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THE DAY has not yet started but you're probably wondering what to eat for dinner. Your days are not counted in hours but by meals and you're happy to drive a longer distance, if the restaurant comes with high recommendations and instagramable envy.

In general, it's safe to say that we are obsessed with food. After all, instead of saying how are you, we ask "have you eaten?"

THE expediting of a private member's bill to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 in Parliament last week has ignited a debate. While there are different dimensions to the bill, three observations are of concern.

WE'VE heard similar statements like these before – "you can't know where you're going until you know where you've been".

While we don't want our past to hold us down, knowing our history helps us understand who we are and where we fit in.

YOU'VE experienced the haze and felt the rising temperatures. While we still go about our daily lives, there is a niggling feeling of how this affects our health in the long term.

Imagine not having clear air to breathe or water to drink. Wait a minute you've all experienced that here. I would not have thought this to be true in my lifetime but look where we are today.