Author: Adeline Liong

Many things I didn’t know when I was young

“There were many things we never knew when we were young,” remarked my younger sister, C, just the other day while we were busy preparing dishes for lunch in my house. She went on to cite  the making of simple old fashioned ice-cream as an example. Without any prompting from

Keeping in touch with former classmates

Have you been keeping in touch with your primary school classmates or schoolmates? I once studied at a co-educational primary school, SUDC No.4, in Sibu and through the years, I have been keeping in touch with some of my classmates, particularly the girls. Like me, these girls continued their secondary

Hard to raise today’s children

I have not been cooking meals at home for the past fortnight, even on my days off. I find it more convenient but certainly not cheap just to go out for meals outside. My family is small and only two persons – my 80-year -old mother and my 18-year-old niece

Difficult time for my dogs

I have two dogs at home and they do not go out by themselves anymore. Not since the rabies outbreak in Kuching. The current rabies outbreak is the first I am experiencing since moving to Kuching almost 40 years ago. When I first learnt about the outbreak , I was

Time and tide indeed wait for no man

Not so long ago, I was eagerly looking forward to the Gawai Dayak and Hari Raya celebrations. Now, like the water under the bridge, they have flowed past and will not return until next year. Indeed, time and tide wait for no man. During this year’s Hari Raya celebrations, I

Stronger, wiser and more appreciative of each other

My handphone rang three times between 7.30am and 8.30am yesterday before I finally picked it up. I am a night owl and whenever I can, I will try to sleep until it is almost noon. But yesterday morning, my younger sister, C, was impatiently waiting for me to pick her

Making public the eyes and ears of councils

KUCHING: Local Government and Housing Minister, Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian plans to introduce a new mobile application/apps that will make the public the eyes and ears of the councils. Sim said the apps would allow the residents to take photos of issues or problems in their areas. “Not only

No pumpkins from my garden

Recently, I pulled out two pumpkin plants from my garden. It was a decision I took a long time to make. I was ecstatic when I saw the first pumpkin flower and then, the first fruit on one of the plants. I monitored the first plant closely. More flowers and

Rice dumplings for my sister

How many sticky rice dumplings (or zongzi or bakchang or chang) can you eat? My younger sister, C, can eat many and that was why she asked me to make some recently. Chinese all over the world celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival (Diwanwu Jie)  on 30 May this year.The date