The haze is back again, Our prayers have been in vain, The green and blue are subdued, Overcome by brown and grey hues.   The acrid smell permeates the air, Lingering in our clothes and hair, The smoke irritates our noses, As we inhale pollutants in small doses.   The Pollutants Standard Index is rising, The government doesn’t seem to ...

In Piasau Nature Reserve, Authorities strive to preserve, A small colony of hornbills, With their long down-curved bills. The death of Faridah sparked a public outcry, At the brutal hands of poachers she died, Leaving behind a heartbroken Jimmy, Sad as a man running on empty. Like a phoenix rising out of ashes, Jimmy has emerged from his sadness, His ...

Loggers lose their jobs, Oil industry in limbo, Falling dominoes.

Korea Heritage Restaurant has been operating at Marina Square in Miri since the latter part of last year but it was only yesterday that we dropped by the restaurant for dinner. It was about 6pm when we arrived and we were the only customer. We ordered mushroom jeon, fish jeon, rice cake, bibimbap and torikatsu as well as a pot ...

Thou Rejang River, long and mighty, Deforestation and human abuses have made you so filthy, Your water the colour of milk coffee, Not a pretty sight to see.   Famed for being the longest river in Malaysia, The country that prides itself as truly Asia, For centuries a major route into the heart of Borneo, You were famed for your ...

Zee Avi, Born in Miri, She sang her Bitter Heart out about Kantoi, And got busted with Tommy boy.

Tong biru they give, Our future hangs in the tong, What a sorry state!

My college mate Tolstoy Tingang Trang has suggested to me that I should seriously consider writing haiku poems.  In the last couple of days, I decided to do some study about haiku though initially I thought haikus are not the type of poems that I would want to write. Then I became hooked and have been busy trying my hands ...

The Grand Old Lady lives alone, High on Canada Hill, You may think she must be forlorn, But that is not how she feels.   Towering thirty metres above ground, Famous landmark she has become, Malaysia’s first cable-tool oil well is her crown, Also known as Miri Well Number One to some.   At over one hundred and five years ...

Unique and mesmeric, Tasty and aromatic, Sublime and creamy, Tantalising and spicy.   That’s Sarawak laksa, Crème de la crème of all laksa, A reddish-brown concoction of hot soupy goodness, So tempting with its tint of sourness.   A favourite of Anthony Bourdain, Breakfast of the Gods he ordained, Took to it like a rhino to a mud bath, Inducing ...