Reflecting: Que Sera Sera

Reflecting: Que Sera Sera

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I met many of my former students on the social media. A lot of reflections in our chats, as we reminisced the past years. I usually have to make the first move to connect to them whenever I see their pictures appearing on my site. Many are mothers of teenaged children!

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“…ah, I remember you. You were so timid those days! Now you are teaching the other nurses! Excellent!’

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“… You own two renal dialysis centers? So enterprising!”

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“.. you are the CEO of a cancer hospital! I remember you used to be one of the top few students most of the time!”

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“you are a full-time house wife and mother? But you used to be very good in your studies!”

“So, how are you? Your kids are so big already! How time flies!”

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After some time on the chat, one of them said, “… remember the songs you used to make us sing to improve our English? The song…

Que Sera Sera, whatever will be, will be…”

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Quote:-

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.- William Shakespeare

Flying without wings

Flying without wings

Flying without wings

Flying without wings” can mean achieving greatness or a feeling of euphoria through something other than physical flight, such as love, ambition, or spiritual fulfillment. It symbolizes transcending limitations and finding a sense of freedom and accomplishment through inner strength and unconventional means. The phrase can also have specific symbolic meanings in religion or be the title of the popular Westlife song, which is about finding the “one thing” that makes life complete.

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Listen to my song:-

Flying without wings

I only have you in my heart.

I only have you in my heart.

Listen to my solo 我的心里没有他 wo de xin li mei yu da (meaning I only have you in my heart.)

Jealousy- I only have you in my heart!

This song reminds us that females can be such petty and jealous species.

I wonder if it applies to men, too!

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“Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover’s insecurity.”

– Margaret Mead

Mental disorders: Applying the safety net

Mental disorders: Applying the safety net

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Li Na passed by a house in a rural village.
An unkempt, half-naked man was squatting
over a drain outside a half-burned house.

The driver said, “he is a mentally-ill person.
He was probably trying to cook some food.”
A lady sitting next to Anna chuckled,
“… and burning down his own house, crazy fella.”

Li Na was disappointed with the elderly lady.
“But, but, this house is so near the hospital!
He needs treatment!” Li Na exclaimed.
“The police would not come and take him to the hospital because no one reported it,” the driver explained.

… Society has failed him.
… Our mental health safety net has failed,
…His family members have failed him and not gotten him treated.
Li Na felt guilty too for not picking up the phone,
as the team moved on.

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The above anecdote is an example and illustration of some neglected persons.

Covid-19 causes stress and potential mental disorders risks in society and work places as well. Safety net policies need to be enforced for these people at risk

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Special angels: because we are the chosen ones!

Special angels: because we are the chosen ones!

a happy family sitting on the grass
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It was an annual dinner. The doctor held his child’s hand as they walked towards their table. The happy and excited child (with cerebral palsy) walked with jerky and clumsy limbs besides his dad. At the table, he started to hit the cutlery on the plates, enjoying his ‘music’.

“Behave, dear!”

Immediately he stopped!

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Quotes:

These ‘angels’ (parents) have so much patience and compassion; not many people have these qualities, and no university can teach one these attitudes, too! – Chen S.P., August, 2021

The question: Why me? Because you are the chosen one! … So do it well! – Chen S.P., August, 2021

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Ironically, In This Vastness Of Land

Ironically, In This Vastness Of Land

This is a poem, titled after a hand-painted bowl which was created by the author, a few years ago. Whereas, the poem is inspired by the many tragic news of perished immigrants on rough seas. They were trying to reach a better-land in this, ironically, vastness of land on mother earth.

In this vastness of land
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
In this vastness of land
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
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In this vastness of land 
stretching and circling this bowl
 round and round, but, to no end! 

From the bowl’s interior 
radiates that phosphorescent glow
 a beckoning promise, almost superior! 

Across the wide seas and oceans
 breaking families, risking lives 
to find that elusive ‘greener grass’ notions! 

On rough waters,  
human lives are inhumanly packed 
in overcrowded sea vessels 
clutching desperately to partners and wives.

 “I see the land, I see the land!” 
But it was, many a time,  
an illusion to touch beaches, 
to kiss the sand. 

Can you see the land, a better land? 
Will freedom be your stand 
in this vastness of land?
 
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Quotes:-

  1. “Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt

2. “What has happened to us in this country? If we study our own history, we find that we have always been ready to receive the unfortunate from other countries, and though this may seem a generous gesture on our part, we have profited a thousandfold by what they have brought us.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

Do we meet people by accident?

Do we meet people by accident?


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Do we met by accident? Photo by Hussein Altameemi on Pexels.com

Synchronicity
meaningful coincidence
in meeting someone

A belief or sign
that we met for a purpose

not by accident


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Everyone one meets
is a part of our journey.
Is it a blessing,

…. or a lesson?

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A soprano or a bass

A soprano or a bass

There are another two of my idols in WeSing- a Soprano and a Bass singer. (maybe more toward baritone?)

They often mistaken my voice for a man’s. But my voice can not be as low as baritone or bass! 

Although I am a lady,  I can not reach a soprano tone.

WeSing 里我的另外两个偶像是女高音和男低音歌手。我都不能成为其中任何一个

虽然我是女士，但我唱不出女高音。

他们经常误以为我的声音是男人的声音。但我的声音也不能像男低音那么低啊！

I call him LP ( lau pa or old father) . Listen to his duets with me.

Speak softly love

Killing me softly with her song

Help me make it through the night

You needed me

Where do I begin?

I call her Permrak, the Soprano lady. Listen to her duet song with me

One Moment In Time

Shanghai beach

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Iam so happy to learn a new term from Dolly – Do read Dolly’ s comment below!

Gratitude is a basketful of vegetables!

Gratitude is a basketful of vegetables!
(a poem)

Here’s my basketful
with blessings and gratitude
for healing my wounds!

carrots and corn on brown woven basket
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A former student, Ms Paat S.L. narrated how she put stoma and wound care into practice when she went back to Sarawak. It was very satisfying to see her patients recovering and healing. Some patients’ relatives came from the far interior (in Borneo Island). They would bring a basketful of vegetables or fruits as a token of appreciation upon discharge!

Stoma and wound-care can be very challenging, yet rewarding, indeed!

I am glad she found the ‘ikigai’ in this new field as the first stomaltherapist in Sarawak!

She went on to train many other nurses in the Borneo Island.