Clare, though we’ve never met, this one goes out to you… :)
Providentially came across this great talk 2 days ago and was inspired with the collision of ideas past and present…
Creativity & Football
I was in the midst of writing a series on footballing in the 1970s AND in the midst of getting Producer’s block for [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Ole!
Posted in Muses, Now where do I put this?, tagged Baha'i, faith, football, god, ole, progressive revelation on 26 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Trucker Girl
Posted in Everyday Heroes, Muses, tagged cheat, con, honesty, scam, truck, trucker, trustworthiness on 11 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
I met a trucker girl!
Well, not quite. Aileen’s the girl who manages the truckers.
The economy is beginning to really slow down now and rather than earning up to RM4,000 a month, many of these guys are only taking home about RM1,000.
Some of them request advances and so when the paycheck does arrive, it can be [...]
Rough Diamonds Anyone?
Posted in Now where do I put this? on 5 February 2009 | 2 Comments »
I hate it when it comes to the point in the life of a blog when the blogger has to apologise for being away (despite having good reason).
For some bloggers a fear of abandonment sets in.
For some more it’s just a feeling of responsibility – ‘I owe my readers a post.’ Watching those blog stats [...]
Paralysis
Posted in Everyday Heroes, tagged care, love, paralysis, parents on 4 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
They had already been nursing her for 4 months when the stroke was followed by a heart attack.
Partial paralysis became full paralysis. The doctors gave her 1 or 2 days to live and funeral arrangements were made.
But she didn’t die.
1 year later, S— and his wife D— spend about 40 minutes caring for his mother-in-law.
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