Avoiding bad publicity …
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. – Groucho Marx, American writer-comedian Some of our politicians have the tendency to say the darndest, dumbest and most outrageous things, and end up being paloi (stupid). Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, the Pasar Salak MP […]
Hi latok, apa macam?
I don’t understand the public’s fascination with having titles added to their names to such a point they are willing to fork out ridiculous amounts of money. – Datuk Seri Michael Chong, MCA public services and complaints department chief So, you wish to have the title ‘Datuk’ in front of your name? The awarding of […]
Thank you mom for all of your love
It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful? – Mahatma Gandhi, nationalist and political ethicist Today I am going to write about my mom. Yes, I know, Mother’s Day went by last week. So? It doesn’t mean I can’t pay tribute whenever I want to a person who […]
Yeah! Don’t let the public spoil our sporting greats
You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self-motivation. – Homer Rice, American football coach I would have never imagined the media’s innocuous query on the form of incentives for diving queen Pandelela Rinong following her historic gold medal feat […]
Pray we don’t become a ‘Little India’
Be fast, have no regrets … If you need to be right before you move, you will never win. – Mike Ryan, WHO epidemiologist The Covid-19 situation in our country isn’t getting any better. Neither is the situation in Sarawak. The grim figures speak for themselves, and so long as the authorities and the people don’t […]
My hometown — good old Sibu
Sibu is ‘gangsta’ town. Authorities there actually quite ‘lembut’ as they not dare to fight them. The gangs have their own system to run (the town). – Netizen’s comment in lowyat.net, Jan 12, 2012 I have run out of topics to write on this week. Enough of politics, Covid, controversies and whatnots! I am […]
Please-lah, let’s play our role …
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain. – Unknown I am getting worried about the rising Covid-19 figures. I have every reason to. Let’s look at the figures and fatalities in our state in the last nine days, April 10-18: 296 new cases, four […]
Sudah-lah, jangan syok sendiri!
There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one’s squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the applause of the whole outside world. – Eddie Rickenbacker, American race car driver He came, he spoke, he conquered. No, I am not talking about the great Gaius Julius […]
Make efforts to understand us!
Federalism should be able to maintain unity among all. But this does not mean that we should boycott regional voices and the voices of ethnic groups. – Khil Raj Regmi, former prime minister of Nepal Every time a Malaysian prime minister visits Sarawak, the media — the mainstream newspapers in particular — never fail to […]
Hey! Go pick up a book!
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one. – George R. R. Martin, American novelist What did 16th century English philosopher and statesman Sir Francis who served as Lord Chancellor of England mean when he said “reading maketh a full man”? He meant one can fill […]
