Helping the Disabled Make New Lives
A typical work day at the workshop of Persatuan Pemulihan Orang Cacat Perak (PPOC Perak) along Jalan Ampang Baru 6A in Ipoh, begins at 8.30am, starting with roll call, followed … Read More
Month: March 2020
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
Good Enough For Home
To retired geologists, K Fletcher and Donna Baylis, Ipoh is home. Since joining the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme in 2003 and making Ipoh their base, Fletcher and Baylis … Read More
The Roaming Grump
Known to his many fans on Radio Roaming as Grumpy, one would think that travel broadcaster-cum-writer Steve Collins has many a thing to complain about in life. But the jolly … Read More
Off-The-Beaten-Path Cherry Blossom Tours To Avoid Crowds
As we approach the highly anticipated cherry blossom season, Walk Japan has a range of tours tailored to take travellers away from the crowded hotspots in order to admire these … Read More
Giant Falim Ipoh Clearance – Everything Must Go
A reader tipped me off about the closure of Giant Falim in Ipoh. It was just like yesterday that I attended the launch of this hypermarket. Checked my blog and … Read More
Shuddup N’ Dance Returns for the 7th Consecutive Year
In view of COVID-19, this event has been postponed to a later date. The hunt for 2020’s Best Street Dancers begins at Ipoh Parade this weekend. For the seventh year … Read More
Live Surgery Exhibition-cum-Conference for Orthopaedic Surgeons
Pusat Perubatan Ar-Ridzuan held a live surgery exhibition-cum-conference for orthopaedic surgeons from around the country last weekend. Directing and hosting the event was Dr Loh Choong Sing, an orthopaedic surgeon … Read More
Break Fast with Syeun Hotel’s Bufet Ramadhan Citarasa Warisan
Bulan Puasa this year begins on the 23rd of April. That’s just slightly over a month away. Although I do not celebrate Ramadhan or Hari Raya, one of the things … Read More
Launch of IPOH: The Untold Story by H. Berbar
Award-winning photographer Halim H. Berbar (more popularly known as H. Berbar) is a French photojournalist who is based in Malaysia. Following his successful Journey Through Penang; Journey Through Kuala Lumpur … Read More
Upgrade of Ipoh Tourist Information Centre (ITIC)
The Perak state government through Tourism Perak has allocated RM120,000 to carry out upgrading works on the Ipoh Tourist Information Centre (ITIC), formerly known as the Perak State Tourism Information … Read More
Happy International Women’s Day – Ladies Dine For Free @ Impiana Hotel Ipoh on 8th March
It’s International Women’s Day tomorrow on 8th March. Observed worldwide, it is a day to create awareness on discrimination against women and to eliminate it, so that women gain full … Read More