Missing you
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:-
- “All deaths are sudden, no matter how gradual the dying may be.” ― Michael McDowell
- “All of us have parents. Generations pass. We are not unique. Now it is our family’s turn.” ― Ralph Webster
Who is the strongest of them all?
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
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
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
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’ Miss Is Our Gain!
Tourists’ miss is our gain! – courtesy of Toh HL 
Tourist’ miss is our gain! -courtesy of Toh HL
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
Life as a quadriplegic.
Life as a quadriplegic
Zack has an incredible attitude towards his life as a quadriplegic. His mother is a jewel!
View here: Zack’s life as a quadriplegic.
This story on Facebook reminds me of two other teenagers who dived and broke their necks.
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The first one was a handsome well-built six- footer on admission. Some unscrupulous persons dumped some solid rubbish and rocks into the water… a spot where he used to dive at a harbour. With complete loss and wasting of his four limbs, he often vented his frustrations and yelled at his mother in the ward. She used to cry outside along the ward corridor. A former colleague visited him at a home some thirty years later. He sold his mouth- paintings and even bought wheelchairs for fellow paraplegics who couldn’t afford them.
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I met the second teenager at Piazza della Indipendenza in Florence. He was on a motorized wheelchair which he could handle with the minimal use of fingers on the buttons. He had spastic quadriplegia. His muscles remained firm and not wasted. His mother and brother were with him. At my request, he demonstrated how he moved around the garden on his ‘machine’. It was about the cost of a car in my country, then.
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Too old to drive?
Too old to drive?
As aging takes its degenerative toll on eyesight, hearing, reflexes and mental faculty, driving becomes a concern.
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A senior citizen drove
on a motorcycle lane.
Some drove
against the traffic!
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Concerns sparked.
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Suppose one eyesight
is getting poorer,
especially on nights,
or against the glares?
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Suppose one’s hearing
gets worse and can’t hear
vehicles horning behind?
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Suppose one’s reflexes
become slower
with aging and stiff joints?
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Independence and mobility
are vital for the
well-being of older people.
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Should their driving licenses
be screened medically?
Should public transports
be easily and freely
available to them?
…without them trying
to cross the heavy traffic,
or to the bus stops?
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Are the millions of
baby boomers
still driving?
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Chen Song Ping 