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911 Remembered

Time And Place How quickly time flies. Ten years have gone by. It depends who and where you are and how you have been affected. Just as in life, there have been great pains and anguish but life is like golf, you play as it lies. Life as in golf, you just wanted a decent game, enjoy the company of friends and appreciate nature. You don't want to fight with your clubs or with anyone. In short, you want to get on with life which has its own difficulties, problems, twists and turns. I remember by capturing time and place.  September 9, 2001, I was on the way to Tokyo on a business trip for a meeting. The weather was warm at about 31 degrees Celsius but in the land of the Rising Yen er I mean Rising Sun, sunrise is around a quarter past five in the mornings and sunset at ten to six in the evenings proving the wise-saying of early to bed, early to rise at least true in theory but not in practice. There was so much to do in such a short time. When the meeting was over, we adjo...

The Autumn Leaves

There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven; a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, ..... Ecclesiastes 3: 1-2/4. Going Downhill? What happens when life starts going downhill or when we start counting till the last leaf falls? These are questions posed to me by a friend/reader. The first question that springs to mind is "are we not born to die?" Doesn't everything seems futile like chasing the wind? No matter how great are our achievements. The moment we were born, the clock starts ticking. We are running against the grain. Not only that, we are bombarded by millions of germs - bacteria/viruses at birth that have taken its toll on human lives before technological advancement of medicine help to improve infant mortality and extend life. Already we are very fortunate here. Young ones with lots of energy tend to fee...

Space

What do you call an American spaceman? Astronaut. What do you call a Russian spaceman? Cosmonaut. What do you call a Chinese spaceman? Taikonaut. What do you call a Singaporean spaceman? Kiasunaut.