After a very long sojourn away from this space, I return with photos of flowers blooming around our home. Enjoy!

One NAME caused an uproar
One NAME began a dilemma within a nation
One NAME had gotten people to look into themselves
One NAME called us to a life of deeper Faith.

And, i know that this name could only be JESUS.

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When faith is dragged into the dirty ditch of partisan politics;
There are no winners, only the injured and the maimed.

Work suspended for two weeks. We're off to Nilai !

Feels so good to be taking a break. Home is bravo zulu and just cleared the last dregs of work this morning; it's now up to the suppliers to do their thing!

I am going to flatline and vegetate for the next 12 days. So, blessed Christmas to everyone and remember, be generous to everyone; give gifts to folks who can't give you any. God will bless you.

see ya!

Happy birthday, Linda. We love you. David thoroughly enjoyed keeping the 'surprise' a 'secret' from you!

Congratulations to Graeme and Lorna for adding Aasha Rebekah Armstrong to the clan!

Congratulations to Jeremy and Leonora for the addition of Summer Mikaela Yeo Shuxian to the male dominant Yeo family!

Finally, girls.

David should now learn to be gentle(r) cos girls don't play rough!(right?)

Happy Birthday Grandpa Wilfred Yeo Leng Chua. We love you. You gave us a scare last year and you're not as mobile as before, but we truly appreciate your many sacrifices to the family and love to us grand-kids. Let's face it, we're monkeys of the highest degree, but you were game enough to be part of our fun yet, able to get us in line.

My cousins would know him much better than i would ever have. They stayed with the Gramps's for a good portion of their childhood. We had moved to Kuching when i was about 3. Although, i probably did enough damage in Limbang for them to chase me to Kuching! (i.e. driving a car down hill at the age of 2, pinching granma's bum with a pair of pincers would be included in my resume...).

Our annual jaunts back to Limbang would always give us the time to know them a little better. An image which would always remain with me about grandpa is one of him - in his rubber boots, old weather beaten straw hat, a pair of shorts and an equally decrepit shirt - walking up and down the hill slope behind the house tending to his plants. He was at an age when my other classmates would tell of how their grandpa would be old, frail and basically, old! Little did i realise that my grandpa was old too but was and still is as fit as a limbang buffalo! He doesn't walk so well anymore but he's in a better state than any other old coot his age!

So, here's to you, Kong-Kong. A toast to your health; we salute your wisdom, love and purity of heart!

We love you.