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...

My growing up days were actually influenced a lot by 2 amazing women, who were extremely patient with all my quirks and behaviours, of which many difficult to handle. As I look back to my younger days, as much as I don’t think I will change anything (ok maybe some parts of it like maybe try be more popular with girls – hahaha!), I know I wasn’t an angel with a clean sheet especially during my teenage years. I can easily be categorised as one of those rebellious teenager, although at times didn’t seem as one (what I tell myself...

It’s been forever since I wrote or posted anything – the last post was back in April 2022. I never managed to get to the discipline of writing regularly and as busy days came – day by day, hour after hour, it all got lost in time. It’s not really about the need to share or write too much. It just shows the busyness of daily life, mostly working life, got the most of me. It’s that good? Probably not. Bad? More unavoidable. But as many other things in life, really got to find the discipline to have that break....