http://connie.sg Connie writes about the topics close to her heart, such as music, literature, ideas, people, life, and her undying love for learning. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:40:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_105" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Best Eversee the ring of light"][/caption] Festivals are my favourite time of the year. They do come one after another. First the Hari Raya Puasa, then Deepavali, followed by Christmas and finally Christmas. I visited Little India the day after Deepavali with my friend Lilly, who to ... http://connie.sg/2009/10/30/deepavali-lights-in-little-india/ Who Am I? I promised to write about my discussion with my groups of friends about our beliefs, our sense of who we are , our values and makes us happy. My group had a lively discussion on the subject of identity. I think the problem is that we can't ... http://connie.sg/2009/10/28/who-am-i/ It has been a week since my fall and I am still confined to home and nursing a painful ankle and wrist. I can see myself thus confined for some weeks and it is in times like these that I am reminded of  the increasing vulnerability of aging, especially ... http://connie.sg/2009/09/20/poverty-of-spirit/ Maybe you should come to Perth and learn to live a quiet life and learn that you are no longer the centre of things, my sister said. My term as president of AWARE was over and the trauma of the take over by a group of women who had a different ... http://connie.sg/2009/09/18/86/ The scene was the newly upgraded and landscaped entrance of the MacRitchie Reservoir and I was enjoying the sun-drenched morning. The sun  glistened through the freshly watered plants; the sunbirds flitted about, flying from one wet bush to another. The morning was fresh. The garden was lush, green, and delightful. Suddenly ... http://connie.sg/2009/09/01/the-ugly-singaporean/ I cannot helping thinking of the role of prisons in preparing prisoners to re-enter society? I have been following the court case of three inmates who assaulted a fellow cell mate and inflicted the  most degrading acts on a fellow prisoner and human being. Should the objective of imprisonment be only punishment ... http://connie.sg/2009/07/15/prisons-and-prisoners/ I am going through what is referred to as 'a pause'. A 'pause' is a time, an 'inbetween' time between 'projects' 'life transformations' , jobs etc anyway you got my drift. it is also an important point of time in one's life for reflection and relaxation. I have just stepped down ... http://connie.sg/2009/07/11/a-pause/ My apologies for taking so long. So many things have happened since my last visit to the blog. Any way here's is the final and longest part of the story I started. Hope you enjoy it. Final Part. On this  particular Sunday evening she felt the need to go to church. It ... http://connie.sg/2009/05/20/part-3/ This is the second part of the story that I started a couple of weeks ago. The last part I shall post tomorrow. 'The one break she gave herself was at the end of the afternoon when she would wrap herself in warm clothes to face the evening cold of a ... http://connie.sg/2009/03/17/story-continued/ A sunbird hovered near my window, over the plants that I have on my balcony : a truly beautiful distraction which made me move from my computer and watch it as it hovered from plant to plant. It made my day. I also had a haircut. There is something about haircuts ... http://connie.sg/2009/02/26/the-sunbird/