Long long time...

Time surely flies these days! Did not realise that my last entry was Jan 2008, and it's already May???? Anyway, balancing life has been a task indeed with so many concurrent activities going on. Thankfully, am managing this area somehow. Everyone at home is doing ok and I have moved from Claims to Business Excellence (same Company). A new challenge indeed! Exciting no doubt and requires patience in dealing with everyone in the Company. Anyway, got to watch "We Will Rock You" in Singapore recently.. what a fantastic show! A must see if you have the chance. Back here, just played squash for my club over the weekend in a friendly.. a trashing lesson for me.. (ya, never play with seeded players in future!).

On IT side, still trying to figure out more on Facebook uses.. wonder if I'll ever learn the works.. besides accepting friends and putting messages up...

Anyway, have fun everyone!

Fun bowl!

Our family had a bowling game on 12/1/08 at the new 1 Utama Bowling Centre where we introduced Zehan to the game. Thanfully, they have bumper rail lanes for kids to enjoy (invariably enjoyed by Mei Hua too... ;-)). Well, what a start for Zehan as he scored 80 (with help from the rails off course!). All's well, we definitely had a good time as a family that afternoon.. Sandra? She sat and watched.. ball to heavy for her at present. But, we played fusball together...

Starting over...

Today, 3/1/2008 marks the return to school for both Zehan & Sandra. Zehan's into primary 2 whilst Sandra into the 1st level of pre-school. Both woke up early in anticipation and excitement of a fresh new day and year!

The Marriage Tablet by Abdul Baha

THE MARRIAGE TABLET
(Abdu’l-Baha)

The bond that unites hearts most perfectly is loyalty. True lovers once united must show forth the utmost faithfulness one to another. You must dedicate your knowledge, your talents, your fortunes, your titles, your bodies and your spirits to God, to Bahá'u'lláh and to each other. Let your hearts be spacious, as spacious as the universe of God!

Allow no trace of jealousy to creep between you, for jealousy, like unto poison, vitiates the very essence of love. Let not the ephemeral incidents and accidents of this changeful life cause a rift between you. When differences present themselves, take counsel together in secret, lest others magnify a speck into a mountain. Harbour not in your hearts any grievance, but rather explain its nature to each other with such frankness and understanding that it will disappear, leaving no remembrance. Choose fellowship and amity and turn away from jealousy and hypocrisy.

Your thoughts must be lofty, your ideals luminous, your minds spiritual, so that your souls may become a dawning-place for the Sun of Reality. Let your hearts be like unto two pure mirrors reflecting the stars of the heaven of love and beauty.

Together make mention of noble aspirations and heavenly concepts. Let there be no secrets one from another. Make your home a haven of rest and peace. Be hospitable, and let the doors of your house be open to the faces of friends and strangers. Welcome every guest with radiant grace and let each feel that it is his own home.

No mortal can conceive the union and harmony which God has designed for man and wife. Nourish continually the tree of your union with love and affection, so that it will remain ever green and verdant throughout all seasons and bring forth luscious fruits for the healing of the nations.

O beloved of God, may your home be a vision of the paradise of Abha, so that whosoever enters there may feel the essence of purity and harmony, and cry out from the heart: Here is the home of love! Here is the palace of love! Here is the nest of love! Here is the garden of love!
Be like two sweet-singing birds perched upon the highest branches of the tree of life, filling the air with songs of love and rapture.

Lay the foundation of your affection in the very center of your spiritual being, at the very heart of your consciousness, and let it not be shaken by adverse winds.

And, when God gives you sweet and lovely children, consecrate yourselves to their instruction and guidance, so that they may become imperishable flowers of the divine rose-garden, nightingales of the ideal paradise, servants of the world of humanity, and the fruit of the tree of your life.

Live in such harmony that others may take your lives for an example and may say one to another: Look how they live like two doves in one nest, in perfect love, affinity and union. It is as though God had kneaded the very essence of their beings for the love of one another.

Attain the ideal love that God has destined for you, so that you may become partakers of eternal life forthwith. Quaff deeply from the fountain of truth, and dwell all the days of your life in the paradise of glory, gathering immortal flowers from the garden of divine mysteries.

Be to each other as heavenly lovers and divine beloved ones dwelling in a paradise of love. Build your nest on the leafy branches of the tree of love. Sail upon the shoreless sea of love. Walk in the eternal rose-garden of love. Bathe in the shining rays of the sun of love. Be firm and steadfast in the path of love. Perfume your nostrils with the fragrances from the flowers of love. Attune your ears to the soul-entrancing melodies of love. Let your aims be as generous as the banquets of love, and your words as a string of white pearls from the ocean of love. Drink deeply of the elixir of love, so that you may live continually in the reality of Divine Love.

8 Blissful Years!

8 years! Yes..8 and going strong! 19/12/2007 marks our 8th anniversary as husband and wife. What a journey it has been for both of us. Regardless of whatever challenges we faced, we remain united and focused on serving the community with great joy. We truly are happy together! I am indeed very grateful and thankful to have her as my wife, and as a great mother to our kids...

We are often reminded of this from the Baha'i Writings:-
"The true marriage of Baha'is is this, that husband and wife should be united both physically and spiritually, that they may ever improve the spiritual life of each other, and may enjoy everlasting unity throughout all the worlds of God."

Another milestones for the kids

Deepavali 2007 (8 Nov) will always be remembered for both our kids' milestones. Yes, a double delight one may say. Sandra got her ears pierced whilst Zehan got his 1st pair of spectacles. On the same day, Daddy me also for the 1st time stay in queue for 55 minutes at J.Co Donuts, Pavillions to buy a dozen of donuts! Crazy me.. yes... a day to remember!

Sandra's 1st concert, 27 Oct 2007

"Children are indeed the gems of inestimatable value!". Yes, our shy girl was one of the dancer at her kindergarden's graduation night and boy, did she blew our minds away! She danced without fear and with great moves! She smiled and remembered the steps. Such a darling to us. A moment to cherish indeed! (sadly, Daddy's video recorder somehow did not capture the dance and now sourcing for her friend's video..).