Announcement: Malaya Relived: The Penang Riots (A New Musical)
Travel back in time to the 1867 era of George Town in Penang, with opulence, opals and opium featured prominently in the Penang Hokkien high life. “The Penang Riots” is … Read More
Month: June 2019
The Annual Ipoh Parade K-Street Carnival is Back, Bigger & Better
Ipoh Parade’s annual K-Street Carnival is back, this time bigger and better, for six days from 18th to 23rd June.
Moonlight In The City by Kinta Valley Wind Orchestra (KVWO)
It was an evening of love and romance at Dewan Serbaguna Bandar Baru Tambun, Ipoh, as guests were enchanted by melodic tunes from the Kinta Valley Wind Orchestra (KVWO), an … Read More
Kinta Riverfront Hotel Hari Raya Open House
It was an evening of good food, great company and camaraderie at the Hari Raya Open House of Kinta Riverfront Hotel & Suites Ipoh.
Top Ten Things To Know About Nepal Before Your Maiden Visit
An opportunity was presented to me to travel to Nepal for ten days, and of course, I snapped it up. Frankly, Nepal, the Switzerland of Asia, was never on my … Read More
Packing for My First Backpacking Expedition
If you follow my social media accounts, you would know that I just spent 10 days in Nepal, the Switzerland of Asia. I still couldn’t believe that I survived the … 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
Malaysia, My Home
Having made Subang Jaya his home, and with a wife originally from Sungai Siput, Perak, Briton Andrew John Collier, 40, visits Ipoh at least twice a year, and may consider … Read More
From Rags to Riches
From scavenging the garbage of wealthy households for discarded school uniforms, belts and shoes in his hometown of Juru, to waiting beside restaurant trash bins in Houston, Texas at 9pm … Read More