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
HERE we are. We’re in the waiting room at Sarawak General Hospital. Today is the usual symphony of anxiety and fluorescent lights. My fourteen-month-old son squirmed in my arms, too young to understand the weight of check-ups but old enough to sense my tension. Across from us, an elderly woman
The Soil We Share WE often imagine the digital landscape as territory to be conquered – a frontier demanding vigilance, a marketplace vying for attention, or even a battleground requiring constant defense. Yet, for those nurturing young minds in this era, a gentler metaphor serves us better: the untamed garden.
The 72-Hour Education” – Part One of a three part series KUCHING: Joseph Romey Dures had never been more proud to watch someone finish eighth. The Kuching native, now the first Sarawakian to lead Malaysia’s national skateboarding team, stood ringside as his athletes competed at SEA Games 2025 against regional
Where True Dialogue Begins MY mother stood at the entrance of a kopitiam last week, staring at a laminated card on the table. No menu. Just a QR code, stark and expectant. She looked at me – not helpless, mind you, just annoyed in that specific way that says she’s
“The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed.” – William Gibson (1948-present), an American Canadian science fiction author best known as a founder of the cyberpunk genre HERE we are: My niece sits at the dinner table, phone face-up beside her plate. A notification lights the screen.