Author: Adeline Liong

Love locks for Satok Suspension Bridge?

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness. —  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician The newly restored Satok Suspension Bridge was in the news recently after images of the first love lock on it being removed went viral on social media. The bridge, originally constructed in

Working from home during Covid-19

Computer literacy is a contact with the activity of computing deep enough to make the computational equivalent of reading and writing fluent and enjoyable. As in all the arts, a romance with the material must be well under way. If we value the lifelong learning of arts and letters as

They succeeded against all odds

It’s never the differences between people that surprise us. It’s the things that, against all odds, we have in common. —  Jodi Picoult, American writer A new era has dawned for powerlifting in Malaysia — thanks to two Paralympic athletes who brought fame to the nation at the Tokyo Paralympic

Show me your digital vaccine cert …

With Covid-19, we’ve made it to the life raft. Dry land is far away. — Marc Lipsitch, epidemiologist Now, if you visit supermarkets in Kuching, some of them will demand to see your digital vaccination certificate. “Your MySejahtera app, madam. Please turn to profile,” advised a staff stationed at the entrance

How about an ‘Olympic factory’ for Sarawak?

It’s going to be a journey. It’s not a sprint to get in shape. – Kerri Walsh Jennings, American beach volleyball player We all know that education is the key to success. This has been stressed umpteen times by grandparents and parents to their children, teachers to their students and

Valuable lessons from the YouTube

Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. – Al Franken, former US senator If you watched the Olympic women’s 10m platform diving event recently, you would have loved Chinese teenager, Quan Hongchan

Of curry mee and curry chicken

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are. —  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician My dear friends, how many bowls of curry mee can you eat in 45 minutes? Sin Chew Daily, a Chinese daily, recently reported that a 67-year-old woman in Singapore

Where there’s a will, there’s a way

Thinking outside of the box allows you to get rewards outside of your reach. – Matshona Dhliwayo, entrepreneur and author A helicopter landed at Padang Ipoh in Ipoh City on Friday morning to pick up 36 packs of nasi ganja ordered by a customer from Kuala Lumpur. This is interesting

Should I eat out or not?

I think fine dining should be part of the community where it is, more than just for the people who are going to make a special occasion. – Daniel Boulud, French chef I ordered assam fish at a fast-food restaurant at Tabuan Jaya on Friday, the day dine-ins were allowed

New greeting norm amid Covid-19

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.   – Socrates, Greek philosopher  Good morning/evening/afternoon… Have you had your Covid-19 vaccine yet? That’s how we are greeting our friends and people we meet nowadays — at least