Author: M Rajah

Keeping diabetes at bay

Everybody’s going to have some degree of health problems, and as we get older, I think we’ve gotta maintain. – Tom Hanks, actor I am feeling down since last Friday. I lost another friend, actually an old flame, to diabetes. She was only 50. We haven’t met for several years

Unifor complex, our pride!

Unifor cannot expect the government to be its Santa Claus in giving financial handouts all the time. – Richard Lon, Unifor director Why has the proposed RM70 million Unifor (Unit for Other Religions) complex suddenly become an issue? The complex when completed will serve as an exemplary landmark depicting religious

Sabahans, send a clear message!

If you’re going to have to swallow a frog, you don’t want to have to look at that sucker too long! –Zig Ziglar, American author The spotlight was on two Sabah veteran politicians last week.  One is a serving chief minister who assumed the post in May 2018 and the

A ladies’ man

Book title: Bruce Lee: A LifeISBN: 9781471175725Author: Matthew PollyPublication year: 2018Publisher:Price: RM48 (paperback) Everyone knows Bruce Lee as a kung fu superstar par excellence who made martial arts a worldwide phenomenon. He bridged the East-West gap and smashed long-held stereotypes of Asians and Asian-Americans. Countless books have been written about

A TV station of our own

Television is the triumph of machine over people.  – Fred Allen, American comedian Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has a way with getting things done. In just under four years since he became chief minister on January 2017, he has achieved so many things for the state which menteris

Give us back our one-third!

If Malayan MPs all gang up, they can amend the federal constitution because they have two-thirds of the seats in parliament. This has created a dangerous situation … parliament can pass any law which is against the interest of Sabah and Sarawak. — Tan Sri Dr James Masing, Deputy Chief

Bruce Lee is the greatest ever

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick. – Bruce Lee, martial arts exponent and movie superstar Who is the greatest martial arts exponent the world has ever seen? I posed this question to a few martial arts sifu and friends

The guessing games begins

In the end, that’s what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? – Barack Obama, 44th President of USA A routine Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) special closed-door meeting over the weekend has somewhat intensified speculation that the state election

Dismantling racism

The ultimate measure of a person is not where one stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where one stands in times of challenge and controversy.”   – Martin Luther King, African American minister activist The world appears to have jumped on the bandwagon against racism in the United

Blood is very special

Blood alone moves the wheels of history.   – Martin Luther, German professor of theology The gift of blood is the gift of love. Two things prompted me to write on the life-giving fluid this week. One was an incident four days ago when a friend from Malaya buzzed me