My Longkang

Today Papa Bear left me a comment about him giving me an award. It gives me a chance to give recognition to my blogger friends. Bloggers whom I look up to and whom I feel have brilliant weblogs and have contributed to international understanding. Thanks Papa Bear!

As promised, I have now placed this award on my blog and in keeping with the tradition of this award, I will now nominate seven or more blogs that I sincerely feel deserve it as well. By the way, I read lots of great blogs out there and it was not easy to present this to only seven of them.

The next recipients of this award are:

sargecharlie A blogger I appreciate as one who has done his bit for his country and the world. Takes very beautiful pics.
tnchick A blogger who through photohunters has done much to contribute to international understanding and goodwill amongst the blogging community all over the world. The photohunters blogroll is literally a mini United Nations
thepoor mouth A blogger who has something to say and says it brilliantly
vuthasurf Morn Vutha is with Opem Forum of Cambodia. Gives us a peek into his world in Cambodia
Indrani Based in Bangalore, India, Indrani writes brilliant posts. Read about the banyan tree and all her other stuff.
teczcape-travel Makes the world smaller by emphasizing the similarities in us rather than the differences through food. Brilliant food shots
untraditionalhome Heather is a blessing to all those around her and those who read her blog. I would term her blog as ‘inspirational’ especially to those who are new to the faith.

Now, for those who receive this award, there’s a little “reciprocal” rules that you must do. I didn’t make this rules, so it’s up to you to make a link back to me or not.

The award may be displayed on a winner’s blog.
Add a link to the person who you received the award from.
Nominate up to seven other blogs.
Then add their links to your blog.
Add a message to each person that you have passed the award on to in the comments section of their blog.
Congratulations!

Today Papa Bear left me a comment about him giving me an award. So, I hopped over to his blog and there I found this award waiting for me. Well, I have to admit that he is one of my regular readers and it feels good to recognized by him. Thanks Papa Bear!

As promised, I have now placed this award on my blog and in keeping with the tradition of this award, I will now nominate seven blogs that I sincerely feel deserve it as well.

By the way, I read lots of great blogs out there and it was not easy to present this to only seven of them.

The next recipients of this award are:

dead_cockroach
antzworld
quest-quench
napaboaniya
willchua
foongpc
wisecurve

Now, for those who receive this award, there’s a little “reciprocal” rules that you must do. I didn’t make this rules, so it’s up to you to make a link back to me or not.

The award may be displayed on a winner’s blog.
Add a link to the person who you received the award from.
Nominate up to seven other blogs.
Then add their links to your blog.
Add a message to each person that you have passed the award on to in the comments section of their blog.
Congratulations!

Every parent deigns to provide a safe and loving environment for their children where they can be nurtured and cared for until they are ready to leave the nest. There is this endless struggle to earn a living, earn just a little bit extra to be able to meet their expenses. Most of us do it well but there comes a point where we have to let go. The children have to learn from their own mistakes.

Once a kid enters the school gates, our responsibiity ends until the bell rings for dismissal. There our kids get an education. If a parent tries to get too involved, there is this worry he or she would be deemed as interfering with the school’s administration. A parent just has to learn to let go and trust in others to do their job in their absence.

A school is a microcosm of the real society at large. Children of all backgrounds come together to become one big happy learning community. Unfortunately in school, the children are at different stages of physical development. Thus a 12 year old kid would be deemed to be a giant by a standard one pupil just as an example.

Any threats made would be taken seriously by these children. Sometimes money is handed over for fear of reprisals. The traumatized kids keep it all deep inside of them and hide it from their parents. Until they cannot keep up with the demands. Then the kid has no choice but to demand more from the parents on the pretext of buying new books, money not enough to buy enough food etc.

A source commented when he approached the administration of a particular school about the matter, the school dismissed it as a ‘non-relevant’ issue and non-existent. But my friend persisted and went higher and was told it was the fault of the parents for letting the kids live in an artificial environment where the kids are too sheltered. He was told that a child has to be tough to survive.

Perhaps he is right. Perhaps he is not. But it is best not to press the issue lest the case brings unnecessary unwarranted reprisals from certain quarters. Kids just have to learn to be tough and learn to depend on themselves within the school compound or wherever they happen to be.

It is unwise to let children have access to money when it can attract attention from others who need it for extra pocket money for cyber cafes etc or just to buy toys.

I learned this concept tonight and just wish to share with the readers. Often we go through life accumulating burdens which require our time, labor and thoughts. They become our prison without walls. That hobby, that new club, the NGO, that extra commitment at the office, blogging, that new gym etc.

They become our prison without walls. They limit our freedom and some of them do not bring us any fulfilment or joy. People may even judge our achievements in these new commitments and when we have overextended ourselves, our performance is bound to suffer. There is a song Born Free and indeed we are born free but we gather all these new burdens and put them into a sack and carry them over our shoulders until our backs are bent.

Learn to let go. As long as we obey the laws of the land and our God nobody has a right to find fault with us. We can’t please every body. Do what we can within reasonable boundaries and nobody should expect more.

Thanks to every body for giving feedback on my blog. For the time being, I have just regained control of my blog. We will have to see how the situation goes. In the meantime, thanks for all the assistance and encouragement my dear friends and for the IT assistance. I will always remember your kind gesture and humbly I say I am deeply appreciative.

I have been following the developments on a new book soon to be out on the market. July 31st. 50+1 Malaysia is written by quachee The book is I believe targeted for tourists who need pictorial information on Malaysia but I found it enjoyable just the same.

Quachee

The pics are beautiful and do provide a window to the people , culture and land Of Malaysia. Basically the theme is about how the various ethnic groups in the country coexist in this land we call Malaysia.

The focus is on the Malay, Chinese and Indians in our community. I find it a creditable read and I love the pictures. I wish I could take such beautiful pictures myself.

Basically, The Book has succeeded in capturing the essence of what makes Malaysia unique & good enough to be truly Asia. This book will probably make an excellent coffee table book and find itself in libraries all over the world as an avenue of reference for what Malaysia is like in pictures.

No one book can do all this book aspires to do but it is a good effort by a local writer and photographer. Watch out for the book at your local bookstores. His first book is Batik Inspirations

I have been busy trying to revive my blog and changing passwords etc. So I have been a bit absent-minded recently. I didn’t realize it until Benghui reminded me I wasn’t really listening to him.

Anyway he told me he was very clever. I asked him why. He heard somebody mispronouncing a few words e.g. vases ( waist-es) and delicious ( the liciouns ). I asked him why he considered himself clever if somebody else mispronounces a word. He explained his friends don’t like to be corrected. So he was smart and just let his friends pronounce words the way they want to.

This way he hurts nobody and nobody dislikes him. This is food for thought to me. I thought of asking him to correct his friends and thought again perhaps he is right after all. Best not to rock the boat.

Not every body likes to be corrected especially adults. Anyway in every day conversation, it is not necessary to speak as the British or Americans do. As long as the message is conveyed, it is alright? What is your opinion on this?

The past few days we have been hearing footsteps from the garden. It caught us unawares and I went up to the balcony to look down but saw no intruders. ( safer than to go to the garden late at night if there is a hint of suspicion that there are strangers around) Anyway the mystery was solved the next morning. It is the mangoes. They have started dropping.

Mangoes, anyone? Any way the harvest isn’t too good. The birds have been busy. There are quite a number of fruits which have been partly eaten by birds.

These past few days I had the opportunity to observe employment seekers attending job interviews. Basically an interview is just an opportunity for a prospective employer to judge you and evaluate you based on their gut instincts. They would probably already have an idea of what you can and cannot do and also your qualifications.
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Demonstrations will lead us nowhere. It will only lead to anarchy, turmoil and bring untold misery to the people. Please reconsider before joining any demonstrations.

Some residents in Sibu reacted in shock and despair to the announcement that petrol prices would go up to Rm2.70 effective midnight tonight. This year there has been a sombre mood that could not be masked even by the Gawai festivities. People are bunking now and preparing for the worst which is yet to come. It is only to be expected that in the future the price of other essential every day items are going only in one direction : up, up and up.
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Benghui : All my friends are talking about Kokoberry. What huh is kokoberry?

Goolooloo allegedly the most beautiful blogger in Sibu ( ducks my head from all the beautiful bloggers in Sibu throwing their slippers, clogs, knickers and bras at me hahhahah ) has finally opened Kokoberry. Shop located at UG19, Delta Mall, just beside the ground floor back entrance.
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