Splash

In a few hours time, my mates and I will be embarking on our long awaited dive trip of the year.
(wait, it’s only january… oh, whatever)
Pulau Sipadan.
One of the world’s best.
Be. Very. Jealous.
Will be back sunday. Till then, screw Facebook and urban life. I’m ready to embrace the open waters and the fresh sea breeze. [...]

God gave you a brain, use it

January. Gone in a flash.
While there are struggles within to negotiate my path and find my way, there are certain structures I have been keeping in order that I don’t lose complete control of the ship. In the midst of a storm, it’s your disciplines and the nurturing of your sea-faring skills that prevents you [...]

Riding for a cause

Lance has always been an inspiration. Even more so for making a comeback. He risks tainting his record so that his campaign can get the publicity it needs and hopefully thrive long after he’s gone.
Aside from the world’s most well-known cyclist, this guy truly deserves my respect. There’s nothing like ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
I [...]

Your driving betrays who you are

I swear that our roads seem to become more dangerous when out-of-town folks come invading our cities. Either they drive too slowly or too recklessly.
I have a theory that you tend to drive differently when you’re in a different place. Human beings can go into two extremes. On one end, people can be TOO careful [...]

Downhill

Life gone.
Opportunities lost.
Moisture dessicated.
Freshness dehydrated.
What was young and fresh and tender
aged and dried and brittle.
Grace disgraced and Faith defaced.
Creation undone and Glory defrocked.
The irreversible flow of order into chaos
Irrevocably reduced to the skeleton of a dancer
or the skull of a storyteller
The steady stream pouring downhill dragging humanity by its hair into the gurgling drainpipes of [...]

The Dance

Oh, Michelle was full of plans that day, on the fast track, with no time, she told me, for distractions – especially men. But she knew how to laugh, brightly and easily, and I noticed she didn’t seem in too much of a hurry to get back to the office. And there was something else, [...]

Lesson learnt in a ditch

Devotions. The art of collecting your thoughts and writing it down while it is bathed with the Scriptures. A response when your life meets the living Word.
I’ve always experienced a surge of clarity in my heart every time I do it. Wonder why I don’t do it more often? Strange.
When their message came to him, [...]

Starbucks dudes on drugs

“Here you go, Gregory. Can I call you Gregory?”
- Kuan, Starbucks Employee
I love my iced grande lattes. A lil too much. They are made with just the right measure of coffee to milk ratio. Always the perfect end to a long lunch. The all important pick-me-up solution. Granted they set me back by rm11 each [...]

To usher in the New

This was the highlight for me as I stayed up till 2am to watch the Inauguration.
When you put Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma on the same stage, you get transported somewhere. Where the breeze is fresh, the air is cool and the view of the mountain ranges fills you with a sense of majesty and [...]

Behold

U2.