World Earth Day 2008

April 22, 2008 in Citizen of the World, The Conservationist in Me

So yeah, today’s World Earth Day, the day we citizens of the world set aside not just to pay homage to this planet that we inhabited but to remind us of doing our part to keep this planet called Earth alive and healthy for our future generations’ sake.
We want them to have an Earth where [...]

World Environment Day is Today!

June 5, 2007 in Celebrations & Festivals, Citizen of the World, The Conservationist in Me

The Earth is dying and you’d better be believing it!
Never has the topic of conservation and protection of our environment been this urgent and this serious ever. Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth has hit home the message and it really hit hard… our Earth is not getting any better as temperatures rise because of [...]

A wet, wet, Chinese New Year…plus family reunion dinner…

February 19, 2007 in Celebrations & Festivals, Family Matters, Personal Reflections, The Conservationist in Me

Well, today’s the second day of the Chinese New Year and I’m pretty stuffed to the max with all the sweet stuff and CNY goodies. Yee Sang… just love’em! And peanut cookies and pineapple tarts as well as kuih kapit…all of it just so very, very the YUMMY! Just hope I didn’t gain too [...]

Say goodbye to the leatherbacks, Malaysia!

August 8, 2006 in The Conservationist in Me

I was heartbroken when I read about how the leatherback turtles were effectively extinct in Malaysia. While it is indeed heartening to know they are thrving elsewhere, but the fact that they are extinct here in Malaysia where they used to throng the Terengganu beaches by the thousands in the 1960s left much cause for worry.
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