From Cebu With Love
Receiving an invitation from state tourism agency, Perak Tourism, to discover Perak on a familiarisation trip for ASEAN media representatives meant that Edgar Alan Zeta-Yap, 32, had a second chance … Read More
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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
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
Man on a Mission
It is not often that a person gets to pursue his passion as a career. For 30-something Frank Scott Hew, he is one of the lucky few who get to … Read More
Old World Charm
Coming to Ipoh as a 23-year-old rugby player representing the Royal Navy in a tournament hosted at the Ipoh Padang in 1962, and enjoying the sausages and mash at a … Read More
Culture Keeps Him Coming Back
Although not unfamiliar with Malaysia, when travel writer Lloyd Salac, 25, was invited to go on a media familiarisation trip to Selangor, he quickly took up the offer, excited to … Read More
Merchant Sold on Malaysia
Several months after losing his job to downsizing cuts, and with time on his hands plus a neat retrenchment compensation package in the bank, U.S. native Chad Merchant decided to … Read More
At Home in Ipoh
“It’s a little different from Sydney here, but where else can you be surrounded by all this natural beauty everyday?” asked Litsa Francis née Ikonomidis. The 30-year-old originally from Sydney, … Read More