Making the most of what one has got (left)

Making the most of what one has got (left)

Making the most of what is left

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a young man became quadriplegic

after a diving accident,

which broke his neck

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a woman felt half-a-woman now

after a radical mastectomy,

cos she felt less feminine

 with less a breast or two

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a middle-aged man felt like a handicap

after amputation below his knees

for infected foot and uncontrolled diabetes

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Stephen Hawking has accepted

his condition and achieved so much in life

so much more

than a normal human being could!

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We really shouldn’t be complaining!

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Singing with a violinist backup!

Singing with a violinist backup!

I am honoured to be able to sing with a violin backup! Listen to my Chinese song duet with a violinist!

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Quotes

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I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

John Lubbock. 

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Tomorrow will be better

Tomorrow will be better

“Tomorrow will be better,”  sung with one of my favourite icons . I used to call him LHG ( long hair guy) because I did not know how to read his Chinese name.  Later, he told me it is Jason!
Listen to our duet!

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( Senyru poem)

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live well today, dear

for a better tomorrow

if there will be one!

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Here is another duet with Linjinbo, another Thai Chinese.  Listen to our duet on “Tomorrow will be better“

Lijinbo , Thai singer

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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever”.  Mahatma Gandhi

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I can’t comprehend, too, what all these wars are for!

I can’t comprehend, too, what all these wars are for!

As I sang this song, from a distance, I, too, can not comprehend what all these wars around the world are for?

Can you?

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“All warfare is based on deception”.

Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”

I can resonate with this grandmother’s love!

I can resonate with this grandmother’s love!

Can you?

I saw these captions and can’t help but agree with this grandmother’s love!

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Singing and cognition

Singing and cognition

Singing and cognition

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(senyru poem)

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no office colleagues

no administrative works

cognition declines

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with much to command

to staring at ceiling and walls

thus cognition fails

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cannot remember

sir,  come, water the plants here

guiding hands to pots

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planning to retire?

as hobby or therapy

consider singing!

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A Hindu or a Hindi song?

A Hindu or a Hindi song?

My daughter ( in black sari) joining an Indian dance

A few days ago, I joined a fellow Chinese singer in an adventurous singing duet for a Hindu song ” Yeh Kya Huwa” (and I was corrected that it is a Hindi song because Hindu is a religion).

Fellow singer duet in a Hindi song
( Listen to our duet!)

Kids’ silent cry for help

Kids’ silent cry for help

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A smile is just a smile

while the pain’s hidden, unseen

until suicides… too late

as kids’ silent cry for help

goes unheeded

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Kids need a safe space

to express themselves 

A need to communicate

their feelings, stress, and anxieties

to build confidence and self-esteem

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whose roles are these? 

to pick up kids’ silent cries for help?

mental healthcare professionals

need more training?

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Healthcare professionals only?

schools, parents, social workers,

and the law enforcers?

Public helplines and

governmental support?

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Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.

DONNA TARTT

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There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

Laurell K. Hamilton

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A show for a meal

A show for a meal

Entertaining meals

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I find the latest trends in food industry.

Dancing while pulling noodles

and singing happy birthday

during a steam boat meals,

a healthier option!

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Melting mozzarella

creating a mozarella fan in the air

Then rolling and wrapping

around the fried chicken, prawn,

a change in a fast food restaurant!

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Such creativity

in the food industry now!

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How else to whet

a customer’s appetite!

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Your day will come

Your day will come

Thinking positively and your day will come!

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never stop trying

never stop believing

never give up

your day will come

Stephen Hawking

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I admire parents who have never stopped trying and never give up on what they believe in on their challenges in life, including children and goals in life.

BECAUSE THE DAY WILL COME!

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Even patients with cancer readjusted their goals with changing time-frame allotted by the disease!

Even children who are differently-abled may surprise one with their hidden talents!

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