends are aplenty who are with you when times are good but will desert you when you are down and out.

Times are changing, people are busy with their own lives and hardly have time to interact with their friends since schooldays.

I notice too that not only are true friends difficult to find but even you tend to lose touch with your own flesh and blood after your parents are gone.

Parents, especially mothers, are like glue who keeps the family together as more often than not all the children will visit their parents during weekends to foster good bonding among family members.

Once the glue is not there, everyone seems to be preoccupied with their own  families.

The only time you see them are during festive time, weddings or funerals and as you grow older, you tend to see them during funerals rather than weddings.

Gone are the days when you kept in touch with your siblings, cousins, uncles and aunts by visiting them from time to time.

For the younger generation, their close "friends" are the smartphones, Facebook and the Internet where cyberspace rules without physically meeting face-to-face.

HOW SAD, BUT TRUE."


HAMDAN IBRAHIM,
Kuala Lumpur
THE STAR, Tuesday, 12.02.2013

P.S. I echo your thoughts, Encik Hamdan.....It is sad, but true.....

.....My Maiden 'Keeping Fit Morning Walk' with the BCSGJB.....

Early Sunday morning, 20.01.2013, saw me participating in the "Keeping Fit Morning Walk" together with several other BCSGJB members. The trail for the walk was drawn up by our Trek Leader, Sia Chwee Kim and it started and ended at the Taman Merdeka, Jalan Tasik Utara, JB. The trail covered a distance of 9 km. Since it was my maiden walk with the team, I dare not be too ambitious as to cover the whole distance, the main reason being that I'm totally and absolutely "under-exercised" and "unfit". I reckon I managed to walk roughly 5 km along a shorter route. Nevertheless, it was an invigorating walk down memory lane for me, since it was in that area that I used to gallivant with my friends during our schooldays in the late '60s. Anyhow, I'll persevere to build up my stamina, so to speak, so that I can walk further distances in future, InsyaAllah (God willing).

The 9 km JB Trail can be viewed in the video clip, attached.....Enjoy! (Video clip: Courtesy of Ms Fung Lee Jean, a staunch supporter of the BCSGJB).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUyUc6lUqco