Celebration of Perseverance

This year MMU convocation, I have a better chance to view our graduates' happy and proud faces on stage. All look young, beautiful (handsome for boys) and cheerful when they walk forward to receive their scrolls. Accompany with the rhythmic gamelan music, they smile to Chancellor Tun Dr Siti Hasmah, and their proudly moment are captured.

As Tun Chansellor wrote the foreword of the convocation booklet that "...our life too is filled with seasonal memoirs of rise and fall...someday when you leaf through those pages of time, ... you will only reflect with much fondness and believe that your sincere hard work and perseverance has crowned you today as graduates of MMU." What a strong agreement of me with Tun that perseverance and focus effort did contribute to our success in academic and also in all levels of our lives. May I remind myself and all that convocation is a big day to celebrate and recognize our achivement of "perserverance" in life.

Grown Up with Love

Flipping through some old albums and seeing kids photo during their younger time, this makes me realise that they have grown up, a lot.

I miss their younger look, and their younger minds, and actions. They were so cute to pose for any photo sessions; they asked many questions of all kinds; they played a lot, happily. Now, they are different. They look serious in photo. Ren everytime looks so cool in front of camera; Roy still can pose his cheerful smile on photo. Both are now 10 and 8, attending the same school. Roy tends to ask more questions regarding school from Ren; Roy initiates more playtime with Ren. I ask Ren to set a good role model for Roy, which I think it works. I reminded myself to treat them differently as two different persons, but always hope them to be together, helping and loving each other like a pair of "mandarin ducks".

孩子的心声

孩子的心声，我们大人是否常有去聆听呢？
听的时候，是否有用心听呢？
常常我都会无意中听到孩子俩聊天的小故事，他们的兴趣、喜好，往往都会聊出来，无意中也让我知道他们的心声。
孩子也会把心声画出来，再不然就是写出来。他们的作业当中，我最喜观检查的是＂曰记周记＂。
最难听到的就是小该存在内心深处的心声，不曾透露出来的心声，那才是父母应该挖掘及了解的心声。
当小孩是幸苦的啊！大人应该多听小孩的心声。

龙溪

龙溪虽是一个小镇，样样俱有。
这地方名字也取得妙：似龙般的一条小溪，好有创意的一个名字！
一瞬间，住在龙溪已有五年了。第一次写关于龙溪，的确有好多事物，我都想写。最想告诉大家的就是龙溪也有慈济，有缘在龙溪参加慈济的活动，应该要感谢杨师伯及师姑把慈济的种子播种于此地。希望慈济树能在龙溪茁壮成长，造福人群。
有期望就得有行动啊！要不然那股期望怎么能实现呢？