Patience

A picture is worth a thousand words – explicit and implicit, exposed and hidden. Exercise session 8 January 2024 If anyone were to look at the photo above they would have probably thought that we were having the day of our lives.  At that particular brief moment we probably did.  But there’s always more than meets the eyes; by default life is full of surprises – this is especially true when there is a special child in your life. Yesterday was supposed to be a relatively normal and dull day but as usual it turned out to be rather an...

Sunday morning

It’s been a while since I took the stage to address an audience.  I did it today. It felt odd.  Definitely wasn’t my best but still it didn’t feel too bad. I realized that the good thing about this CDO role had allowed to do what I love most – sharing. However, it’s not always easy when there are a lot going internally. It’s a constant battle of appearing for the moment, delivering the right messages while battling yourself against any potential hypocrisy against what you’re saying.  But most times, it’s really speaking to yourself, a self reminder more than...

Fri-yay!

It’s Friday. A blessed day. Spending the day working from home – or at least doing work when something comes around. Work has been odd for the past few months where I’m involved in some of it and not the others, or come in between to be the “face” to face the music, then disappear again back to the background. Sidelines. I’ve learned through the series of incidents over the past half year to know better, it’s not worth to fight the current at where I am working now – I’ll keep the energy to do it where it is...

Happy Birthday Daddy

He would have been 75 years old today.  It has become a routine every time this year that I would naturally write about him, my late dad – Wan Ahmad Lotfi, fondly known to family and friends as Pi, Pak Wan or Pakcik. To me – he was daddy. I’ve always been a mama’s boy but I’ve always been told I resemble my dad a lot in many ways. As I grew older, I’ve come to realized there’s truth to these claims. We grew closer as I grew older – he wasn’t always around when I was growing up. But...

Surprise

Today was the first working day of the year. I had initially planned to spent the whole day at the office but had to rearrange to spent the second half of the day from home – had to pick Ruzain up as the transporter couldn’t make it at the last minute. First thing at the office I was surprised to find out few big work arrangements had been made without my knowledge. Then again actually, it’s no surprise.  Later in the afternoon, similar incidents happened. Anyway, came to accept it. It has become a norm. Que sera sera. Good thing...