telling it straight - marina mahathir

somehow i feel like i am slowly beginning to being my old self again.  i have started reading again... not that i had ever stopped reading but i had only read parenting stuff the last many years.  i have started reading again... adding mind intriguing materials to the collection.

recently, i got myself a book, telling it straight by marina mahathir.  one of the reasons i chose this book is because i find it interesting the way the author questions and challenges the society which enable the readers to think through the fabric we put over the social issues and turn a blind eye.

the book helps to make the mind think objectively and self criticize... not that i agree to everything the author said as i am as opinionated as she is but the way she presented her case makes me want to thank her for the enlightenment. 

her opening chapter is on youth and education, of course very relevant to me as a mother of young children.  only read 7 pages and she got me into thinking what is the value i shall bring about in my children who will contribute to the mindset of the future society. 

basically, she got me into thinking... or is it the reading that got me thinking critically and i believe it makes me a better person.  a thinking society is bound to be a progressive society.  lack of thinking renders one complacent and such complacency hinders progression. 

read is God's first command to mankind and that in itself is an exaltation...

blessed birthday 09012013

here is wishing myself a blessed birthday. may this year brings nothing but the best and all the wonderful things in life...

happy new year 2013

fireworks lit the skies...

 and it is only a little more than an hour into the 2013 year.... on this auspicious day, i would like to wish everyone a happy new year...may they year we so welcomed with such festivity will unfold gracefully pleasant surprises and as well ensures peace and stability around the globe... may happiness be the umbrella the angels hold over the globe.. over my heart as well...

have a blessed year....happy new year...