When Malaysia came together to write 'The Great Malaysian Novel'
They came from all walks of life and all races to to spin a tale that was quintessentially Malaysian.
Forever foreigner, alien or pendatang
This seems to be the curse on the Chinese wherever they go in the world.
Cool aid for our hot cities
If we are to put a lid on the heat, we need to do more than just plant trees.
Living a less plastic life is possible
The next time you shop for groceries, take a look at how much plastic there is in your trolley before you reach the checkout counter.
Toss the fish for an ox-spicious start
That’s something we can do at home to welcome the Year of the Ox and still have ‘din-dining’ fun with a bit pre-recorded help.
To all the books I loved before
Being stuck at home under the MCO finally got this columnist spring-cleaning her bookshelves.
In vaccine we trust, provided...
The MCO and even the just declared Emergency are only stopgap measures. What we need is a national vaccination plan that covers all bases.
Living through a year of ‘blursdays’
ALIVE and well and deeply thankful for it. That pretty much sums up what I feel about 2020.
The world in one word
IT’S the year of Covid-19 so it comes as no surprise that “pandemic” is indeed the declared Word of the Year (WOTY) by two esteemed dictionary publishers.
Mask is a must, even with a vaccine
That’s the advice from a top vaccine expert who says ‘normal life’ isn’t going to happen until we reach a level of protection in society whereby should there be an outbreak, it will be self-contained.
A love letter to South Korea
CORONAVIRUS be damned, I am in good company. The person whom I want to claim kinship with, however, is on the other side of the world. He is Paulo Coelho, Brazil’s best-selling author of all time.
Trump and the yellowing of white privilege
AS you read this, Americans are on tenterhooks as they await the results of their most contentious presidential election in decades.
