Thursday, 2 April 2026

Category: Column

I’m an accidental cook

No one is born a great cook; one learns by doing. — Julia Child, American cooking teacher, author, and television personality When my 24-year-old niece

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The qwerty factor

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle, Greek philosopher Programming, conditioning and

Sharing the Kalimantan cake

The biggest sources of opportunity are collaboration and partnership. And today, with digital communication, there is more of that everywhere. We need to expose ourselves

Contest to seek justice

Truth never damages a cause that is just. – Mahatma Gandhi, anti-colonial nationalist Disputes, especially pertaining to land ownerships among the Ibans of old were

Do more for mental health

I found that with depression, one of the most important things you can realise is that you’re not alone. You’re not the first to go

Of political bees and hornets …

Actually, I have this random fear, and it’s of bees and wasps. Bees and wasps actually scare me just a little bit. I’d rather have

Are you afraid to die?

Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life. – Charles Frohman, American theatre producer Ladies and gentlemen, are you afraid to die?

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SEPARATION, OR BALANCE, OF POWERS?

If men we angels, no government would be necessary. – James Madison, 4th US President The executive, legislative and judicial branches of government should not