“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” – Mark Twain WELCOME to another Saturday of Digital Zen. I spent two weeks in the Peninsula. Seremban. Bukit Jalil. Shopping malls. Cafes. LRT platforms. Waiting rooms. Parks. I didn’t see a single person reading
THERE’S a moment that happens every day this month, right before Maghrib. You’re sitting at the table – maybe at home, maybe at the surau, maybe at the Padungan bazaar with its smoke and crowds. The azan hasn’t called yet. In front of you: dates, water, something your mother cooked
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” – Ram Dass WELCOME to another Saturday of ‘Digital Zen’. It’s the third day of Ramadan. If you’re fasting, you know this feeling: the emptiness. Not just in the stomach. In the hours. The long stretch between dawn and dusk where
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” – Plato WELCOME to another Saturday of Digital Zen. Most weeks, we talk about screens, systems, the technology that shapes how we work, connect, and think – the platforms that promise
“We are not lacking in moments of connection. We are lacking in moments of depth.” – Sherry Turkle HERE we are: The notification chimes. Your phone lights up. Family group chat – 47 unread messages. You scroll. Birthday wishes. A forwarded video you’ve seen three times. Someone asking, “Anyone free
I CAUGHT myself doing it last Tuesday. Late night, stress building about a decision I couldn’t make, and I opened Claude. Not to get information, but to talk. I typed out the whole thing. The fear, uncertainty – the part I was ashamed of. Claude responded thoughtfully without judgement. With
“Education is the most important bridge to the future.” – Tun Abdul Rahman Ya’kub, 4th Chief Minister of Sarawak CIKGU Aminah sat in the staffroom last Tuesday at 7:00 pm, the blue light of her laptop reflecting off a face lined with eighteen years of service. Outside, the heavy Sarawakian
RECAP: PART 1 IN Bangkok last month, Joseph Romey Dures became the first Sarawakian to lead Malaysia’s national skateboarding team at SEA Games 2025. Despite limited infrastructure and just three days to learn the competition bowl, his young athletes – some as young as 10 – finished sixth to ninth
“We must not only prepare our youth for the future; we must prepare the future for our youth.” – Abang Johari Tun Openg, 2018 THE statement, made years ago, was not merely political. It was philosophical. It contained a silent revolution: the future is not a fixed destination we must
“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” – Lao Tzu The Data Stream Where Care Died MY neighbour stood in ankle-deep water at 10.30 pm on New Year’s Eve. We’d spent the evening watching our screens – the MyCuaca radar bleeding red over