RIFLE RANGE BOY

Top cops, ACP Bala (R) and brother Shunmugan There you lie, a pale shadow of the larger than life image that you used to portray. The look that sent shivers down the spine of the bandits, outlaws and hoodlums who named themselves 'Robin Hood'. You lost your wit long before you called it a day. You rest in peace, unshackled from the pains of living, free from the bondage of birth, in bliss to meet your Maker. I have not seen that glow in your face in years. Guess, the strain of living bogged you down, huh? The relief from the torment of dragging your soul with your physical must be lightening. You came, you grew, you lived, you build bridges, break walls, made the country a peaceful place, a more livable nation, you conquered hearts, you planted memories and you leave us all with broken hearts. The hearts of the living would go on beating reminiscing the good times that you created for us and the lessons you taught us, directly through your words and indirectly throu...

When you are young, you are told to choose the field of study that you like because that is going to be your bread and butter for the rest of your life. You are told to dwell into something that have a passion or aptitude for. Then you have people who are cocksure on what their calling is in life. They would go at all lengths to achieve the desire. They tell themselves that they were send to Earth for that mission. Even if they were not qualified to pursue their dream, they would try to get in through the back door at all cost. They would oft quote Walt Disney on the powers of dreaming and the power of positive thinking. "I think therefore I am"! So, does that mean that if you choose some career path that you so desire, you are set to be loving it all through your life come what may. The ups and downs of the profession is no hindrance and all can be taken in all its stride? I thought people, by nature, are easily bored. Today fashion is tomorrow's junk, what is lo...

16th April 2010 Another two bites the dust*…The green green grass of home**… We cannot be living in the past all the time, can we? Every once in a while we must shake ourselves from our slumber, laurels and the shadow of the past and live in the present tense so that the future will so bright that we will have wear shades! Another two bit the dust today, one to greener pastures and another to the after world. The former refers to our family friend who got admitted to Harvard for undergraduate studies while the latter refers to my dear friend’s father in law who succumbed to after a long lonely struggle with cancer.  Dr Goh (third from left) congratulates Ryan while Avinaash, Michael (second from right), Dr Coffman and Tan look on Avinaash Subramaniam is every Indian mother’s dream son except that he does not speak any Indian languages! (Bad words do not count). He excelled academically (13As in 2008 SPM) and had represented his school at national level inter-school d...