Author: Adeline Liong

The road not taken

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. – Steve Jobs, American business magnate, cofounder of Apple Computers and media proprietor If you have a choice, would you change the road you took in life?

Remembering Qu Yuan

Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth. — Japanese Proverb “I ate so many dumplings. Feeling heaty.” I smiled at this message I received from my best friend in Sibu. Never one to gorge on food, her confession was amusing to me. I later found out

Learning to drive a vital life skill

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”   – George Carlin, American stand-up comedian Learning to drive is a vital life skill. Nowadays, many jobs require you to be mobile and to get around easily.

Of old magazines and newspapers

Newspapers have become more important to the average man than the scriptures. — Mahatma Gandhi, Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist Yesterday, I woke up late. Since it was my day off, I decided to take things slow. I would have woken up even later if not for the

My must-haves at work desk

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. — Ogden Nash, American poet I keep many things at my work desk. This is because I spend a lot of time in the office.  At one time, I used to have a number of sweaters.

Giving my mother a quarantine haircut

A halfway decent haircut will go a long way! – G-Eazy, American rapper I turned hairdresser last Tuesday. I cut the hair of my 83-year-old mother at home. After the haircut, I sent pictures to my family members. I was surprised by the mixed reactions I received from them. First

A difficult Raya indeed!

Life is truly lived only when we discover other faiths, festivals, languages and cultures. – Avijeet Das, author Here’s wishing all Muslim friends ‘Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri’ today. How time flies! Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, is over and Hari Raya Aidilfitri, a religious holiday which marks the

Story of a big, black rat

Fate is not an eagle; it creeps like a rat. – Elizabeth Bowen, Irish-British novelist and short story writer What is the best bait to use in a rat trap? Cucumber. This I found out recently from a 40-year-old nephew who used to live with me when he was studying

Cooking lessons via WhatsApp

Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it’s too assertive to the naked eye.   – Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, writer and television personality My niece, Ah Hong is learning to cook through WhatsApp. She is taking lessons from me even though

The joys of gardening

Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.    – Alfred Austin, English poet Do you know what I want to buy when all the flower stalls in the wet markets are open again? Vegetable seeds. All kinds of vegetable seeds, especially leafy green seeds like