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Insights from a journey

BY ESTHER CHEN WEI LEE All you need for travelling is a quiet heart and non-stop footsteps to keep meeting, to keep thinking, to keep passing your thoughts and to keep renewing your memories. In this era of economic development, the pace of life has accelerated rapidly. Nowadays, you may be accustomed to having a […]

Fatherhood: A journey of love and learning

BY ABIDGAIL MERTA GANGGANG KUCHING: “Being a father means being there, even when it’s tough, even when you don’t have all the answers. It means loving unconditionally, sacrificing without hesitation, and always finding the strength to protect those who matter most.” This heartfelt quote from the movie “Iron Man” encapsulates the essence of Father’s Day. […]

Life is a journey: a reflection

“Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” – Drake Life is a journey and, like a fast-flowing river from the Bario Highlands, where I was born, it is always in constant motion, moving from one station to another. Sometimes, it is tumbling all over, as in the rapids. Other times, […]

Noble journey of the ‘Belaga Patrol’

I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history. – Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer  On Sept 10, 1945, more than 30 brave ‘Orang Ulu’ travelled 300km up the Rajang River to investigate the […]

Return trip by cargo ship

After three days with the Basap cave dwellers we had to take the long journey home by a sea vessel. From Teluk Sumbang I hired a cargo vessel Anugrah Indah (Beautiful Gift), owned by a Bugis from Poso in Sulawesi (Celebes). Yunos Padui, who was the Juragan (skipper) of the ship had recently moved to […]

The power of belief

 If you have but the faith of a mustard seed, you shall move mountains. — Neale Donald Walsch, American author We underestimate the power of self-belief we have in us to be able to change just about anything — within us or outside of us. Though it is a buzzword that is bandied around in […]

Coupling … and de-coupling

Love is blind; marriage opens its eyes. – Anon The butterfly effect I mentioned in a few columns ago took place. The ripples of change we created five years ago, the change we envisioned, the baby steps taken, the path plotted began to come together as a beautifully metamorphosised butterfly from a caterpillar. There is […]

Cherished moments of stage sharing

Singing is my passion, my first love and the secret of my energy. Music to me is like finding my inner self, my soul. It gives me a great joy to see audiences enjoying with me. I have given my heart to singing. When I sing, I can feel romance in everything around me. — […]

Charting the future

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits. —  Michael Phelps, American Olympics swimmer Welcome to Episode 3 of my column. So life as I knew it, changed. All we had was the little house we had bought that we proudly called home. […]

Walking the streets of Kuching

If you are in a bad mood, go for a walk. If you are still in a bad mood, go for another walk. — Hippocrates – Greek physician On my day off recently, I decided to do something I had not done for a long time — explore some of the old streets in Kuching […]