WEDNESDAY, 18th APRIL
Shashi:
It was such a vibrant atmosphere at the ladies coffee morning at the Ongs’ this morning. Our main guest, Maria Chin Abdullah, initiated the discussion. We talked about many things – from the Malaysian education system vs international school systems, the rights of women, how women educate their sons/daughters, politicians, how women’s roles have changed/advanced etc. Of utmost importance was how we all saw and realized the need for virtues/character building lessons in children, which Unity School is already running.
It was all very interesting, but for me the most important moment was to see how my friend took a great interest in the discussion. In fact, at one point she turned to me and said “Hey, thanks for inviting me. How come you never told me that you do this virtues session at your place?” I didn’t have an answer. “I taught I had…” was all I could manage.
The true fact is that my friend and I share many things about educating our boys who are one month apart. We belong to a group of mothers who attended a playgroup at the Playcentre library. I thought I made it known to her that I was Baha’i and the types of activities I am involved in. But now, she is interested and I am so happy that I took the trouble to invite her to this morning’s coffee session. She is now keen to have us show her how we do our virtues training and perhaps to start something at her condo in Kelana Jaya.
