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Author: Adeline Liong

Straight from the heart

‘Great journalism will always attract readers. The words, pictures and graphics that are the stuff of journalism have to be brilliantly packaged; they must feed the mind and move the heart.’ – Rupert Murdoch, American businessman, media tycoon and investor. Special day for journalists in Malaysia Today is National Journalists’

New pet to keep me company

Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim. – Vicki Harrison, American author. I have a new pet at home. It is a small female puppy that one

To sir and madam with love

She pulled me out of my shell by sharing her love of books. – American computer programmer and entrepreneur, Bill Gates on his teacher, Blanche Caffiere To all the teachers who have made a difference in my life and the lives of their students, I send  you my love in

A special day for women in our lives

‘My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. – George Washington, first US President. Happy Mother’s Day to all of you who

TV commercials with powerful Raya messages

Quote:‘There are no regrets in life. Just lessons.’ -Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer. HARI Raya Aidilfitri is just a few days away. On that day, we will read about what our leaders and dignitaries have to say about the celebration and hear them also on the radio, TV news

I can’t survive without my handphone

My cell phone is my best friend. It’s my lifeline to the outside world. — Carrie Underwood, American singer, songwriter My friends, can you live without your handphone even for just a day? Recently, I accidentally left my handphone in the office after a hard day’s work. And I tell

Good to know your neighbours well

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbour. Do you know your next door neighbour? — Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic nun and missionary Do you know all your neighbours? I live in a housing estate and there are two rows of about ten houses each in the

Home is indeed where the heart is

There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never known beyond its hallowed limits. — Robert Southey, English poet All the papers in Malaysia and Singapore yesterday highlighted the happy news of the reopening of the Johor Causeway on

Perils of flying

‘Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.’ – Edward Vernon Rickenbacker, American pilot and industrialist WHAT do you think you will do if you are on a plane that is nosediving and about to crash? Would you just sit there, pray and

Crocodiles in the news again

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding crocodile, hoping he will eat you last — but eat you he will. — Ronald Reagan, 40th US President (1911-2004) Sarawak is famous not only for its hornbills, orang utans but many