CY@CY Says Welcome to my dreamscape. Where a Lim is also a Ling.

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.  – Doug Larson In slightly over a month’s time, I will be 59. As 60 looms, I worry about how to stay in shape mentally. I am a bit fearful that the state of my mind will gradually decline. I know that my mind needs constant workout to ...

I had my primary school education at St Augustine’s Primary School in Binatang. It was a Roman Catholic mission school and English was the medium of instruction. Chinese was a subject that I studied but I did not like Chinese lessons as I found Chinese difficult, especially writing in Chinese. My Chinese teacher was Mr Hsieh who knew my parents ...

It was in 2006 that I first participated in World Vision Child Sponsorship Programme. I was working in Brunei at that time and I came to know that my boss’ school going daughter Rachel was sponsoring some kids through World Vision.  I took up the challenge and the first child I sponsored was a Thai boy by the name of ...

When my China girlfriend died a few months into our relationship, I was a bit devastated. She had been such a close companion, one that I cherished as she was particularly special. I soon found a new love, another China girlfriend. She has been with me for over two months. Despite the fact that she has been with me for ...

I first watched “The Sleeping Dictionary” more than a decade ago and it was a movie that I found quite enjoyable and exotic as it was a tale about Sarawak during the British colonial rule.  The 2003 American film was filmed on location in Sarawak. I suddenly remember this movie when I was on YouTube this afternoon and decided to ...

I read in the Star today about the passing on of Soo Ewe Jin, Star’s executive director. A few months ago, I bought his book “Sunday Starters”, a compilation of articles he wrote in his weekly column Sunday Starters. I enjoy reading the book and his articles strike a chord with me as he focused on ordinary people and day-to-day ...

I was born in a very small town but for the past 35 years, I have called Miri my home. The small-town boy in me never truly goes away. Time and again, I am caught up in nostalgia whenever I recall my childhood days in Binatang (now known as Bintangor). The recent sale of my dad’s shophouse in Bintangor has ...

Photographers worldwide are eagerly waiting for tomorrow when the full supermoon phenomenon will take place. It will be the biggest supermoon in 68 years and the full moon won’t come this close to Earth again until 25 November 2034. The full supermoon is a rare astronomical occurrence, taking place every one to two years when the full moon coincides with ...

Has Paul the Octopus been reincarnated as a monkey in China? The 5-year old monkey, known as Geda and living at Shiyanhu Ecological Tourism Park in China, has proven that his successful prediction of Portugal winning the 2016 European Championship in July this year was no flash in the pan. The prophetic primate has successfully predicted that Donald Trump would ...

I read about the suicide of a man by the name of Kueh Shu Tsung in the Star on November 10. The man from Perak left a suicide note asking for help to take care of his 70 dogs. It was later that I found out in klse.i3investor.com that Kueh was the person behind the i3investor ID optimus.  I had ...