Things to do:

1. tattoo
2. climb a mountain
3. travel to all continents
4. visit the pyramids
5. earn the title Dr.
6. learn a new language
7. visit Aberdeen
8. listen to ‘Dogwood Days’ live
9. publish my poetry
10. publish in Cell or Nature
11. meditate
12. embrace Buddhism
13. India
14. make a difference
15. …

Things done:

1. visited at least one of the worlds’ seven wonders.
2. watched a play
3. watched a ballet
4. been to a concert
5. learned how to play an instrument
6. had a song written for me
7. fell in love
8. fell out of love
9. been to Disneyland
10. met a famous author
11. been to a symphony orchestra
12. know how to swim
13. parasailing
14. solo camping
15. rock climbing
16. cross stitch
17. wrote poetry
18. visited three continents
19. been to a drive in theatre
20. ate a centipede
21. been captain of a sport that I couldn’t play
22. choral-speaking
23. debating
24. been in a mock company
25. volunteered
26. shadowed
27. TOEFEL, IELTS, SAT, MCAT, GRE
28. know how to cook
29. have a favorite band
30. India
31. had surgery
32. been fat, and lost weight
33. had a boy cut
34. colored my hair
35. had more than one piercing
36. smoked
37. alcohol
38. lost in a crowd (more than once!)
39. slapped (both at the receiving and giving end)
40. cried in public
41. kissed a stranger
42. vomited in public
43. inebriated beyond belief (I lost count)
44. yoga
45. prayed
46. had hair removed by every possible manner
47. diamonds
48. …

Alternative sources for Malaysian news

As I grew tired of reading the propaganda laced government controlled local Malaysian newspapers, I stumbled upon these two sites. Both sites host interesting articles on important issues with honest opinions.

www.malaysiakini.com

www.othermalaysia.org

Read away....
You'll learn so much more about Malaysia that you never knew and all that you wished you knew.

Another year, another page

Another year, another page
Another bloom, another cage

We’re walking the same paths
Singing the same tunes
Building the same dreams
Confronting the same fears

They’re fighting the same wars
Dying without a cause…

Lives marred and faces scarred
Killers born and lovers torn
Hopes detached and woes attached
Where have we come?
Where are we now?
Where is He now that men have veered?
Where was He when our souls escaped?

And we keep walking…

We’re hoping for a change
They’re begging, they’re deranged
Amidst the bombs that light their skies
The clouds of dust that line their eyes
Humanity has to prevail
Life is lost
Hopes ablaze
Laughter drowned
But the rooster crows

Yet we are still walking…

Preoccupied in our miseries
Of nothingness
Ambiguous
Indifferently
We lead our empty lives
But if everyone cared and everyone shared
And nobody avenged or despised
This could have been a better place
For another year, another page.