A Thought to Ponder

Where the river meets the sea on a beautiful day out kayaking.

The Dalai Lama was asked,
“What thing about humanity surprises you the most?”

His answer,
“Man because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices his money to recuperate his health. Then he is so anxious about the future that he doesn’t enjoy the present. As a result, he doesn’t live in the present or the future. He lives as if he’s never going to die. Then he dies having never really lived."

My Father On A Bicycle

Mr. Ho Ho Lim, my late father a suave young man then in 1951, on his gentleman bike.

I have never seen my father on a bicycle before so I was quite delighted to chance upon an old photograph of him on a ‘gentleman bike’ which was taken in 1951, five years before I was born; otherwise I can say that cycling is in my blood!

And I think it is a really cool photograph and he looks really cool. And I also think that he would be really proud of and supportive of me on this charity ride if he was still alive today. I miss you and mum, dad.

This Is Your Life

This is a great manifesto to live by and I would like to share it. The Holstee Manifesto can be found on their about page.

Now that you’ve read it – all you need is the courage to just do it! But please don’t wait too long; or you’ll get 'old' before then. ;-)