Food Crawl Across Southeast Asia
A quest to research on Southeast Asian food, and to network with those in the food and beverage industry took American Stephen Black and his partner, Sayuri Okayama who is … Read More
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Handcrafted Furniture Gaining Popularity
Two years into their marriage, Fazli Shah Simpon and his wife Ilmi Shukri Khodori, got into a huge fight. The main point of contention was whether to retain their custom … Read More
Russian Brings Gymnastic Flair to Ipoh
For want of an adventure after accumulating four years of teaching-cum-coaching experience at a university in Saint Petersburg, Russian Ekaterina Logunova applied for overseas postings to be a gymnastics coach. … Read More
Keen’s Baking Freedom
Intently piping butter cookies before they were placed in the pre-heated oven to be baked, Looi Wan Keen was busy trying to fulfil orders from customers. So engrossed was Wan … Read More
Shoes Worth Slipping Into
Having witnessed first hand the challenges and struggles that his own father went through as a visually-impaired person, Chang Wan Sang had always wanted to collaborate with this group of … Read More
Helping Malaysians Live Off Nature
What was supposed to be a short 9-month hiatus from work as a fleet manager with a logistics company, and running a professional driver’s training centre in Ireland turned out … Read More
Starting Life Anew in Ipoh
As the Eastern & Oriental Express chugged along its journey from Singapore to Bangkok, in the process passing through the west coast of the Malaysian peninsula, Heinz Bongers spent most … Read More
Sewing Her Way To Success
When Hanisah Izzati bt. Adnan left her job with a private international school in July 2015 after four years, little did she realise that her next job would not come … Read More
Painting’s What This Family Is About
A family that paints together stays together and that is a classic case for the seven Yusoff siblings. Growing up, eldest child Nurhayati remembered that all she was given as … Read More
Capturing Malaysia Through Art
Cheryl Hoffmann, toting her camera, is a familiar figure in Kuala Lumpur. A photographer, writer and an exhibitor all rolled into one, the Canadian native from Hamilton has lived in … Read More