As with all stories, we shall start at the beginning.
I was born on a Wednesday night of the month of November in the year 1964. In a sleepy town of Muar of the state of Johor (Malaysia), I came into the world of great changes and for many who lived through that era, a time of upheaval, too. There was the winds of change from within the Church that saw the Second Vatican Council. There's the horrors and tragedy of the Vietnam war and who can forget the Hippy movement and their various slogans of "Make love, not war" and "flower power".
My life saw me and my family moving from Muar to Segamat (another town about 50km north from Muar), where we stayed there for about 4 years (1966 - 1970). We had to move again due to my father's work arrangements and we headed towards Petaling Jaya in Selangor in 1971. I spend the rest of my primary school years there (1971 - 1976) studying in the Methodist Primary School (M.P.S.). As I grew up in P.J. my sense of the world is centered around home, school, friends and my story books. Those years were my most carefree where I also began to acquire the taste of reading (The Hardy Boys, The Three Investigators, Enid Blyton adventure story books, etc.) as I devoured story book after story book that took me to exotic places and experiencing fascinating adventures.
Sadly I had to follow the family again for another shift of life when we were transfered southwards to Melaka in 1977. My dad worked for the LLN (Lembaga Letrik Negara, now Tenaga) and hence was subject to transfers such as this after a promotion. It was here in historical Melaka that my spiritual and faith-borned life began to take shape slowly but surely. Studied in the Brothers' school of St Francis Institution for my secondary studies till Form 5 before I did my STPM in Melaka High School in 1982. During those years in Melaka (1977 - 1983) I became involved with the altar servers in the Church of St Francis Xavier and in school (SFI) it was the Legion Of Mary (juniour praesidium, Queen and Mother of Christian Schools) under the direction of the principal at that time, Bro. Harold. After my STPM, applied for studies in Computer Science at two universities: USM (Universiti Sains Malaysia) in Penang and NUS (National University of Singapore) in Singapore. Wasn't successful with USM but NUS offered me a place for my 3-year studies in Computer Science. Thus this was to be my own personal shift of life to another place/country that began the deepening of my journey in the search for my meaning in life.
A voice beckons. A soft and gentle sound that would reach its crescendo that continues to be felt till now. God calls and who can but listens and responds...
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