Making A Difference With Pink

By Eena Houzyama

OCTOBER is the month that women in Malaysia should pay utmost attention to because it is a time when everyone around the world pause and take notice of breast cancer.

Not only shall we remember those who have suffered from the disease but Pink October is the month to further create aware­ness regarding all issues relating to breast cancer.

According to a report released by National Cancer Registry (NCR) recently, nearly 70,000 new cases are reported in a period of two years which showed how breast cancer continues to remain the biggest threat to women today.

In hope to shed more light onto this illness, as well as to collect funds to be chan­nelled to the breast cancer cause, Bill Keith, Malaysia's top designer with the support of Great Eastern Life Assurance (M) Berhad have designed 3,000 exclusive recycling bags as part of the Gleneagles Hos­pital Kuala Lumpur's Pink October fund-raising campaign.

Although these bags are designer bags, they are sold at only RM25 each as the campaign aims to raise RM75,000 which will be chan­nelled to the Breast Cancer Welfare Association Malay­sia (BCWA).

Guide To A Better Life by Randy Pausch

This is amazing. Randy Pausch died of pancreatic cancer in 2008, but wrote a book ‘The last lecture” before then, one of the bestsellers in 2007. What a legacy to leave behind...

In a letter to his wife Jai and his children, Dylan, Logan, and Chloe, he wrote this beautiful "Guide To A Better Life" for his wife and children to follow. May you be blessed by his insight. 

Points On How To Improve Your Life

Personality:

1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

3. Don't over do; keep your limits.

4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does.

5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.

6. Dream more while you are awake.

7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.

10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

13. Smile and laugh more.

14. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.