Coffee Sunrise

                                                 Gracing my mind this week are the youth of today. This age group is often underestimated and contrary to the negative publicity given to our young people, I have come across many level headed youth who are eloquent, wise and compassionate. Off course as with every generation, there will be the handful, who deviate from the norms. The million dollar question here is, who, shall accept responsibility for a youth who has crossed over to the wild side of life?   You see, most of the time as adults, we forget, that children have to be nurtured and disciplined in a loving environment with boundaries and guidelines and I believe moral values stemming from religion is of great help he...

I don't recall my parents having stressed so much with issues of child minding, going to work and then shuttling us children to extra curricular classes. Matter of fact, I believe, back in the day our parents did not know much of what was happening in the lives of their children. And, dare I say, generations X and Y have turned out to be mostly model children and citizens. Lack of parental attention and all. Lo and behold though,  what a load have we to deal with.  As a working mum in Malaysia, in recent years, life can be a misery on many levels.  You see, we are after-all Asian and the mentality of working your staff to the bone is ingrained even in this day and age. I recall days of when my little ones were ill and it was a not so easy to obtain leave to tend to them. I recall yet another bitter experience of when my husband was hospitalized and the company had no compassion, asking me to take unpaid leave for just a few days. ...