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Life Lessons From Mum

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I grew up without a dad cause he passed away 32 years ago. Almost all my memories revolve around Mum who has been  My Strength, My Comfort, My Solace, My Role Model, My Everything! Life was harsh on her, she became a widow at just 37. She was a school teacher earning a meagre salary, had four young girls to raise, the oldest of us being only Eleven. Mum's responsibilities increased greatly with the passing of my dad. However, being the kind of person that she is -  She never gave up!  She ploughed on, shouldering the responsibility of bringing up four young girls determined to make it despite innumerable shortcomings. The fact that we didn't have a dad did not earn us leverage or brownie points. We were still the same to her and I think that only fuelled a need in her to toughen us up. As time rolled by, there are lessons I've learned from her that I will carry with me all my Life and hopefully one-day pass on to my children. Knowing M
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Keeping Calm & Blowing Bubbles

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The Dive Team with Alan (middle) & Hafiz (extreme left) On the 18th October an email went out from Alan H our Diving Specialist at KBA Training Centre. The email communicated that Alan was going to conduct a  “Commercial Diving Experience for Staff”  in the KBAT Dive Training Tank using Surface Supplied Diving Equipment wearing a Kirby Morgan Hard Helmet. His email stated that no previous diving experience was needed & that the dive was going to be for about 20-30 minute duration, two divers at a time. He also informed us that we would be given a simple construction task to complete during our Dive. As soon as I saw that email, I knew I had to do the Dive. I remember Darren & Brendan, our Directors telling me a year ago that we will be doing this sometime down the lane. And true to their word it was to happen. Days passed by however I still hadn't confirmed that I was doing the dive. I needed to make sure that I was not neglecting work before I signed up, so I
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It's MONDAY, But It's O.K!

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It was just a week ago on October 20th - A  “Monday” . I noticed various posts shared (on social network) of how much people hate Mondays & how depressed they are to go to work. It seems to me that a good percentage of people to have a problem with  "MONDAYS" . I get it cause I have been there a few times, however as I was travelling to work that morning it occurred to me that   Monday's aren't so bad after all! In fact  Mondays  give me a Renewed Perspective, a Fresh Start & a New Beginning! I couldn't help but wonder why people loathe Mondays so much and as the day breezed by I kept thinking about it. I realised that it probably wasn't  MONDAYS  that was the problem, the real issue was definitely something more.  Here's why I think people may hate Mondays; They've had a  Busy Weekend:  Probably they feel their weekend was too short since it was hectic & they were unable to get enough time to recharge in order to begin the n
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Let's Fix it: Time Spent With Our Loved Ones

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In the world these days everyone is so busy aiming at going places, getting stuff done, trying to beat the clock & staying ahead in the rat race that the important aspects of life cease to exist & stop making sense. We hardly spare time for what we consider trivialities.  I  recall my childhood & those moments when I  received gifts from my Aunts & Uncles for which I am thankful, however I will always cherish & value that ONE Uncle (My Mom's Sister's Husband), although he bought my siblings & myself gifts & chocolates, his actual gift to me was far more valuable - "His Time". Every time he visited, we were thrilled to have him over as he spent hours playing with us, listening to our nonsensical chatter, taking us to the beach, for a walk or for an ice cream. When I try to bring to mind all the gifts I've received, I realise I can't recall them all. However what I very clearly remember is this particular Uncle & the gift
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7 DIY Nativity Scenes

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With Christmas fast approaching I am brainstorming ideas for DIY'ing the Nativity Scene. In the past years  I have created various nativity acts. For instance in 2008 I used ordinary wooden planks purchased for just S$ 2 a piece from the Daiso Store in Singapore and created a very simple DIY Nativity Scene. I also bought brown & black paint & a green mat from the same shop.  I put together the wooden planks to make what looks like a Manager And this is the completed set I then spray painted the wooden boards using the brown paint as the base and the black paint to add age to the manger. I added small grey gravel to make a pathway & I cut out the green mat and pasted it on either side of the gravel to give it a grassy effect. I purchased a small clip-able battery light which I then used as a focus light on the main subject of the theme (Baby Jesus) The completed Nativity Scene - 2008 In 2009 I created a scene using soft white clay to f
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I Love My iMac :-)

Yeah, you heard right.... I Love my iMac!  I love the way 'apple' packages its products. That's pretty clever They create an experience & have a way of making you feel special.  Despite the fact that you have paid for the product, you cant help but feel like you've received a gift when you're opening your purchase.   Everyone knows that packaging a product is not rocket science, the devil is in the details. I cant help but wonder what was going through the mind of the person who came up with the idea on designing the product. I realise that the inspiration must have been taken from the quote of Steve Jobs "You've got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology - not the other way around". I think that's Genius! 
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