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What gives? What it takes?

A dejected kilt-wearing Scotsman walking back to day time job and back to reality.... Since King James I/VI united Scotland and England under the same umbrella after his mother was abdicated, imprisoned and eventually beheaded for treason, Scots had always been feeling that they have been short changed. The impression that I got when I was there is that the Scots were just waiting to break free from the union. The recent referendum outcome obviously proved me wrong. Come Monday, it is back life and back to reality. The nay sayers and the yay sayers have to bury the hatchet, hold hands, walk into the sun set and be embroiled in the daily challenges of life. That is life. No matter what differences we have harbour against each other and the outcomes that may despair us, we have to carry on with life with a straight face. To all the people who think that we are being hypocrite by not standing our ground and rejecting all kinds of actions that contradicts our belief, I say get re...

Humanity still prevails

Killer dog’s owners make appearance at victim’s funeral By LOSHANA K. SHAGAR loshana@thestar.com.my Words of comfort: The dog owner’s parents (right) console Lim while Hon Mun (left) is seen in the background at the Gui Yuan Crematorium in Petaling Jaya Wednesday. — Raymond Ooi/The Star     PETALING JAYA: Barely 24 hours after 74-year-old Yip Sun Wah was mauled to death by a neighbour's miniature bull terrier cross, both families came together in the spirit of forgiveness. The body of Yip, who celebrated his birthday 11 days ago, lay in a brown coffin at the Gui Yuan Crematorium in Petaling Jaya. As his family members grieved over his tragic death, the family that owned the dog that killed Yip early Tuesday morning came to pay their last respects. They seemed apprehensive at first as they were unsure of the victim's family's response, but were embraced by Yip's wife Lim Yoke Kim, 73, and their eldest son Hon Mun, 51. Yip also leaves behind ...