Rentap’s supernatural birth
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood. — George S […]
Tales and the legend of an Orangutan King
Orangutan babies are like human babies – helpless. — Willie Smits, Dutch microbiologists Even though we are an educated community, we continue to read about our students having to climb trees to obtain better internet communications. No wonder some town folk in the peninsular seem to think that we Sarawakians once lived on tree houses […]
Dr Mahathir — an enigma and legend
There is no such thing as absolute freedom of the press, not even in the most advanced countries in the world. There are things you just don’t say, because it will destabilise the environment. – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Tomorrow, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed celebrates his 96th birthday. At one time, the world’s oldest prime […]
Yee Sang in perspective
By Crystal Wong YEE Sang, also widely known as Lao Sheng, is a cultural dish full of fishes and vegetables consumed by Cantonese Chinese in Malaysia and also Singapore since 1964. In Chinese, it symbolises all the auspiciousness, luck, wealth and health. It is to be consumed on the seventh-day of Chinese New Year. It […]
