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two minutes to two dozen
posted December 15, 2010 11:55 pm
Today is the last day I spend as a 23 year old. I experienced family warmth like never before when my grandmother passed away in February this year. While I’ve heard countless dramatic stories of how children of their late parents fight over the inheritance money, mine united like bits and pieces of little metal [...]
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that straightjacket feeling
posted January 23, 2010 12:10 am
My mother chanced upon the MPH book compilation of teen stories, lately. “I read one of those,” she said, in between stretching and cracking her fragile back, “and I read until I cry.” My mother is the only other person in my whole family whose spine is as old as mine. We’re both 700 years [...]
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balance brought forward: lessons from 09
posted January 1, 2010 1:03 am
There were many things I have learned during the past 12 months. As many would know from my stories and personal experiences, I have always been thrown into the deep blue sea to learn how to swim for myself when it comes to work. Past few years I learned many things by getting my hands [...]
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to err, is human
posted November 19, 2009 9:58 pm
Sometimes, I need to remind myself that I am only human. Nando Parrado, the ultimate survivor who led 10 other victims of the plane crash in the Andes to survival, in his session at YES2009, left us with one stark message: Live every second of your life. Chase your dreams. Fall in love. Have fun. [...]
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what i’ve been up to lately
posted November 8, 2009 12:36 am
My brother recently graduated from school. He still has SPM to sit for though. These little ones.. they grow up so fast. I still remember him wetting his bed. And him annoying me to bits by throwing my colour pencils all over the place, running away in his baby walker. I feel old. I’ve been [...]
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the youthasia story you (probably) never heard of
posted October 30, 2009 1:59 am
Back in 2006 when I was preparing to start my final year in Uni, I took up my very first job (the 2 month kindergarten teacher stint in 2005 doesn’t count). I was an intern in YouthMalaysia, with responsibilities slightly heavier than the regular intern in other organizations. taken during one of our first roadshows [...]
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and then, she remembered
posted August 28, 2009 2:35 am
There are many things about myself that I tend to forget. I was born with a condition called CDH, short for Congenital Dislocation of Hip. Along with that, I was also born with a mild Giles Smith syndrome, or in laymen’s language, club foot. I was a breech baby and was almost a miscarriaged infant [...]
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