Home in the Wild
Eleven tapirs, eight false gharials and a pair of flat-headed cats call the Wildlife Conservation Centre in Sungai Dusun, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor, home. With a land size of 4330 … Read More
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Making Good in Melaka
As a 19-year-old junior chef, Aarron Nelson had the opportunity to travel to Thailand with his executive chef for a food promotion. Wide-eyed and inexperienced, he found the country to … Read More
Master Potter’s Love Affair with Ipoh
If Singaporean Lim Hua Choon has his way, Ipoh should just maintain her current pace and not develop any further yet. For the 63-year-old ceramic art teacher who runs a … Read More
Culture Keeps Him Coming Back
Although not unfamiliar with Malaysia, when travel writer Lloyd Salac, 25, was invited to go on a media familiarisation trip to Selangor, he quickly took up the offer, excited to … Read More
Step Inside Nature’s Garden
Nestled amidst tall fruit trees in the hills of Ulu Langat, Selangor, about 40 minutes drive from the heart of Kuala Lumpur, is Uluhati Farm and Recreations. Picturesque and serene, … Read More
Portuguese Settlement: Living History
Right in the heart of Malacca city in Ujong Pasir is Malaysia’s last surviving Portuguese settlement. Encompassing a land size of 28 acres with 118 houses, about 1,200 people call … Read More
Handmade from Behind Bars
Since the Sixties, Malaysian prisoners are no longer put through hard labour during their incarceration. Instead, they are taught a number of living skills that would enable them to earn … Read More
Pedalling a Family Tradition
As one of only six female pedallers in the male-dominated trishaw industry in Malacca city, Humaira Bt. Norezan, 21, certainly draws much attention. In the job for three years now, … Read More
Wandering Cobbler
Come rain or shine, cobbler Osman Sidek, 58, can be found in his booth at the junction of Jalan Sultan Nazrin Shah and Jalan Rapat Jaya attending to his work. … Read More
A Stitch Back In Time
Holding a size 12 needle between his left thumb and forefinger, Lim Tian Seng meticulously stitched one Japanese cut bead after another onto the piece of pattern that he had … Read More
Weaving His Mark With Rattan
With a few fingertips wrapped in adhesive bandage, Chee Ken Soon nonchalantly weaves rattan strips to tie up the joints of a cane chair, at the back of his show … Read More
Doctor’s Eye For History
In 1892, Kwok Soo Kha, a 31-year-old widow from Guangdong, Southern China, and her two children, aged 10 and 12 years, came to Taiping, Perak, to find work as a … Read More