Author: Priscilla Tawie

Ennette Faith, the Sarawak Earthling

HOLDING the crown, it is not a mere award, rather each and every intricacy of the crown entails the responsibility of those who holds it. It is the same for those that are known as ‘pageant girls’. Exteriorly, they are to be beautiful, to have a good reputation, maintaining the

Uniting Dayak Entertainers Under One Community

TALENT hides within, if we do not look for it, how shall it be discovered? Dayak Entertainers Community is a community based in Sarawak and its objective is to unite dayak entertainers in Sarawak. According to its founder Collin Michael Duk, “The community accepts any dayak entertainers, and we currently

Plight of the Hansenites: A Stigma From The Past

Three settlements, three different locations within Sarawak had housed Hansenites since the early 18th century. The Hansen’s disease, more commonly known as Leprosy or the lepers disease, has heard a myriad of cries worldwide ever since its discovery in the late 17th century. Numerous variations of myths has been shared

Painting the World from youth to you

“If not me, who? If not now, when?”, is the slogan behind Paint the World, a movement organised by the youth for the youth to help the under-priviledge. What may seem small but in the long run, the huge outcome includes youth learning independency, organisation skills, communication skills, soft skills

An empty story to create

Humans walk a journey, a path, a road throughout their life on earth. Each of the route we took, it has its own meaning for us. Often we do not want others to hold the meanings of our pilgrimage for us, rather we would want to express it in our

Sculpturing the next rising star

ACCORDING to Winson Voon during the Ain’t Just Model showcase on June 25 at Viva City Shopping Mall Kuching, “Confidence comes from the person and not the clothes the person wear”. Ain’t Just Model 2017 is the first established platform for talents to be sculptured into the next rising star

Grocer’s Hard Work to Success

There’s an old folks’ belief that if vegetables are raided by insects, such as ants, it is probably due to the freshness and pesticides-free of the said vegetables. Such is so during a visitat with iM Sarawak and Tuan Haji Irwan to Christina Salimin’s stall at Sematan last weekend. Hailing

Beads Of Perseverance

WHAT kept Tunas Redy, better known as Lucy, strong was her passion on the pursuit, as a handmade handicraft seller. The 46-year-old first involvement with business since 2001, starting with the stem of interest she had during her younger days. “I used to sell an assortment of chips (kerepek) and

A little goes a long way

GIVING back to society what society has given to us because inevitably, the society is what makes us who we are today. Showing gratitude enables our heart to see the world better; to see things differently as well as understanding the different walks of life, and it may change our

Bring out the mat this Gawai season

FOR the Indigenous people in the Heart of Borneo – or more commonly known as Dayak – June is the month in which they most anticipate. It is that time of the year, after long months of hard work, they finally get to sit down, relax and enjoy their bounty.