Going Places, Playing Hockey
When Rafaqat Shahzad was selected from a pool of coaches to lead a team of young hockey players from Hong Kong’s Shaheen Sports Club to Ipoh, it was like a … Read More
Year: 2021
Doing it for Children
When Muhammad Zulfadhli Bin Nor Azmi received the positive news that he has been granted a scholarship from Terengganu Foundation to pursue medicine at Jordan University of Science and Technology … Read More
Frenchman Here to Stay
Twelve years ago, when Thibault Paquin’s fledgling career in the hotel development industry took him from his home city of Paris to Bangkok, he had no idea that he would … Read More
Spellbound by Sabah
A loud thought about joining his friend in Borneo changed the course of the life of Lukasz Przybylek for two years and counting. While working as a forester for Polish … Read More
On Neverending Road Trip
What was originally planned as a one-night stay in Kuala Lumpur to extend his Indonesian visa where he had been doing a motorcycle trip from Java to Nusa Tenggara for … Read More
No Flight of Fancy
Lightly painting one brush stroke of brown watercolour after another over a different shade of brown, Chong Kok Leng was about to complete yet another piece of art on an … Read More
Keeping Tengkolok Tradition Alive
Deftly folding a triangular songket into a tengkolok, shaping it by wrapping the fabric around his knee as he sat on a chair, Raja Ahmad Akashah demonstrated how the headdress … Read More
Savouring Johor’s Food Scene
Riding pillion on his father’s trusty little Honda as his dad manoeuvred the bike from their home in Toa Payoh Singapore, crossing the Causeway to Sungai Segget in old downtown … Read More
Nurture Creative Vibes in Malaysia
When a fortuitous job opportunity in Kuala Lumpur arose for Douglas Matsen Guest, he did not take too long to consider relocating from his hometown of Melbourne. Despite growing up … Read More
In Memory of Fellow Fighters
Being locked up by the British Military Police at the Kinrara Detention Camp just outside of Kuala Lumpur for one night is still fresh in the memory of 82-year-old Fred … Read More
The Real Fat Man Curry Noodles
It was quite a while since my family and I ate at Restoran & Kafe New Weng Fatt in Ipoh Garden South. This coffee shop has been rather elusive, though. … Read More
Mad About Malaysia
Having caught the wanderlust bug, Zuzanna Chmielewska decided to let blind faith lead the way on where her next job posting would be, after a stint in India and Turkey. … Read More