Author: Adeline Liong

I had an enjoyable and memorable time in Sibu, my hometown, during a short break from work recently. I rode pi l l ion on my best friend’s motorcycle twice; the first time was from her office to her house while the second time was from her office to the

Yesterday morning, I took my younger sister, C, to a coffeeshop at Kenyalang Park here for breakfast. It was a special treat for her because she had never been there. I ordered iced cof fee and Char Kway Teow (stir-fried ricecake strips) while she ordered Belacan Bee Hoon and iced

“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

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

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

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

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