With precision and compassion
The life of a surgeon is not always a bed of roses. Colorectal Surgeon Dr Chong Choon Seng strives to deliver the greatest outcome every time he enters the operating theatre. With more than two decades under his belt, Dr Chong shares his life experiences in the medical field. Providing the best possible care for patients Dr Chong […]
Awakening, arising and creating all kinds of awesome
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston Churchill, British statesman who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom twice In continuation with my previous column where I said that we get broken by many factors along the way, and most times unwittingly it […]
Reclaim yourself
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher I knew I was meant for much greater things when I was a kid. Much much greater things – like colossal sized, global recognition, queen of the universe, earth shattering, […]
Understanding narcissism
Men are gonna come alongAnd wanna teach you things,Doesn’t make them smarter.In most ways they’re not.But it makes them feel bigger.It takes a strong womanTo stay by herselfIn a world where people will settle for anythingJust to say they have something.So never forget who you are. – Alice telling her nine-year-old daughter, the to-be Chess […]
Inevitable clutch of long arm of the law
What I’ve learned to do is arrest my addiction – arrest it myself, so I don’t get arrested. – Rodney King, African American man who was a victim of police brutality After editing most of crime and police stories, I can humbly say that the Penal Code is at my finger tip, just like blind-typing. […]
Captain of my soul
Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. – William Jennings Bryan, former US Secretary of State Building a business from scratch, learning the ropes of what not to do after falling flat on your […]
Raised on a father’s shoulders, to where I can be
A child who is carried on the back will not know how far the journey is. – Nigerian proverb The daily walks to and from school by my father may have been much less by distance if compared to what he normally did, trekking over the mountains and valleys of the Kelabit highlands on his […]
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. […]
Following the instinct
Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. — Don Marquis, American humourist and author Welcome to another episode of Through The Looking Glass. As you read from last week, it was a struggle to not lose my identity, from what my society expected of a girl and her capabilities in the 80’s. I […]
NO CASH for five days
Priscilla Tawie shares her experience of challenging herself to go cashless with GrabPay for five days. An exciting and liberating experience Recent years have seen the development of digital infrastructure, focusing on the revolution of technologies that meet the needs of global economic transformations. In Sarawak, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has […]
