Traditional Tuesday – in Sarawak
Former students doing the Sarawak dance at the end of the enterostomaltherapy (ET) nursing program. The lady in the middle, Helen Bampa, taught the other two. Helen belongs to an aboriginal group called Kenyah (Orang Ulu). It was a beautiful dance and memory. The latter two had gone back to Vietnam. I miss them all!
According to Helen, the dance is called Ngajat Datun Julut. It is performed during opening ceremonies, welcoming VIPs, and during wedding functions.
Wandering grandpa…
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Hold my hand
least you get lost!
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I read about a grand father who wandered many kilometers away from home. Getting lost may be the first sign of Alzheimer’s.
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“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the hell she is.”- Ellen DeGeneres
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Slowing down in life
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what’s that drumming
one has no control.
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what’s that buzzing
in thy head and veins
exploding to the very core!
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what’s that aching
contracted muscles
begging to be kneaded.
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It’s not the siren behind one,
but signs to beware!
How they creep in
insidiously with age…
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“You know you’ve reached middle age when you’re cautioned to slow down by your doctor, instead of by the police.”—Joan Rivers
Missing you
Every year passed is a year closer to you Tis me, missing you!
Very often, when a spouse or partner passes on, one ponders about one’s time too.
This poem expresses the missing of a loved one.
With time, will the feeling of loss diminish?
Quotes:-
Who is the strongest of them all?
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
who is the strongest of them all?
A figure so tiny, so frail,
but she's a matriarch behind a veil.
Besides a man so strong and tall,
is a woman who takes over when he falls.
When the family is cracking and breaking,
that maternal glue is in the making.
See the dame running the family millstone?
The comforting bosom that belies a financial backbone?
So, mirror, mirror on the wall
who indeed, is the strongest of them all?
QUOTES
“You’ve got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.”
– Tilman J. Fertitta
“Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come
face to face with your greatest weakness.” – Susan Gale
Pantun Kanser Payudara (A poem on cancer breast – revised)
‘A Woman First‘ is pleased to welcome a guest writer. He is Dato’ Dr. Ziaudin Ahamed Bin Abdul Kareem, an advocate for Quality of Life. ‘Pantun Kanser Payudara’ means a poetry about breast cancer.
‘A Woman First‘ dengan berbesar hati menyambut penulis undangan. Beliau ialah Dato ’Dr. Ziaudin Ahamed Bin Abdul Kareem, seorang Pengamal Perubatan Paliatif.
Read by: Zurainawaty A Rahman, PNC, Gp 2/92
“女人优先”很高兴欢迎特邀作家。他是拿督的Ziaudin Ahamed Bin Abdul Kareem博士，生活质量的倡导者。 “ Pantun Kanser Payudara”是一首关于乳腺癌的诗。
The above poem can be summarised as /Puisi di atas dapat diringkaskan sebagai:/以上诗可概括为
Millions of Cinderella
I love the story of Cinderella. But something just doesn’t make sense!
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If shoe size is
a piece of evidence
to find Cinderella,
there must be
millions of Cinderellas
for the prince!
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Disorganisingly organized
“He can find a slip of paper or note in his huge pile of disorganized files and books on his table.”
“He said he would file them himself and not to touch anything on his home office-table! It’s off-limit to my habitual cleaning sprees.”
These home-makers complained about their husbands’ untidy office table clutters.
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Quotes:
It’s better to have ten disorganized players than ten organized runners.- Roberto Baggio
A disorganized workspace means disorganized work habits. A sloppy work environment equals sloppy results.- Larry Winget
Do you agree?
Tourists’ Miss Is Our Gain!
Tourists fly thousands of kilometers to see exotic places.
The pristine corners of Port Dickson are ignored.
We have them all to ourselves.
We are not complaining, but feel it’s ironic. – Co-author Toh HL
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Travelling does not have to be expensive
if one cares to appreciate the treasures
around and near us!
Soak one’s self
in the serenity of nature’s beauty,
sounds of rhythmic rolling of waves,
and the distant cries of birds in the forest! – Chen S.P. @ TPTan
Chen Song Ping 