Take a little time out to ask people around you “Is everything okay?” and lend your ears. It could help that one person who could be having suicidal thoughts to just hold on.
Category: Expressions
Smash gambling rackets in badminton
Educating shuttlers on the evils of gambling and betting should be top priority and stern action must be taken if they are found guilty.
One man’s cuisine is another man’s poison
To some eating lizards and seahorses seem insane, to others something like thosai may prove to be a challenge.
Is your ‘wakil rakyat’ really the people’s choice?
Party leaders in Malaysia have so much power yet most decisions are made top-down. In America, it is definitely the opposite.
It’s the learning experience that adds up, not a maths test
Exams may be necessary in education but there should be less emphasis on results and more on project-based tasks to pique a child’s interest, draw their creativity and develop higher order thinking skills.
Summer is back, thank heavens for A/C
Having spent thirty years in Kuala Lumpur, our Washington DC columnist can’t wait for summer to be over in ‘Kuala Paya’.
Furore over sex scandals more about values and trust
Video allegedly showing a Malaysian senior minister and a political secretary involved in sexual activity has become talking point – not just about the sex but also the values attached to the nature and circumstances of it.
‘The greatest 60 seconds of my life’
Life-long Liverpool fan M.Zulkifli A.Jalil fulfilled an item on his bucket list when he joined 750,000 fans at Liverpool’s Champions League victory parade last Sunday.
Navigating life with Tourette’s
Today is Tourette’s Awareness Day. Let’s all be kinder and sympathetic to those who seem a little different.
You’ll never Gawai alone
Subdued Gawai ‘feel’ in Bau, Kuching, livened up by Liverpool’s Champions League victory over Tottenham Hotspur.
Wrong to classify YWP as foundation, it’s a private company
To prevent conflict of interest, immediate action should be taken to detach Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan from the Federal Territories Ministry and enable it to operate independently just like any private company.
Dog shooting cases by local councils – SOP or easy way out?
Uniform laws needed to govern killing of animals that continues despite having policies in place following shooting of monkey and dog in Perak recently.