It’s the new year and how best to start it off by appearing on TV! Hahahaha! Of course it’s not something I expected to do on the morning for the first day of a new year – usually I would be sleeping in after Subuh to catch up on rest, waking up close to lunch. Fate brought me to the screen and again, talking about money – it’s all about financial literacy. Still curious how I ended up on the show. I’m pretty sure Era Natasha had something to do with it but this time she mentioned she passed mine...

2022 has definitely been overwhelmingly – colourful. So many unexpected events happened, many I never thought I would experienced. Some good, some bad. Some overwhelming with emotions – heavy emotions. It took a lot out of a person who gave a lot out to the world, to feel things turning back on you was definitely not something anyone would look forward to. This had a lot to do with life at work. It actually started off pretty good, closing 2021 on a high note and stepping into 2022 all motivated. Come to think of it, it was probably too good...

Those close to me can vouch that I’ve been babbling about my intention to climb Mount Kinabalu numerous times in the past few months – been trying to find friends who would be willing to take on the challenge with me but thus far no one dare to commit. Why, why, why? View of Mount Kinabalu from Spring Garden, Kundasang @ 6.23am, 28 December 2022 It’s not that I haven’t climbed it before – in actual fact I’ve climbed in twice. Once back in 2004 (I think) with colleagues from my first work place – Malaysia National Insurance (MNI –...

It sometimes can be a tug of war with Ruzain especially at unfamiliar places. Just like the weather (literally what we’re facing during our Sabah trip), he can be unpredictable – at times a sudden pour of emotions. When overwhelmed, he will find various ways to cope, sometimes causing him to be overwhelmed, which then spills over to the dad being overwhelmed – hahaha. The one coping mechanism (more of overboard trigger) that I usually struggle to cope with is when he decides not to sleep throughout the night. This means 1) I would not have enough sleep as well,...

Today decided to travel to the capital of the land below the wind (“negeri di bawah bayu”) – Sabah. Just got to know why it’s called land below the wind – because it lies below the typhoon belt of the East Asia and never really battered by any typhoons – fun fact. The story today does not revolve about the trip to Kota Kinabalu (at least not this post) but the experience of traveling with Ruzain on a 2 hours 10 minutes flight there. It’s not even the flight itself – Ruzain was fine in the plane as both of...