Chow Ping Lee

A story from Chinese literature titled 失孝记 (“The Filial Son Who Lost His Mother”) tells of a man named Wu Meng who was a student of Confucianism during the Eastern Han Dynasty. One day, while Wu Meng

Feature image credit: KindelMedia @ pexels I have. Here’s my story. I come from a technocratic profession that requires us to do a medical examination every year. Our license depends on the medical cert. Losing the medical cert means losing the license altogether. And without the license, there is no career in this profession. That … Read more “Pri

Feature image credit: Rowan Freeman @ unsplash China Press reported that 390,000 SPM graduates of 2019 (72.1%) have expressed disinterest in continuing their studies. Many of them have opted instead to become food delivery riders. Depending on how much a food delivery rider works, they can earn up to RM9,000 a month, according to a … Read more “Pri

Feature image credit: The Borneo Post There is a place in Kuching called Bukit Stapok. You might think that the area is named after a hill, but if you go to the area today, you will find no such hill.  Yet various sources have referenced the hill, spelled differently in different places. Stapok, Si-tapok, Darod … Read more “Private: The case of the

Feature image credit: Andres Siimon @ unsplash This author would be the first to admit it out loud. I wish people would stop smoking, especially in public spaces.  Smoking is harmful to the human body in a myriad of ways. At the risk of sounding like a preachy PSA, here are some ways smoking affects … Read more “Private: Should we pass the smoking

Feature image credit: NBC News Two months ago, we witnessed the drama-packed defamation trial of Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard over an article in The Washington Post. A jury ruled that Heard had intentionally and maliciously defamed Depp. Now, two months later, Depp’s fans — ever the enthusiastic bunch — decided to pay USD 3,000 to gain … Read more “P

Feature image credit: Mike B @ pexels A quick look at Statista tells us that the Malaysian luxury cars market is projected to reach a revenue of US$0.78bn (RM3.5bn) in 2022. And that’s just this year. My, that’s a lot of luxury cars on our roads. Cars are a necessity to get from point A … Read more “Private: The Malaysian luxury cars market is proj

Feature image credit: PERKESO Human resources minister M Saravanan told the Dewan Rakyat during the tabling of the Housewives’ Social Security Bill that husbands who fail to make Socso contributions for their wives may be fined up to RM10,000 or imprisoned for a maximum of two years. One day later, SOCSO clarified that it is … Read more “Private: A