tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45910018520906396802024-12-18T19:29:21.636-08:00The wanderings of an idle mindmerahkecikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236502802902771057noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591001852090639680.post-19374776673259734252024-06-23T22:53:00.000-07:002024-06-23T22:53:31.333-07:00

 Life calls the tune, we dance.John Galsworthy     How true. Dancing to the tune of life. And I'm a terrible dancer...😅When I went for my next appointment, I was told that the doctor would do a lumpectomy. Which meant that the doctor would take the tumor and its surrounding tissue out. Since it was small enough, the doctor would do the procedure in a daycare operation

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 Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung It's been ages since my last post...literally. I've been......distracted. For years, apparently. 🙄 On with the journey (show).One thing that I am aware of these days is how forgetful I am getting. It wasn't bad a few years before, but it has been getting worse especially after my last

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The world is but a canvas to the imagination. Henry David Thoreau Myth - when you get cancer you will die. Truth - people do live after being diagnosed with cancer, some even lived for years and years. Some people went into remission and eventually cured. Truth - we will die even if we do not get cancer. I went to a doctor who referred me to a specialist. The doctor poked and prodded,

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The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. Oscar Wilde This post is especially hard to write. Mainly because I have to retrace my steps...and my memory is not what it's used to be. But this story needed to be told. Maybe then I will learn to let go. My journey with the big C started in 2012. It started when I felt a lump on my left breast. It was small, but I remembered

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I'm in the best place I can be right here at this moment. A lot has happened within the past two years (!), I need time to sort everything out. If I put my mind to it, the things that has happened these past two years can be compiled into a book. The best thing to do is to backtrack, maybe reflect a little and move on. Maybe this will help me to move forward, because I am stuck. Like my blog,

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Old age is fifteen years older than I amOliver Wendell Holmes Jr I had a birthday recently. I try not to make a fuss about my birthday; in fact, I get kind of embarassed when people wished me a Happy Birthday. It's not that I don't like my birthday, it's just that I feel the generation gap widening ever so slightly on my birthday. And at my age, with the people I am surrounded with, it might as

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In our quest for perfection, we sometimes forget that we are merely human.AnonymousThis year I was forced to learn something new, out of necessity, not because I want to. I had to grasp a very alien concept, totally far removed from my comfort zone. I was sceptical at first and very sure I WILL NOT be able to follow through. I had to fight myself tooth and nail to finish it. To make matters worse

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Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown. Ross PerotDo I sabotage myself? Let's see. I read this article titled Self -Sabotage: The Enemy Within by Edward A. Selby, Timothy Pychyl, Hara Estroff Marano, Adi Jaffe, published on September 06, 2011 in http://

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With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.Abraham Lincoln How true. I have been extremely busy lately. I am serving two very demanding masters, each with his own idiosyncracies (sic!), demands and needs. My workload has doubled over the past two months, but truthfully, I don't mind it, really. I just have to be more efficient...so to speak.To be fair, I

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Sebab pulut santan binasa, sebab mulut badan binasaMalay ProverbThis Malay proverb is akin to the English saying that states "think before you speak", or "the pen is mightier than the sword"...(something like that). I have seen many, many instances where people jeopardize their future, (and their freedom!) for saying exactly what they think. It's not wrong to state exactly what you think but you

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You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.Robin Williams, comedian My voice went on vacation recently, rendering me temporarily voiceless. Not necessarily speechless, mind you. I discovered that when I lost my voice, I had a million and one things to say, but could not voice it out loud. So, I whispered and annoyed people (and myself!) in the process. That's life, I guess

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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.Marcus Aurelius I'm a nut. A fussy nut. What do you mean, you ask. Let me illustrate. Whenever I opened a packet of anything, I must find a container for it's contents. I cannot abide seeing half open packets stored inside my

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.Leo TolstoyProlific writer I am not. Too lazy? Maybe. Procrastinator? Definitely. Excuses? Most certainly. The thing is, I have a lot on my plate, even during these lull moments. I cannot stand being idle, though idle is what I have to go through for the next three weeks. Ouch!Leo's right. As the late MJ said,"I'm

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Sticks and stones may break your bones when there's anger to inpart. Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart. Unknown How true. Boy, am I depressed. You see, I just received my paycheck and the money's gone within minutes. Dispersed, disbursed, in somebody else's hands, in everybody's hands except mine. Oh, the joy of internet banking!I get depressed at around this

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No man/woman is worth your tears and the one that is won't make you cry.Jennifer RossI've been rereading my old postings and I realised that I catch up on news quite a bit lately. Maybe it's because my postings are getting few and far between. The thing is, I've been awfully busy lately. Ever since the year starts, I've been working non-stop, it seems. Even on weekends.Okay, today's posting is

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It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them—the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881) Russian novelistIt's December already! New Year is looming, so's middle age! Eek!I chose today's quote and picture without thinking, I don't know why. Normally I'd think before choosing, too carefully at times. This time, ah what the

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You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.Joan Baez Let's see. My last posting was in August. I thought I posted in September. Apparently not. Sign of old age? Probably. I read in the news today that every few minutes a person is diagnosed with dementia. It's caused by changes in the brain function. One of the most common symptoms

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Those who walk in the footsteps of others leave no trail of their own. Seek out your own path and the road will be named after you.Chinese ProverbThis is me after my first cup of coffee. Man, it has been a while. A lot of things has happened since my last posting. Let's to a recap. My house is falling apart. I got a humongous hole in the roof if my house. I think the monkeys have been doing

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No quotations, no pictures today. My laptop went belly up a few weeks back and still in the shop. Two weeks later my car refused to start. Both are still in the shop. I am behind in my schedule and the kids' tests are coming up. I am in a void, at a loss of what I should do. That is until I started cleaning my room.I discovered treasures of unimaginable value right there under my bed. BOOKS! I

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Think of all the beauty thats still left in and around you and be happy! Anne FrankI saw cars passing me by every morning on my way to work. At first it puzzled me, how come these cars have different color hoods on them? Black hoods on yellow cars, black hoods on white cars, different color bumper. Have they been involved in an accident in any way? One fine day my friend did the same to his car.

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One man with courage makes a majority.Andrew Jackson My sister is leaving to further her studies tomorrow. When she first told me the news that she got a place in Scotland, it kind of hit me rather hard. I am genuinely happy for her (I really am, Sis!) but at the same time it forces me to look inwards into myself.She is leaving everything. Her job, her house, all her worldly possessions behind to

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I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.Henry David ThoreauI’m home. How nice.I was at my wits end last week and I decided to take a very long weekend and go home.Going home is like a warm fuzzy blanket. Comforting.

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Without inner peace, it is impossible to have world peace.Dalai Lama I notice that I’m avoiding everybody lately. And I’m also extremely lazy. Oh, I still get the job done, but it takes a lot more effort to do my job than I used to. Things are the same and yet they aren’t. I can’t think of the reason why, but deep down I know. I just couldn’t be bothered to reason or to question.I think what I

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One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was better for this.Don Quixote, de la Mancha 1605-1615Courage. Everybody’s got one of those. And yet, everybody lack them at the most crucial of times. After the opportune moment had passed, next comes wishful thinking. I wish I had the courage to do such and such. Too

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While situations, encounters or events may seem intrinsically "stressful," it is truly how an individual perceives and reacts to an event that determines whether or not the stress response is activated.Institute of HeartMath, Research OverviewI notice that I have been clenching my jaw a lot lately. Signs of stresss? Probably. Ever notice that bad things usually come in threes? Well, it may not be

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