I am and always will be a sinner. But that’s the beautiful thing about Jesus. I’ll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I’m not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I’m holier than thou, ’cause I’m not! – Billy Ray Cyrus I totally agree with Billy. The holier ...
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Guo Li Zhuang – The Strength Inside The Pot
Whole yak penis, tiger penis, ox penis, dog penis or sheep testicles, anyone? One man’s food is another man’s poison but at Guo Li Zhuang Chinese Restaurant, one man’s taboo is another man’s tonic. A visit to the restaurant is not for the faint-hearted. It specializes in dishes prepared from the genitals (penises and testicles) of male animals from a ...
Read More »Are You Telling Me To Exercise?
Everyone says exercise like walking, jogging, swimming or cycling is good for your health. The tiny reef fish known as pygmy goby swims all day and yet its lifespan is only about 59 days, making it the vertebrate animal with the shortest lifespan of any vertebrate animal. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 9-12 years. A tortoise doesn’t ...
Read More »Forever Marilyn
Marilyn Monroe was always larger than life. Now she has been immortalized in a 26ft high statue – in her classic skirt-billowing pose from 1955 movie The Seven Year Itch. The long-awaited 26-foot stainless steel and aluminum sculpture by Seward Johnson was unveiled Saturday on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago and will remain on display through the spring of 2012. ...
Read More »Dedicated To My Ex-Colleagues In Brunei
Three and a half years have elapsed since I left Teck Guan Group in Brunei to return to Miri. I spent ten years at Teck Guan so it is with great nostalgia every time I recall my life in Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei. And I treasure the farewell card and the farewell gift that my ex-colleagues gave me at ...
Read More »A Tribute To My Teachers
“Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own.” — Nikos Kazantzakis It has been said that a teacher is the flame that lights the path of a child. Teachers shoulder a very important responsibility of shaping ...
Read More »Ramblings Of A Nearsighted Colorblind
Most of us take our eyesight for granted. For those of you who are blessed with problem-free eyesight, I congratulate you all. I have been having problems with my eyesight since my lower secondary school days. I was diagnosed with myopia when I was in Form One at Kai Chung Middle School in Binatang (it was known by that name ...
Read More »Where A Lim Is Also A Ling
Welcome to my world where a Lim is also a Ling. My surname is actually Lim but it was registered as Ling in my birth certificate. I was born in a very small town in Sarawak called Binatang which means animal in Malay. This is a predominantly Foochow town. So when I was born, my Hokkien parents gave the nurse ...
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