Journey With Deb

My grandmother turned 89 on Monday thirtieth November two thousand and nine. We didn’t throw a big party inviting friends and family – it was just an intimate affair. About two and a half weeks ago, Mama was readmitted into the hospital for blood transfusion and extra care for the bed sores she developed from [...]

We got news last weekend from my parents that my grandmother, whom I fondly call ‘Mama’, had a fall. My brother had returned home from the MU match last Saturday and found her sitting in pitch darkness on the floor right next to the steps. Reckon she was trying to climb up three tiny steps [...]

Every year when Mother’s Day arrives, shoppers go berserk buying gifts, florists jack up their prices to  exorbitant rates, restaurants serve nothing but mother’s day set menus at plus plus plus price, but I  still love the fact that celebrations like this brings families together. This year we had the privilege of hosting dinner at [...]

People say that marriage is like wine, the longer you keep it the sweeter it gets. I’m personally savouring the experience day by day and sometimes wonder how it would be like 20 or 40 years down the road. What a wild and eventful 9 months it has been since we tied the knot. Our [...]

One of many things I love about Christmas is setting up the tree. There’s something warm, magical and fuzzy about it. With Christmas jazzies playing at the background, the entire room just evolves into a big sparkle! Perhaps it was the memories I grew up when setting up the Christmas tree. Either mom or dad [...]

Calamintha… hyrangea… calla lily…spiky cactus, our green thumbs has gotten the better of us. Now the porch has an array of natural beauties to greet us.  We had initially thought of transferring our sprouting brinjal plant into another pot, hence we needed more soil. Which brought us to the nursery and instead of coming back [...]

I’d be the first to jump at an invitation to visit a zoo if I was traveling in another elsewhere. I’ve been to several in Aussie, one in Central Park, NYC and another in Singapore. Ironically, at the mention of Zoo Negara, I can’t help but cringe and pass on the offer. Sadly my past [...]

The hills… It’s a rare occasion that public holidays coincide with the weekend so well! This Raya we took advantage of the hols and whisked away to Cameron Highlands (CH) and then to Port Dickson (PD). Our last visit to to CH was when we were high schoolers. You can imagine the lapse if you [...]

Royal Rangers Sel 7 outpost celebrated our 20th anniversary last weekend. We whisked over 200 people to Bukit Cahaya, Shah Alam to celebrate two decades of God’s faithfulness. The entire event lasted 5 hours with a walk through history as individual huts were decorated with banners and memorabilia representing different age groups, timelines and eras. [...]

9/11 as Terence recalls… Without fail, for the last 7 years – at the same hour… I hear many people asking each other “Hey, do you recall where you were during the Sept 11 incident?” As for me. Yes, I do, very much. Which is one of the reasons why I’m compelled to write this. [...]