An Egyptian Odyssey “And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?” — Job 38:11 Once upon a time, I found myself at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was on a family holiday we had been planning and
AS the world of LNG witnesses a resurgence of the demand for the precious supercooled fuel and the prices of the commodity are shooting up to the roof in Europe on the back of pipeline gas shortages following the Russia-Ukraine war, the port of Bintulu, located in Sarawak, Malaysia recently
Recently, in some informal discussions on the subject of global warming and Climate Change I was surprised to learn that there are sceptics and naysayers who are not convinced that we have a problem at hand and who feel that all the talks on global warming is just a refined
THE Russia-Ukraine War has brought to the fore the importance of natural gas, whether via pipeline or in the form of LNG (liquified natural gas) as a source of energy for much of the world. The curtailment of pipeline gas supply from Russia to Europe following the outbreak of the
Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch. – J. B. Priestley, English novelist Everyone is familiar with the story of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’, a fairy tale that must have
AS a precursor to the ominous times to come, Bloomberg News, filed a report last July 14 entitled ‘China’s Heatwave Turns Deadly as Industrial Power Cuts Begin’. The headline gave me an idea to write about. Things are heating up around us, metaphorically and physically and the news report was
THE recently concluded 25th anniversary edition of the Rainforest World Music Festival (often abbreviated as RWMF) was appropriately themed the ‘Legendary Rainforest Celebration’. Yes, it was indeed a unique and special one reflecting the times. Firstly, it was the silver jubilee edition marking 25 years of RWMF since the inaugural
“We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it.” – Barack Obama, Former US President WE know that the Earth goes through a pattern of changing weather conditions. That is a given fact. Even on a daily
Kasih ibu membawa kesyurga, kasih ayah sepanjang masa. – A traditional saying IN Malaysia, Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June, which falls on the 19th of June this year. Coincidentally, it falls on the same weekend as the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) 2022 edition –
‘I have tended in my writings to highlight some of the messages and issues that I thought are the essentials, the basic and fundamentals which are important for us.’ THOSE who have been to London and taken the London Underground, as the subway system is affectionately called, are familiar with
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