The Weight of the Unspoken
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Everything is okay until it is not. People greet each other pleasantly until they turn to killing the other. Just like that, everything can change.It is the s...
Mothers At Work
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Many mothers are finding creative ways to balance family and work. Through freelancing, part-time jobs or starting their own businesses, they trudge forward to...
The Hefty Sacrifices Homemakers Make
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Thirty-nine-year-old Caroline Teoh is armed with a master’s degree in Business Administration and worked as a financial advisor in a multinational company...
Dedicated to Tickling Funny Bones
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Justin Heyes.Executed well, comedy is as much an art form as music, dance, theatre and visual arts, requiring passion, inspiration, thoughtfulness and rel...
The Th’ng Tok: Dishes of the Long Table
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OVER SEVERAL CENTURIES, armadas of Chinese junks journeyed southwards with cargoes of coveted luxury goods and treasures, calling on ports along the Straits of...
Innovations in Traditional Food Manufacturing
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WHEN WE THINK about soy sauce and Chinese herbal soups, we often see images of family meals and comfort food. In Chinese families, a bowl of hot herbal soup and...
Kenduri in Kelantan: Collective Feasts to Commemorate Life's Many Events
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SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, human beings have felt the need to commemorate special occasions—be it as individuals or communities. We celebrate the universal experien...
Appreciating and Defending Penang’s Glorious Local Food Supply Chain
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MARKET SUNDAYS WITH Grandma was always an exhilarating experience. I am always a four-year-old when I gingerly shuffle across the slippery pitted concrete. The...
A Malaysian Artist Under Lockdown in Italy
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May 4, 2020I’M WRITING THIS as a small shift begins to unlock the wheels of the Italian economy – the country has been in total lockdown since Mar...
Opening Art Up – An Island-wide Welcoming of the Public into the Studio
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It was a weekend not to be missed for art lovers and aesthetes. Open Studios Penang – a festival that celebrates the paint and brush, and the artists behi...
Penang’s Eurasians – Too Important to Be Ignored
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Known to locals as “Serani” – a contraction of the Malay word “nasrani”, meaning Christi...
Nature Breathes Better as Covid-19 Keeps Humans Indoors
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THE YEAR 2020 started off with a bang and with the promise of many good things to come. But in January bushfires ravaged Australia and concomitantly, Covid-19 w...