So… what now?
September 27, 2026 | 2 min read | 129 views
The recovery work is mostly done. The old blog is back. Now comes the harder part: actually writing again.
The haze, oil palm and the question of who really started the fire
September 18, 2026 | 17 min read | 150 views
The haze is often blamed on oil palm plantations, but the reality is more complicated: fire, peatland, economics, land ownership, enforcement and responsibility all intersect long before the smoke crosses a border.
I killed my blog. Then 10 years later, I brought it back.
September 15, 2026 | 9 min read | 294 views
Little walk down the memory lane… Some of you old farts might remember this place. bongkersz.com. The Flaccid Mind. A stupid name for a blog where I spent an equally stupid amount of time writing equally stupid things. I started blogging sometime around 2005. Back then there was no Instagram, TikTok, Threads or whatever shit […]
I iz bek!
November 25, 2018 | 4 min read | 347 views
A 2018 return to blogging, reflecting on why long-form writing faded after social media and what drew bongkersz back to the keyboard.
Key issues facing Sarawak this forthcoming state election.
March 15, 2016 | 5 min read | 152 views
A 2016 pre-election Sarawak opinion post setting out the issues the author believed mattered most, including everyday costs, infrastructure, basic services and governance.
Thirty three.
November 24, 2015 | 3 min read | 120 views
Turning 33 in Kalimantan, reflecting on birthdays, writing less in the social-media era, and sitting on the other side of a job interview.