Opinion events is one of the categories under the Personal Life category in Blog.CyrilDason.com, a blog owned, and updated by Cyril Dason since 2008.
This category is focused on the Cyril Dason’s thoughts on key issues which are popular in the public eye.
Under this category, points and opinion related to current events and issues are therefore written or shared by Cyril Dason.
Cyril Dason is a content creator and educator based in Kuching, Sarawak with over 15 years in content creation experience.
His followers come from around the world but are largely concentrated to Malaysia, with most of them residing in both Sabah and Sarawak.
Other than Blog.CyrilDason.com, he owns several niche blogs such as SarawakCrocs.com (Football) and KuchingBorneo.info (Travel). He is also well established on Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.
Last Saturday, after almost half a year not going to watch football matches in Stadium Negeri, I decided to head down to watch the Crocs play with Johor. To be honest, I was not expecting a win because the team is in such a bad state nowadays, I think it’s a miracle the Crocs can
Why I might just not go to the stadium anymore… Read Post »
Today marked Sarawak’s independence rule from the British. According to Wikipedia, on the 22nd of July 1963, “Alexander Waddell, the last Governor of the Colony, left the Astana and boarded a white sampan to cross the Sarawak River, then handed the administration of Sarawak to the Sarawakian citizens, with the Colonial flag lowered and the
If I had it my way, it would be ‘Sarawakians for Sarawak’ Read Post »
I initially wanted to talk about the dilemma teacher’s face on a daily routine, but after typing a long 700+ story, I hit a brick wall and decided it was not the way I should go. Instead, this rather short piece is a replacement of that 700-word odd article for Teacher’s Day. If you have
Teacher’s Day post: Those moments Read Post »
Some of us may have not realized we are bullying someone online, until you actually learn how bullies, bully people online. I think we should highlight this issue during HashtagLive Kuching so that there would be more awareness on this. According to www.stopbullying.gov “Cyberbullying or bullying online takes place when bullying is done using electronic
Some of us don’t realize we are cyberbullies Read Post »
The Goods and Service Tax (GST) would soon be implemented and many are worried. As far as I have heard, many are not for the implementation of the tax because they think it will increase the prices of goods and services, which is true and false at the same time. GST is a new tax
What is GST and how will it effect us? – My take Read Post »
A year has passed since Adenan Satem took the Chief Minister seat of Sarawak, and as a Sarawakian, I am impressed with what he has said and done in the past one year. Indeed, Adenan Satem is a growing figure in the Malaysian political scene and he has, as far as I know, gained a
The Chief Minister of Sarawak, Adenan Satem: Issues, problems and elections Read Post »
Let’s talk about something which many non-Muslim would not want to talk about for a change. The title really says it all, and this is not me being racist or trying to ‘heat up’ things, but rather me, trying to give my Muslim readers, and perhaps friends, a little in sight of why ‘non-Muslim parents
Non-Muslims and Islam in Malaysia Read Post »
I’m a little late to give my points on this issue, but since it’s something concerning myself, my kid, my people, bah.. here’s just my two cents. As you may have heard, stating your ethnicity in a government form is an issue now. It didn’t create such a huge fuss last time, because there was
The ‘Lain-lain’ issue Read Post »
Let’s take a moment to talk about something not really related to my personal life, which is ‘blind patriotism’. If you know me well, or you have been to one of my talks/sharings, or perhaps followed my blog since years ago, you’d know I’m quite a patriot, standing firm on issues regarding Sarawak and Sarawakians.
Blind Patriotism and Sarawakians – The sad and worrying truth. Read Post »