THE first time I saw and touched a rose flower was in 1960 when I was seven and had just started Primary 1 in our village’s mission school. The solitary bush that introduced me to the beauty of roses was tucked in the corner of a house compound that belonged
Every few months in the second half of the 1960s, a young man named Juwa would journey from his family’s farm to the bus stop at Mile 27 along the winding old Kuching-Serian Road, now replaced by the Pan Borneo Highway.. The bus would take him to Kuching town, about
Dirik was a quiet sort of fellow, the kind you’d likely pass on the road without giving much thought to who he was or where he was bound. He was lean and sunburned, with a face that looked like it had seen too much sun and too little laughter. Folks
The story I’m about to share has been passed down my family line for generations. It traces back four lifetimes before mine, first told by my great-great-grandmother. Assuming each generation spans roughly thirty years, this places the tale’s origins around 1833 — when the world was on the cusp of
“The strongest woman in the world is the one who stands alone.” Anonymous NOW, you wouldn’t think there’d be much to gossip about in a little paddy-farming community like ours in the 1950s and 1960s, tucked away in the heart of the jungle in Serian District, about forty miles from
‘I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’ – Maya Angelou (1928–2014), an acclaimed American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. Simu grew up in a household where love was not spoken aloud
In the complicated world of being in charge, how leaders and their teams get along is super important. On one hand, when leaders try to control everything and manipulate their teams, they mess up what makes leadership work. Conversely, some teams wrap up their leaders in a bubble of overprotection.
In our remote community of paddy farmers, spread sparsely along a narrow strip of wetland deep within a tropical jungle near Kampung Ta-ee in Serian District (now Serian Division), about 40 miles from Kuching, there lived a man named Jaul. His story, though simple, carries the weight of lessons that
‘The past beats inside me like a second heart.’ – John Banville, an Irish novelist, literary critic, and screenwriter. One of his most famous works is ‘The Sea’, which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2005. Banville’s writing is often praised for its elegance, depth, and introspective nature.
‘Agriculture is the most healthful, most useful, and most noble employment of man.’ – George Washington (1732-1799). He was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797. If you ’call the city home —
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