Author: Valentine Tawie Salok

Having lived with them for nearly two decades, I have found out that my two stepsons, aged 25 and 26, must have chilli sauce to go with their meals. And there were times when chilli sauce was the sole item on the menu to go with rice and that did

Most of us were taken aback by the huge turnout of Elvis Presley fans at our March 17 show at Julie’s Café in Uni Garden in Samarahan. That could be the best turnout ever for any Elvis gig in Kuching thus far – it was our Samarahan debut. Even before

Politics, I have enough of its dosage. Anointed once, albeit (probably – I think) half-heartedly by the man holding the Krian state seat to replace him, it became more of an obsession and not just a form of seasonal enthusiasm. After almost losing my job as a government school principal,

There are zillions of possibilties when it rains or just during moments before and after the downpours. During the small world of my younger days, especially during the school holidays between 1962 and 1974, any rain in the evening was a welcomed item for me but to the chagrin of

My earliest memory dates back to late 1957 or early 1958 when being carried by Saban Imong a.k.a Apai Badey on his shoulder, a statement that I was a tiny and light toddler.  Saban, who died at an old age some years ago, was among many interesting characters that I

RUNNING a big secondary school at the age of 28? It is not really a young age but in Sarawak or even in the entire Malaysian education fraternity it is rarely heard that a 28-year-old being posted as school principal. To make it worse is the fact that you may

One by one of my singing friends are gone, no matter how young. I pray that their kind souls be blessed. It goes to show that singers or artistes, no matter how high their names feature on the list of chart toppers, are mortals after all and we mortals are

A small group of Elvis Presley Fan Club Sarawak (EPFCS) members gathered on last Jan 8 to mark what was supposed to be the 83rd birthday of the man who was and still is referred as ‘The King’. Held at a music joint in Petanak, the gathering paid loving tribute

Some punters of the four-digit (4D) lottery and other games by Toto (tolong orang tipu orang), Magnum, Sweep and other counters in Malaysia bet more than their monthly income. These hardcore gamblers are actually the lifeline of these counters for without punters, these counters are out of business. Some elderly