Five Days Flew By
When Jelito de Leon announced that he would be visiting Malaysia (finally) for the first time, a couple of his 142,000 Instagram followers offered to take him around Kuala Lumpur. … Read More
Tag: Foreign Speak
Pleasure to Film in Penang
Wrapping up the filming of Miss Sunshine on Penang Island after 21 days, celebrated Hong Kong producer-cum-director, Clifton Ko Chi Sum, only had high praises for his local crew. He … Read More
For Love of Friends and Food
Japanese Kyoko Nomoto, 50, had only a vague idea of Malaysia as a country and could not point it out on the map until a chance encounter with a Malaysian … Read More
Ipoh Coffee Keeps Me Coming Back
Like many visitors to Ipoh who stumbled upon this hidden gem of a city, Palestinian Anas Salman has made numerous repeated excursions since his very first trip in 2012. The … Read More
Thumbs up for KL
Although he was regaled with tales of Malaysian life by new friends made at backpackers’ hostels in other parts of the world, Roger Brast did not make plans to visit … Read More
Wanderlust at 70
After switching to a fruitarian diet that consisted of 75% fruits and 25% vegetables, a diet inspired by Michael Arnstein, one of the world’s top endurance athletes, American Geoffrey Parker … Read More
Grave Hunter on Food Trail
Over the past 2.5 years, Olyvia Bendon has travelled to Malaysia a total of seven times. The 42-year-old citizen journalist-cum-travel blogger from Rantepao in Toraja, Indonesia has a most interesting … Read More
Ipoh Feels Like Home
Leung Honsmann’s first encounter with Teh Tarik Aircon was an incident he would never forget. Recalling that evening with a smile, he shared, “I was at a mamak stall and … Read More
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
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