Day 3

For the ones who gave me life

My parents had no business meeting each other.

They were both from a small town from an opposite side of the country. They were both born in the pre-independence years when access to education and education was not…

Day 12

The opportunities to make my own choices in life

“Everyone else are looking to get into Medical Programme, and you want to do the opposite? Well done!” I remember Bro. Azmi’s big smile, my then school coordinator, when I handed him my application to change…

Day 8

A moment of gratitude for my guardian angels

Leo Tolstoy said “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”, but I would like to amend it slightly — “All happy families are alike; each dysfunctional family is happy in its own way”.

Thirty Days of Gratitude

Memories and lessons in turning thirty.

Day 10

My first job

The first time I earned money was for an article that I wrote for the Star, back in 2007. It wasn’t really a job, more of a side hobby which generated money. But I had fun. We even had a campus spread when I collated few members of my faculty to send in their writings.

Day 1

Little brother

What an appropriate time to begin my gratitude journey in conjunction with my little brother’s…

Day 9

Milk, cheese, butter and anything creamy

A simple toast with melting butter, a dripping butter on freshly baked buns, cold & sweet butter in cruncy croissant, frothy milk in coffee, light and bouncy cream on pancakes and scones, bitter and tangy cheese with fruits…

Day 11

Books and the world of wonders they offer me

For as long as I can remember, there were books in my life like there were air and water.

When I was small, it was the hardcover bound colourful fairy tales that my parents bought me…

Day 6

The best career advice I received when starting out

I was fresh out of college, April 2008. I was whiling away my time at home waiting for the outcome of my postgraduate and scholarship application to come through.