THEY were high-school sweethearts just after the Japanese War in the Pacific had ended in 1945; one was a Boy Scout and the other a Girl Guide from schools across the MacDougall Road in Kuching.
The boy came from a prominent Hokkien Chinese family steeped in tradition, and the girl from a well-of
I HAD first met Sri Lankan film-maker Rob Nevis in May 2000 when he was part of 20 or so film crew brought in by film producer and director Chandran Rutnam for the location shoot of ‘The Sleeping Dictionary’.
His first job was a standby props person in the Art Department, and he had worked closel
TOMORROW, June 18, is celebrated as Fathers’ Day throughout most of the world.
It is usually a much lower-profile and lower-key affair in the family after Christmas, Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, Gawai, Wesak, Deepavali, or Mother’s Day.
I would reckon that it even comes only after birthdays of