More pictures of the good times past - Mum and Dad's Birthday Dinner Nov. 2009

At Li Bai Restaurant November 2009

From Left : John,Hannah,Anna, Mark and Andrew

Anna and her first grandchild, Noel

Happy Times indeed !  Good food, loving family and new toys ! 

From Left :Hannah, Anna, Noel and Andrew

                                        Beside the Christmas decorations : Anna, Geoffrey, May and Joanna.

Goodbye my beloved mother Anna Abisheganaden 1930 - 2011

  

                                 Christmas Eve Friday 24th 2010

My mother Anna Abisheganaden, went home to the Lord Jesus yesterday 8th January 2011. She passed away very peacefully yesterday afternoon at 1. 50 pm or so around lunch time.

She lived a full life and is survived by her 2 sons, myself and John, 2 daughters in law, May and Rebekah, 3 grandchildren, Noel Hao Ren, Andrew Hao Jie and Hannah En Hui Abisheganaden and 2 'godsons' Ramani Munyandi and David Mitchell 

She also left behind her able and competent  caregiver, Jonelyn or Joanna for short.
  
 I am indeed very saddened and shocked at her passing, and as this picture shows our get.together during Christmas Eve 24th and the party she organised on Christmas day 25th she was all smiles and happy to meet all her siblings and close friends.

She will be missed by me, my brother, and our wives and children and all the lives she touched.

I love you Mum with all my heart. I will remember you and keep all the times good and not so good we shared  together for as long as I live.  You are the greatest person I have had the privilege to know. 

"We reap where they have laboured, we reap what they have sown"    

  St Andrew's School Hymn.

             Christmas Day Lunch 2010 

(Bottom Team) Wolves 1 : (Champions) Chelsea 0 Dreams can come true !

szólj hozzá: Wo1-0Ch[matchhighlight.com]

     Well, I can only say that 2011 will be a glorious year ! Wolves stuck at the bottom, with no stars and a workmanlike team, scored an near impossible victory against a star studded, 2009/10 champion Chelsea starring Frank Lampard, John Terry, Didier Drogba, Peter Cech just a name a few of their 'galacticos'.

      Set your goals high and achieve them friends. Its time again to party. My no hopers Wolves are really a gem of a team eh ?   OLE OLE OLE !!

2011 - Resolutions

         Many people who set resolutions or goals each coming year do so in an attempt to better oneself. I have been doing so since 2002 when I took up running seriously and it has enriched my life in many ways.
         By setting goals, I am forcing myself to make sacrifices to improve on certain aspects of my life, but the trick in setting goals is this ; set them too high or too vague and you will break it or not achieve it very quickly and come down to earth. Setting it too low, and you will feel that you have not really achieved anything. So the main essence of setting resolutions are :


1. Set real, achievable goals within this year 2011. 


2. Break them down into personal, family, business and financial


3. DO NOT set vague goals such as "I want to lose weight" this year. Set measurable goals 
    such as "I want to lose 3,4 or 5 kg" this year and with that goal in mind, then break it down 
   further into current weight, monthly reduction (say 1/2 kg), quarterly reduction (1 kg) and 
   yearly  reduction (4 kg).


   Coupled with the goal of, say, losing 4 kg in 1 year, you should then make real plans to lose 
   that 4 kg. For me, it would be a combination and reinforcement every meal to eat 1/2 a 
   bowl or rice when previously it was 1 bowl.


   Then, I would start a walk/run program for 4 to 5 times a week each alternate day, no 
   excuses. Starting with1/2 hour walk, each day to slowly making it to 1/2 hour run and   
   increasing the run time and distance time slowly bit by bit. 


   Do a run log and write how your run went. What was the weather like and were you  
   struggling or pleased with the run after you finished it ? Find a partner to motivate you and 
   you have no excuses not to wake up early to go for that run. 


4. Set up these  realistic goals and review them every week, fortnight and month and so on.


5. Give yourself a small reward once you hit the small goals. Go and have a pizza once you 
    have lost say 2 kg. Stay off alcohol and binge parties. They do you no good. !! 


6. Surround yourself with people who will motivate you or like minded people. If you want to 
    quit smoking, do not hang out so much with your smoker friends and try to go to the gym or 
    sports center and make new friends there.


7. Convince yourself by finding role models who have successfully achieved the goal of 
    losing 5kg or quit smoking and ask them for reassurance or moral support.


8. Can you 'backslide', well that depends on the circumstance, for sure, it is never easy to quit   
    smoking and then BANG, once Chinese New Year or a stressful period comes, you hit the   
    packs again.


9. Find another activity to do - instead of snacking, or smoking go and read a book or go for a 
    run -  this replaces your focus point with another activity ; convince yourself that the new 
    activity is much better and REINFORCE that belief.


     Since I lost weight by running, I have looked better, am more healthy, suffer less gastric problems and made many more new friends through running groups, marathons and also like minded colleagues. So, I can say that my resolution to start running and lose 5 kg around 10 years ago has reaped benefits. 

     Go for it friends.  Have  a Great 2011 !! 

Only one Tina Turner

This is the Song of the Year 1999 from Tina's award winning album "Steamy Windows". Man you young people don't know what great artistes are until you see the likes of the Stones, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton and Phil Collins.

Long Live Rock and Roll !

Geat New Song from Adam Lambert

This is the first song off his "For your Entertainment" album ; its on its way up the charts.

Take nothing away from the guy, his orientation, his heavily made up, mascara lined eyes. He is an awesome
rocker.

Video Highlights of the Liverpool - Wolves Game

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Simão | Myspace Video

Historic win for Wolves never having beaten Liverpool at Anfied for 27 years.