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.
“In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s, there are few.” – Shunryu Suzuki HERE we are: The video call notification chimes. Your mother stares at her phone, tapping frantically. “I can see you, but you can’t see me – wait, now I can’t see you
“Play is the highest form of research.“ – Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist BORN in 1983, I grew up with gaming – Atari ST, Sega Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, PlayStation. The 90s weren’t just about playing; they were about connection. We chased every Dragon Ball Z game. We traded cheat codes
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” – Joseph Campbell IT’S Saturday morning. You sit in your car, engine off, hand resting on the door handle. You don’t open it. Instead, you scroll through your phone, finding reasons to delay. Five more minutes. Ten. Fifteen. It’s
“We cannot afford to be left behind. We must embrace digital technology to leapfrog into the global digital economy.” – Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg, Premier of Sarawak HI readers, as we reflect on the relentless stream of the digital age, our attention is the most valuable
“Man is disturbed not by things, but by the views he takes of them.“ – Marcus Aurelius DEAR readers, I remember vividly the thrill of the first loudspeaker phone in the 90s – Alcatel. As a teenager reminiscing about technological evolution, we were all geeky and dorky back then, especially