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
Year: 2019
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
The Prancing COOK
Into his fifteenth year living in Ipoh, the inefficiencies of local government agencies still boggle the mind of Australian Stephen John Cook. Despite regularly being made to jump through hoops … Read More
Saying ‘I Love You’ With Sun, Sand & Sea
With his mobility seriously curbed due to old age, Yeow Weng Fee, 85, spends most of his time at home in Tronoh, Perak, waiting for the weekend to come around … Read More
Ipoh Up Close
“Terima kasih, Ipoh! I am so touched by your kindness, I hope to visit you again!” said Tazeen Qureshy, 22, from Odisha, India, who was in Ipoh for ten days … Read More
One Squid, Two Squids…..It’s All In The Jig
As the setting sun painted the sky orange in the horizon, Philemon Foo Choong Ming, 39, lowered his squid jig into the vast South China Sea, until the sinker had … Read More
Teeny Weeny World
For Au Lai Mun, 28, quitting her job and returning to her hometown Ipoh to focus full-time on her passion for resin craft seemed to be the best decision she … Read More
Ravishing Rishon
Of Indian and Chinese parentage, Rishon Shun, 21, beat 13 other finalists to be crowned Miss Perak Tourism 2015 on May 16 in Ipoh, and take on the responsibility as … Read More
Master of Blinds
Despite suffering from dwindling business, 78-year-old chick weaver Lau Chee Wah has no plans to hang up his work tools. The third generation to run the weaving business “Lau Hoi … Read More
Food For Thought
“We miss the sidewalks that make walking safe!” Estefanya Gordillo, 27, and Anne Pladdet, 25, said in unison, when asked what they miss most in Ipoh compared to the Netherlands, … Read More