I’m writing from my grab car returning from a two day speaking event in JB and in my wait at the JB Senai Airport, I had some rather fascinating encounters with people. One outstanding chat was meeting a Malaysian who became a US Citizen in the 9 years of him living in the USA and …
Author Archives: Eli The Author
September Whoops?
Wow, unreal, it seems like September came so quickly after my last post in March. The days are passing by so fast, I don’t even know what actually happened amidst the busy-ness! But if there’s one thing that I learned — is to practice mindfulness. With a little help from some singing bowl meditation videos, …
Unreality
3 months have passed on so quickly that I can’t pen everything down in words. The months have been nothing short of busy and dramatic. If there’s anything to sum it, its a word that I made up “Unreal-ity” An Unreal Reality. But reality is real and the challenges that reality brings is real — …
2023 as a whole
A great part of it was the grind. It was a roller-coaster. Juggling mid-age experiences. Running a community of entrepreneurs, running into the 6th year, regularly, monthly. Not easy but has been fulfilling. Learning how to be more organised. Simplifying. Fortifying my supplementations to keep myself physically protected & mentally sharp. My aim for 2023 …
More Mind Over Matter
I realise that my mind is a trickster or rather that I have to be a trickster to my mind. That way, I can increase control and rein it in for my benefit. The only way is to fill my mind with ways to improve. Yet, the mind is susceptible to suggestions, especially when unprepared. …
Yet life goes on
I’m awake pondering in the past 3-4 weeks, reason being I am reminded that life passes on pretty quickly, given that time doesn’t stop for anyone despite all the crazy ups and downs. It’s terrible to see that another war has erupted and people holding on to their own factions. I’m reminded of Michael Jackson’s …
A loss of another friend
Just a month after the passing of my father in law, another person, a friend passed. He was an important figure who taught and helped shaped, some of my turning points in life. He asked deep questions like “What do you want?” He woke me up on personal grooming. He made me like the colour …
Gratitude
Often times gratitude comes at a point too late. To thank someone after their last breath. Better to thank the person now than later. Muster the courage to do it now. And just do it. There’s only one life. One opportunity. Make it happen.
Grief
Just a day ago, I lost my father in law to cancer. He fought valiantly to the very end and tried his best to push for recovery but was overcome by aggressive cancer. In the last few weeks before his death, in the midst of busy work, I was told to speak to him soon …
Life’s Brief Candle
A poem by William Shakespeare, a poem that didn’t mean a lot to me when I first read it in my early teens, but more recently, it has become very real coming into passing my mid-30s soon. The realisation that in 15 years I will be 50 and it feels that I haven’t figured any …