I am ecstatic, delirious, happy, glad, joyful, excited, exuberant, cheerful… and all those superlatives to describe a wonderful feeling. Actually, I feel like I have won the lottery, simply because I have my website back – yehey! I’d like to thank Gem of Lady Programmer and Jessie of  What Have You for their patience and Read More …

It was a hectic week for me. I just got home from work as I write this. Over and above work, there are the usual Christmas concerns and church work as well. I am not complaining. In fact, I am listing all these reasons of my busy-ness, in order for me to be more thankful Read More …

It’s December. When I hear this word, my mind starts to clog up with all sorts of thoughts, memories and ideas. My brain goes into high gear sorting out the crazy schedule of the family for the coming days and figuring out how to manage buying, wrapping and distributing the presents we want to give Read More …

Just a few weeks ago, I made a most difficult journey back to my home country to attend my father’s funeral. After a week, I flew back here to the UK in time for my husband’s birthday. Birth…death… funeral… birthdays, yeah, I’m sure you geot the drift.
Life is indeed a cycle. It has a beginning Read More …

Gratitude is therapeutic. Through this episode of mourning that I am going through, my gratitude to people who reached out to me and my family seems to lighten the grief in my heart. I look back to the past three weeks since my father passed away and I think of these sympathetic friends and relatives Read More …

This month, October 2009,  is one of the most memorable yet for me. Life has just begun for me and ironically, I lost my father. Life can’t swing in two more opposite directions for anyone than that. I wasn’t thinking of this kind of emotional highs and lows when I turned 40 and looked forward Read More …

He’s a big boy now so he did not get the traditional children’s party. He had a special celebration in church the day before his birthday with two other children who were having their birthdays this month as well.

the cute celebrators with their cakes

lester, elijah & joyce – cuteness personified!
On the day itself, he brought Read More …

I attended Elijah’s Parent Consultation Evening the other day. I was very happy with the teacher’s feedback, except that he is not in the top set in Math (knowing how much I hated the subject, I can totally identify with my boy). Well, no one’s perfect so it is not an issue to me at Read More …

Pain and suffering are so prevalent in this world and inspiration is so scarce. It does not take much to encourage and inspire other people. Sometimes, all we need is a kind word or an uplifting story, to spur us on again. A smile, a kindly pat on the back or a small gift is Read More …

I turned 40 last Saturday. Yes, I am not ashamed to admit my age and unlike some women, I don’t intend to keep my age a secret. I am very secure in my being “me” that I believe that my age does not have anything to do with whether I am likeable or acceptable as Read More …