Friday, 24 April 2026

Category: Opinion

The blurred picture

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present. – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian diplomat, politician, historian

Youth suicide: It ends now!

When you feel like giving up, just remember the reason why you held on for so long.  – Anon Earlier this year, the suicide of

TREASURE CHEST

Anderson lifted the treasure chest and brought it into the kitchen, craving for a freshly baked chocolate muffin. His wife was washing up the dishes

Excel, don’t remain mediocre

With enough effort, an average person can achieve excellence in a chosen field instead of remaining mediocre. But most people prefer to be comfortable and

When bad is too good for comfort

The opposition PH got badly stung, not once but many times, by the State 2020 Budget. Folk like state PH chairman Chong Chieng Jen and

GPS, one year on…

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. – Jack Welch,

My masseuse, my saviour

My favourite masseuse is on a long holiday this month. She is back in her country, Thailand. She told me recently that she had not

The big picture

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. – Groucho Marx, American comedian, writer, film

To vape, or not to vape…

I don’t ever tell someone to stop doing what they’re doing. But if somebody is using an e-cigarette, that tells me it’s filling some gap