Author: Datuk Beatrice Nirmala

Resolutions for 2023

A person who gets lost in a dark forest waits with great hopes that the sun comes and saves him! And a person who gets lost in the gloomy days of a dark year also waits with great hopes that the New Year comes and saves him! — Mehmet Murat

The magic in Sarawak

Every moment is your miracle. – Anthon St. Maarten, psychic medium and author Sometimes life feels like a dream. Maybe life IS a dream. I have been reading a lot recently about how many scientists are theorising that we may all be simulations, trapped in a low-density frequency perceiving only

Life is not a competition

Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior, but nobody is equal either. People are simply unique, incomparable. You are you, I am I. — Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, founder of the Rajneesh movement Tonight at 8pm Friday December 9, The IBR ASEAN Awards 2022 takes place in Kuala Lumpur. Five hundred top

Words and energy

I am contributing my 40th column to Sarawak Tribune today. All within 10 months starting February of actively contributing to this wonderful newspaper with its warm, friendly editors. I was told that upon my 50th contribution, they will compile all my work and make it into a book! I am

The Premier speaks

It does not work if we do not work hard. Now, we are duty-bound to build on what we have received from our forefathers and there is no other way for us to do it except for us to unite in a common goal towards creating a Sarawak Cemerlang. –

Reclaim yourself

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher I knew I was meant for much greater things when I was a kid. Much much greater things – like colossal sized, global recognition, queen

The re-emergence of the Cyrus Cylinder

Do not go gently into the night. But rage, rage against the dying of the light. – Dylan Thomas, Welsch poet and writer SHE puts her hair up, squares her shoulder, ties it in a knot and runs into the fray. This image of a teenage girl caught by cameras

A revolution

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people. – Alan Moore, V for Vendetta What this country needs is a revolution. Not one of blood and guns. But a revolution of the mind. We are a people who do not believe in the

My father

A girl’s first true love is her father. – Marisol Santiago, blogger That’s the picture of my dad. Probably the best dad a girl could have but I did not realise that until I lost him at the age of 20 and my whole life turned upside down and inside

The soulmate

She lives her life like a flame; a dance of purposeful chaos… Her enchanting light can guide you and quell your fears… She’s hot; warming those who respect her and burning those who don’t… She is a flame with an unforgettable glow… A weak man will try to dim her