Sunday, 11 January 2026

Category: Column

Weird shamans and mysterious healings

Shamanism is a kind of universal spiritual practice with indigenous cultures around the world, and one important element of it is taking care of spirits.

Darling, I just love your money

I’m scammed almost every day. Or, if not scammed, at the very least someone tries to scam me. Usually more than once a day. –

The best amongst the worse?

Political language … is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. – George

Thank you — for giving us TVS

Thank God we’re living in a country where the sky’s the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to

Te whetu Orongo

Shakespeare-in-law

It is this window into the soul of man that draws people to Shakespeare. – Michael Jay Willson, American legal scholar Practising lawyers appreciate how

Communicating in English effectively

The English language is nobody’s special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself. — Derek Walcott,

Two similar, familiar and endeared places

Nostalgia is a powerful feeling; it can drown out anything. – Terrence Malick, American film director There are some striking similarities between Sibu and Penang’s

No end to Azmin-Anwar rivalry

Politicians and diapers should be changed frequently and all for the same reason. — José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese writer Some two months

Covid-19 resurgence, politics and us

Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness. – Pat Riley, American ex-coach of National Basketball Association The rise in