Category: Column

On the vanishing Lugat trail

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already

Memento truly a gift of wealth

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. –        Charles Kuralt, American journalist Many generations ago,

Let everyone own a ‘castle.’

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters daydreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the

Reflections on Malaysia Day

“Being together as one big family is better than being alone and separated from everyone else.” I wrote this eight years ago, on September 17,

Vote with your brain, not your heart!

At first, the person is friendly and down-to-earth, but then, after election some politicians “speak down to you” as if you are “less than” them.

Charting collisions and collusions

But aren’t we battered and bruised by collisions and collusions between reality and reminiscence. – David Eagleman, American neuro-scientist The philosopher-militant cried “si vis pacem, para bellum,”

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

Lake Pulo’s epic Bakun journey

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure. – WILLIAM FEATHER, AMERICAN AUTHOR Before the World