Author: Adeline Liong

Sharing my garden harvest

‘Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.’ – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist. I was so happy my daughter-in-law came to my house yesterday. In the midst of pruning the shrubs  in my garden, I happily cut a lot of cangkok

Here today, gone tomorrow

The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now. ― Leo Babauta, writer and Zen blogger. ALL things come to pass. Life is but a temporary thing on earth. These two phases come to my mind today as I write

Let’s harvest the rainwater

‘When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.’ – Benjamin Franklin, American polymath MY friends, when it rains, do you rush to place a pail outside your house? Kudos to you if you do so. You deserve a pat on the back for treasuring water, the source of all

Thumbs up to bamboo bikes from Sarawak

‘Life is like a bicycle, you need to keep moving lest you lose balance’ – Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist. Friends, have you ever heard of bamboo bicycles? Do you have one? Do you know that Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (STIDC) plans to start the commercial production of made-in-Sarawak

Spay or neuter your dogs if you love them

 ‘Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.’  – ROGER CARAS,  AMERICAN WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER AND WRITER. My dear friends, do you have dogs? Do you love them, really love them? Please don’t keep dogs if you don’t love them. If you truly love them, spay or

Stop the grave robbers once and for all

‘If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them’ – James O’Barr , American comics artist and writer. THE grave robbers are back  in Sarawak. Earlier  this month, they were hard at work in Balingian – to the

Finding a lost puppy

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. – Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President I was very distressed when I lost my four-month-old puppy, Bailey, for almost an hour recently. Although it was only an

Respect for elders starts at home

‘You only have two options in life: Die young or get old. There is nothing else. The idea of dying young when you’re 25 is kind of cool — a bit romantic, like James Dean. But then you realise that life is too much fun to do that. It’s fascinating

Lessons from a fire

Tough times never last, but tough people do. — Robert Schuller, American Christian televangelist, motivational speaker and author Something terrible happened to my elder sister and her family recently. Their rented houses at Kampung Sebiew in Bintulu were among a row of 11 wooden houses which caught fire early one

My first book is out

‘There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.’ – Walt Disney, American motion picture and television  producer. Dear friends, I am on top of the world because my book “Straight from the Heart” has just been published. No rewards for those of you