A little bit about Abang Jo’s past …
I am not important. I’m only continuing the struggles of Sarawak and that of previous leaders. I’m not important, the important thing is Sarawak. It is more important than me. – Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg It’s not easy to be a leader, more so a political leader of a state where there are […]
Wait for tragedy, then we act?
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. – Karl Marx, philosopher It was a tragic start to the New Year for Sarawak. A four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicle with nine people from two families plunged into Batang Lupar from the Triso ferry landing in Sri Aman last Friday. No one survived the afternoon accident which […]
Quarantined — but no complaints!
I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person. – Oscar Wilde, Irish poet After almost a year of self-imposed travel restrictions because of the Covid-19 pandemic, I travelled to Kuala Lumpur on Nov 18 — partly for work–related matters […]
Celebrating occasions under the new normal
I know there’s no normal to go back to. But I’m here to help you build a new one. — Unknown The coronavirus pandemic has changed the lives of everyone — yes, every one of us — and like it or not, forced us to adjust to a ‘new normal’, especially in the way we […]
In search of Malaysian football heroes
I’ve never scored a goal in my life without getting a pass from someone else. – Abby Wambach, American football player This week I have decided to stay away from the political hustle and bustle and controversial topics to concentrate on something harmless — sports. Looks like 2020 is not a good year for soccer […]
Pay peanuts and you get monkeys …
To be effective in tackling poverty wages, a living wage has to be mandatory and basic trade union rights should be restored so workers can protect themselves from exploitative employers. – John McDonnell, British politician The issue of foreign workers and low salaries in our state is not going to be resolved — not anytime […]
Please, please give me a job, any job!
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well. – Martin Luther King, civil rights activist These days it’s extremely difficult to land a job, especially […]
Why lah info on rabies is so slow?
When I asked my mother where babies came from, she thought I said rabies. She said you get them from being bitten by a dog. The next week, a woman on my block gave birth to triplets … I thought she’d been bitten by a Great Dane. – Woody Allen, American film director I […]
Be healthy, don’t be a burden to others
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don’t, there are consequences you’ll have to deal with later in life. – Bryan Adams, Canadian guitarist Yesterday was World Diabetes Day (WDB). But how many of us were aware of this? In fact, we can safely say that even those who knew the existence […]
Give us due recognition!
Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. – Henry Anatole Grunwald, American journalist The 32nd edition of the Kenyalang Journalism Awards (KJA) last week brought back all the fond memories that I had as a younger journalist. Organised by the Federation of Sarawak Journalists Associations (SFJA), it is […]
