On Friday, Chinese will be busy celebrating “Chap Goh Mei”. “Chap Goh Mei’” means the 15th night of Chinese New Year in Hokkien and marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebration. For me, time has truly flown! Chinese all over the world, including yours truly, welcomed the f
Dogs are making the headlines again in Sarawak – thanks to news reports last week that seven local councils had teamed up to catch stray dogs roaming around the Batu Kawa MJC area in Kuching. The operation was one of the measures taken by the state government following reports of
OLDER people are advised to plan for their retirement and to do financial planning for the years without earning. B ut should we also plan where we want to live in our old age or during the last days of our lives? This issue comes to my mind because a
Who do you call when you need to change the bulbs or your toilet is leaking at home? I call my son. If my son is travelling, I call one of my nephews who is as close to me as my son. I only call experts when neither of them
Christmas is coming early to Kuching City. Although the festival is about a month away, Christmas trees and decorations are already on sale in many stores or adorning them. During a visit to a store recently, I could not res i s t buying two simple, adorable and colourful cutouts
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