One of the questions I got quite frequently: Do you have any tips on improving your English writing when English is not your first language? It’s a very relevant question since I am a non-native English speaker. For many years, English writing (and speaking, too) was one of the aspects of life I struggled to … Read more
Becoming a published author is a dream come true, especially if your book is published by a big publisher. Words will not describe sufficiently that feeling when you hold that first book dear to your hands. I know; I have been there. A book manifests how much time, passion, and effort you have spent translating … Read more
In 2001, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched the World Book Capital, conferring the city of Madrid, Spain as the inaugural World Book Capital. Since then, a host of major cities has been selected based on a number of identified criteria that summarily award cities with the best programmes dedicated to … Read more
Nelson Mandela dan Anti-Apartheid Nelson Mandela ialah antara pejuang kemanusiaan yang paling dihormati. Mandela dikenali dengan gerakan yang akhirnya menguburkan Apartheid, sebuah dasar yang mendiskriminasikan antara bangsa kulit putih dengan hitam di Afrika Selatan. Meskipun berjaya akhirnya, Mandela terpaksa membayar perjuangannya dengan harga yang mahal. Penglibatan dan pengaruh besarnya dalam African National Congress yang memperjuangkan … Read more
Baru-baru ini, seorang lelaki tua misteri dengan selamba berjalan masuk ke Tompkins Square Library di New York untuk memulangkan buku perpustakaan itu yang telah lama tamat tempoh pinjamannya. Berapa lamakah overdue? 38 tahun. Atau lebih tepat lagi tarikh akhir pemulangannya adalah 16 June 1979 (kemungkinan untuk anda yang membaca ini belum lahir agak tinggi). Kerani … Read more