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

I have been to Old Bridge Delicatessen a few times as I like the food there. The café is owned by a Mr Graham, an expat who has been residing in Miri for over 30 years. Located in the row of shops near the Piasau Bridge, it is open from Tuesday to Sunday 10am-6pm. The café is not only a ...

I became a great fan of Keigo Higashino after reading Devotion of Suspect X more than five years ago. Since then, I have read Malice, Salvation of a Saint, Journey Under the Midnight Sun and A Midsummer’s Equation. I have been looking forward to read Naoko, his first book to be translated into English, for years. I kept a lookout ...

Having read Fiona Barton’s 2016 debut The Widow which I find rather over-rated, I started reading her second book The Child with some trepidation, expecting to be disappointed again.  The Child has received great reviews like its predecessor. Like The Widow, The Child is told from the perspectives of a few characters: journalist Kate Waters, a grieving mother named Angela, ...

Chap Goh Meh is here Chinese version of Valentine’s Day Night for single girls To try their luck for romance With tangerines as Tinder.

Raindrops on a leaf Transform into sparkling pearls Mother Nature’s tears Shimmering with clarity But they will be gone too soon.  

When you are about to cross a zebra crossing in Miri, NEVER assume that motorists will give way to you.  You have to be vigilant. Apparently a lot of motorists in Miri have never been taught by their driving instructors that they have to give way to pedestrians at zebra crossings. To such motorists, zebra crossings are akin to something ...

Facing stiff competition from international releases in the lucrative Chinese New Year screening slot, local movie A House of Happiness has received great reviews from local movie enthusiasts and has grossed more than RM1mil at the Malaysian box office after only a week of release. The heart-warming movie is the debut effort of director JY Teng together with prolific local ...

In the tradition of The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl comes a psychological thriller that has won great reviews and accolades. Bestselling author Lee Child hailed it “dazzling, startling, and above all cunning—a pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense.” Riveting, enthralling, addictive, intriguing, ingenious, genuinely eerie, and compulsive are some of the accolades that have been heaped on the ...

Lin Yutang said the end of the day is near When small men cast long shadows But there is no need for fear From the shadows will emerge heroes.   A long shadow blankets our country We seem to be in a state of regression The political situation is cause for worry Patriotic hearts bleed for the nation.   Long ...

The Shape of Water directed by Guillermo del Toro has won so many accolades and awards that I just had to watch it as soon as the DVD of the movie hit the shelves here in Miri.  The movie is an other-worldly fairy tale that brings to mind elements of “Beauty and the Beast” and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”. Living alone ...