Good news and bad news

My brother Eric's wife, Pee Ni, gave birth to their second daughter, Liow Yen Yi, this morning about1 a.m. It was a long hard labour, but praise God, both mother and baby are now fine.
Yesterday morning, got a call from Ipoh. Malliga said John Thava is now in the hospital with bleeding in the brain and water in the lungs. It didn't look good. He has diabetes and had both legs amputated some time ago. Now he's in a coma in the ICU in the Ipoh GH.
This morning I just read the news online: CNN reported that another 6 civilians have been abducted and threatened with beheading by an obscure muslim militant group. Oh no! Look what the Philippines have done! And I hope it isn't true what was rumoured earlier: that the Malaysian government gave $5 million of the $6 million which the Philippines paid to the kidnappers to release the Filipino hostage, besides withdrawing their troops. It made me weep. What will $6 million buy these barbarians now? More weapons, bombs, equipment to destroy and kill, that's what.