Melody's Kingdom

As I move out of my current room in Mossman and into a new room near Wonga, I was going through all the things I have collected throughout the years. I came to Australia with 3 bags of clothes, 40 kgs worth of belongings and now I have collected so many unnecessary tokens along the way (most of them being storybooks and board games :D). I had to bid farewell to most of them. I found one token that I refuse to part with because it was truly a life changing experience for me. It was my mid-year QUT Big Lift trip to a few different towns near Darling Downs region in Queensland, Australia. Essentially, the goal is to serve the regional community in any way possible. I'd been to the short weekend trip to Cherbourg with QUT Big Lifters by then, so I knew some of the members. I wasn't too sure what to prepare for this 5-day journey however, I just winged it. I rocked up to the bus stop and felt a bit awkward because this was a larger group and I didn't know many of them. We were

On 19 April 1982, at 5.30am, a lovely couple, Murugiah and Pathamavathy were gifted with a beautiful soul in the form of a baby boy. He was brought to this world by the help of professionals at Ping Lok Clinic in Buntong, Perak. It was a bright sunny day, which could have only reflected on the beautiful journey the soul was going to take. He was about 5.5 pounds in weight, fair, too cute and quite literally a bundle of joy. He was named Kumarendran after our paternal great grandfather. He was fondly known as Kumi among as his cousins and Kumar or Qmar to his friends from alma mater, workplace and social media. He spent the majority of his childhood with his cousins in Penang, Ipoh and KL. He was also deeply loved and cared for by many, especially Mr & Mrs Kali Meenatchi and family, Mr & Mrs Kathiresan Saraswathi and family, Mr & Mrs Karuppiah Kalyani and family as well as many others. Some of the fondest memories of us with him include Sumathi citti tying a saree swin