Do You Recognise Me, Mom? Hey Mom! It's me again.I'm sorry I don't come more oftenIt's true that you live far away Yet is a 45-minute drive really far? But you're far not just in distance MomWhen I see you it's like you're looking to meOr through me? With me? Against me?But not looking at … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #303
Today, I am returning to myย guest post series with another wonderful entry from a fellow writer friend (If you are keen to be a guest writer on my blog, please check out my guidelines for guest posts by scrolling to the bottom of myย About pageย and share your ideas with me) Leslie Koh is a former … Continue reading Guest Post: Growing Old, Gratefully and Cheerfully!
"Rose Rose Thorn Bud" To cultivate gratitudeStart by letting down your guardTend to your inner gardenWith a daily "Rose Rose Thorn Bud" The first Rose of the dayIs what put a smile on your faceMaybe a stranger gave you a winkOr you just won a three-legged race The second Rose is to help youNever forget … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #302
Two days ago was World Suicide Prevention Day. It came and went rather quietly, at least in most of the mainstream media here. Other than a government official's mention on that day during a Parliament session, and a reader's letter that was published a day before that in the local daily, nothing much else was … Continue reading Suicide Today. Still Unspoken. Still Worrisome.
My Foosball Boy My boy has a new toyA foosball set. To whilethis school hols awayWhile we figure out how To get him a new phoneTo replace that which he no longer ownsbecause he dropped it somewhereWe (or rather he) just doesn't remember where! To get him a new pair of glassesTo replace his current … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #301
Yesterday was Teacher's Day here. I've never "celebrated" it much, though I've been teaching for over two decades. Chief reason being the day always fall in between semesters (given the academic schedule of the tertiary institutions I teach in). So both myself and my students are always on a break this time of year, and … Continue reading Musings on Teaching Challenges #4: Time To Hang Up My Teaching Hat
Like "300" Against AI! Like David against GoliathOr the 300 Spartans against PersiaAt the historic Battle of ThermopylaeIs our fight now against all things Claude (not Monet)! AI like Persia then Appears now to have the upper handBut that's only because we allow it300, 3000, 3 million humans! Reveal your agency! Wrestle back controlDon't leave … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #300
By now, followers of my blog would know C, my son with moderate ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and my youngest of two teen boys. I talk about him very often in my blog. In fact, he's the reason I started this blog in the first place. Today, I'm going to talk about him again. Specifically, … Continue reading Of Raising Non-violent Teen Boys With ASD
Be Myself The greatest accomplishmentEmerson once saidIs to be yourself in a worldThat's constantly making youSomething else I know that state all too wellLived it since young andEven now. At timesI feel I'm made to alignWith whatever others want Of course I'm obligatedTo the fullest extentWith my immediate loved onesBeing there for them Always, that … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #299
With some 500 essays and nearly 300 poems in this seven-year-old blog now, I suddenly find myself in a place that feels both alien and pedestrian. Yes, some may go "Wow!" upon learning that this is my 800th post here. And in more exuberant moments, I guess I may feel so too. Yet I also … Continue reading This Is My 800th Blog Post! Time For A Rewrite.
