Yong-Yu Huang - Penang Monthly

“Facing” Abstract Creatures Makes Them Relatable in Penang

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WHEN SCULPTURES COME to mind, one conjures up images of stately marble figures or perhaps the rough-hewn details of a column. Rarely do they take the form of QR...

A Discourse on Birds – and Biodiversity

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BIRDS POPULATE literature and folklore as symbols of transit and freedom, embodying fleeting moments of beauty.[1] In Farid-ud-din Attar’s The Conference of the...

Dropping Poetry Art on Unsuspecting Readers

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AGAINST A SHEET of peeling yellow paint and brick wall, bared to the elements, bold letters stand stark:FOR DEATH IS THE DESTINY OF EVERY MAN SO DARLING WH...

Comparing Values Across Space and Time

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912 BATU ROAD is novelist Viji Krishnamoorthy’s literary debut. It tells the harrowing tale of love and loss between two families, the Tans and the Iyers, over...

Addressing Cultural Taboos and Alleviating Period Poverty

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INVENTED BY WARTIME nurses on realising that cellulose is better able to absorb blood from wounds than cloth, sanitary pads as we know them today entered mainst...

Managing the Passing of Precious Pets

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DEEP WITHIN THE sprawling tunnels of Egypt’s “Pet Catacombs,”[1] the remains of roughly eight million mummified pets – mostly dogs – have been discovered. ...

Claiming Right of Place in Malaysian Cinema for Indigenous Stories

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NADIRA ILANA IS doing it all. This Sabahan filmmaker, film programmer and activist of mixed-Dusun heritage, recalls in memory snippets her first encounters with...

Malaysian Cinema: An Intricate Tale of Pride and Prejudice

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THE YELLOWING FLYER bears the printed characters 檳城首都戲院. In English, this reads as Penang’s Capitol Theatre. An illustration of a scene from King Solomon’...