Monday, 27 April, 2026

12:11 AM

, Kuching, Sarawak

Category: Column

Winds of change in political funding

Once I got into politics, I saw the real fight, where big money controls everything, and where politicians care more about campaign contributions than the

No tax, the winnings are all yours!

I despise the lottery. There’s less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid.

Adversarial ad referendum

The government should train, and direct the people in the acquisition of political knowledge. – Sun Yat-sen, first president of the Republic of China The

Queen Elizabeth’s drop scones

‘Well, food’s always the way to anybody’s heart, I think, guy or girl.’  — Josh Hutcherson, American actor. The late Queen Elizabeth II of Great

On the vanishing Lugat trail

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already

Memento truly a gift of wealth

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. –        Charles Kuralt, American journalist Many generations ago,

Let everyone own a ‘castle.’

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters daydreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the

Reflections on Malaysia Day

“Being together as one big family is better than being alone and separated from everyone else.” I wrote this eight years ago, on September 17,