What is a baby?

"You are such a baby!", Mamma said one night at bedtime.

"No, I'm not!", replied the 3-year old.

"Yes, you are! You cry a lot, you suck your fingers, you want to be carried...".

Pause.

"But babies wear diapers and have no teeth", she argued, stabbing at her pearlies.

"I have lots and lots of teeth, and I wear panties".

Case closed.

Merdeka, Merdeka, Merdeka!

Happy Independence Day, Malaysia!

Many unprecedented developments took place in the political scene this year. YL & I are heartened that change can take place in a system that seemed so entrenched. What does it mean for our future? What will our 51st year of independence bring?

My heart has remained in the country of my birth even though I lived half my life away from her. It is lost in the diversity of her people, nature, and experience; it is coddled by her warmth and sincerity, easy camaraderie and simple shared values. I wear my Malaysian badge proudly in places far and wide. I proclaim my identity loud and clear.

Despite that, I echo Susan Loone's sentiments, "I think I'll never stop crying for my country Malaysia..." for the unbounded potential that she has, all washed down the monsoon drain by our incompentent leaders and thoughtless policies.

Change. It's the one thing I have to look forward to. Change, and Hope.

East Coast

Fooling around while waiting for our chilli crabs at the East Coast Seafood Centre along the ocean promenade

Fireworks

The Singapore Tourism Board organised two nights of fireworks display at the Marina Bay area near the business district this weekend. We had free first class view from my office on the 27th floor in one of the buildings in Raffles Place.

Bowling

Sophie actually scored better than YL or I

YL's colleague invited us over to the Singapore Island Country Club for an evening of bowling. Sophie was delighted at the experience but I think she enjoyed mucking about with her new and old friends from the Clinical Oncology fraternity a lot more.

The Worries of a 3 Year Old

One day, YL was his usual self complaining about work and sundry, and lamented out loud, "I've got so much problems lah. What should I do, Sophie?"

Sophie sighed softly and said, "I also got a lot of problems lah...".

"Oh, is it? What kind of problems do you have?", YL replied, expecting the silence that typically follows when she gets asked difficult questions.

Instead, in one long breath, she blurted out, "Aiyah, I got a problem with the TV, my eyes are like that like that*, I fell down in school, I'm also tired lah..."



* she uses that expression when she cannot open her eyes in the morning

Lady Sophie

"This is how a lady sits..."

Sophie is flushed after a hot afternoon out at the Singapore Botanical Gardens.