Radical Change
Text and photos by Prime Sarmiento I celebrated my first Chinese New Year in a country which, despite its sizable ethnic Chinese population, has no Chinatown to speak of. Nevertheless, the first day of the CNY was declared a public holiday (not that I benefitted from it as I was on holiday duty). Most...
Notes from AWE 14: Why you need to follow your dreams
Text and photos by Prime Sarmiento Yes I did spend a long weekend in Kota Kinabalu, but don’t ask me about climbing Mt. Kinabalu, or taking photos of orangutans in a rainforest reserve or about the happenin’ clubs in this city. Apart from drinking wine and listening to some live music during a Halloween party...
Why I’m speaking at the AWE ‘14 (and why you should care about it)
Text and photos by Prime Sarmiento After going through some paper work over my work visa, I finally managed to get out of the newsroom in Brunei to spend a few days in Kota Kinabalu. This is my first time not only in KK but in Sabah. I initially had no...