Life is like flying a kite. It was Lauren Bacall who said that imagination is the highest kite one can fly. True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher. The humble kite is usually associated with liveliness, joy, fun, energy, youthfulness and freedom. A soaring kite is a classic image representing living life to the fullest. ...

Against all odds, Malaysian Singer Shila Amzah has won the Asian Wave 2012 (声动亚洲 2012) with her rendition of  “征服” last night in Shanghai, beating singers from many Asian countries including Japan, Korea, China and Thailand. Listen to Shila’s rendition of  “征服”: 30 singers competed in the early phrase of the competition, with only 12 participants making it to the ...

Pandelela Rinong has written her name in Malaysia’s history book by winning the bronze medal in the Olympics women’s 10m individual platform event at the Aquatics Centre early Friday. Her bronze medal was Malaysia’s first-ever Olympics medal in a sport other than badminton, besides making Pandelela the first Malaysian woman to win an Olympics medal. The 19-year-old from Sarawak garnered ...

This is so sad and yet so uplifting at the same time. The photos of a father and mother kissing their dying little girl goodbye has touched millions around the world. Just in case you are wondering why all the medic people in the photo are bowing, the reason is because  two small children  are able to live thanks to ...

Thank you Lord for answering my prayers. I left Miri at about 9.30 am this morning, arriving at Empire Country Club & Hotel at about 11.15 a.m. As I do not know the way to Jerudong Park Medical Centre (JPMC), I had made arrangement with Ken Cho, my best buddy in Brunei, to pick me up at Empire and send ...

I was saddened beyond words when Marissa Cuba, my ex-colleague in Brunei, sent me a SMS informing me that my ex-colleague Sophia Tan’s condition seems to have taken a turn for the worse. I thought she was recovering well as she has so much strength and faith. Her cancer has gone into remissions a few times only to relapse after ...

I was reading news online when I came across this inspiring story of a runner who refuses to give up though his body has already done so. The runner’s sheer determination to finish the race at all costs is truly a great inspiration. Covington (La.) St. Paul’s School senior cross country star Christian Bergeron never wavered in his commitment to ...

A touching and emotional video made by a 16-year-old girl named Kait from Grand Rapids, Michigan, about her mother’s suicide has gone viral, tugging at the heart strings of people all over the world. Smiling brightly for the camera, Brave Kait, does not speak a single word but holds handwritten messages saying people would call her ‘the strongest girl in ...

Mother-of-two Laura Binder seemed destined to succumb to cancer as the cancer spread from her breast to her liver and that there was nothing the doctors could do. Her situation seemed hopeless. But one person steadfastly refused to give up: Mrs Binder’s nine-year-old daughter Linzi. Linzi wrote her mother a letter every day for the next seven months urging her ...

A poignant tribute to Apple founder Steve Jobs has turned a Hong Kong graphic design student into an internet sensation. Jonathan Mak, 19, a student at Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University School of Design, came up with the idea of incorporating Steve Jobs’ silhouette into the bite of the Apple logo, symbolizing both Jobs’ departure and lingering presence at the core ...