Category Archives: Personal

OCD Complex

Posted on April 25, 2006 by Tricia

I took this Online Personality Disorder Test a couple of months ago, and it seems my results are the same.. I am high on "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"…. wonder if this is a negative trait. I suppose I'll have to accept … Continue reading →

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Rise to the Sun

Posted on April 16, 2006 by Tricia

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other … Continue reading →

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Cruisin’ Along

Posted on April 7, 2006 by Tricia

Living in the city, working in the city, driving in the city. Requires a certain ability. To maintain a sense of cool calm and collected disposition. Which is why I've resorted to singing in the car in between meetings, sitting … Continue reading →

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That’s just pants

Posted on March 31, 2006 by Tricia

In Malaysia, pants means 'long pants' In the UK, pants means 'underwear'. (They use the term trousers for long pants). Imagine the horror, to my consternation, on my British friends' faces when on a particularly sunny and scorching Summer day, … Continue reading →

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Memoria

Posted on February 28, 2006 by Tricia

The girls play the piano and dance to kids’ party music. They laugh and giggle in childish fashion. They fade away as rapidly as time descends. I recently met a cousin whom I’ve not seen since I was 10 years … Continue reading →

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Sunlight Hill

Posted on February 24, 2006 by Tricia

In two days I will know some people very well, those whom I currently do not know even exist. This is strange about retreats. Will be off in the Sunlight Hill – Bukit Cahaya, for two and a half days … Continue reading →

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60 Ringgit (none the) Poorer

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Tricia

I spent good money yesterday on my Takamine acoustic plug-in guitar. RM18 on a new capo. (brandless) RM22 on a new jack. (brandless) RM20 on new strings. (Gibson) Slick and smooth sounding, crisp and clear twanging, I’m RM60 poorer but … Continue reading →

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If Music be the Food of Love

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Tricia

My family gathered around the instruments and made Music together last night. I’m blessed with a bunch of relatives who appreciate and love music as much as I do. Despite initial incongruent notes and off -rhythm, timing, melodies, keys, chords … Continue reading →

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Scented Oils

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Tricia

I would run screaming out of the room as the pungent smell of Hong Eu (fragrant oil) steamed into my nose. Mama, my maternal grandmother, like many others in her generation, relied almost completely upon these oils to remedy all … Continue reading →

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