So as we turned our backs on exam halls and piles of books, we find ourselves succumbing to the lure of the beaches as the holiday season beckons. We headed to Permai (surprise!), that same patch of beach we invaded during last semester’s break, and the semester break before that and the one before that.. […]
Category: Happenings
Earth Hour ’09
After the one-hour switch-off, the countdown, the celebrations, the candlelight parties, the darkened skylines of reknowned cities of the world, the pledging, the voting, inevitably, the Earth Hour craze and excitement withers away, and when we return to our daily lives one wonders just how Earth Hour made a difference — if any. I remember fearing […]
Among the Clouds
“See that shiny little speck down there?” I asked my sister, pointing at an arbitrary point in an endless mass of tree canopies as we looked out into Southwest Kalimantan. “That little speck is gonna grow bigger,” I made a soft whizzing sound as my fingers portray a rapidly approaching metallic object, “Whizzzz.. Arrrgg!” I poke […]