November 2017 - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

A Brave New World for the Talented is at Hand

5 min read

Technology is the most influential factor in determining how we live, work and communicate. This has especially been the case for the last 300 years, since tech...

Zairil Khir Johari

The Diminishing of Humans through Identity Politics

3 min read

Who am I?A simple question to ask oneself, and yet, no simple answer suggests itself. As long as the issue is about the singular person, it appears to be but...

Najib’s Kangkung Symbolism and Durian Reality

8 min read

Back in July this year, a colleague of mine, Ali, exclaimed in shock when he found out that durians today cost more than RM100 a kilogram, “Dulu durian se...

Sketching those Little Moments

4 min read

Azmi Hussin’s studio is easy to miss: sandwiched between a money changer and a shop offering video and photography services on Lebuh Chulia, one has to sq...

Adeline Chua

Social Media and the Self

3 min read

What is it about social media that turns us so easily into converts and addicts?This is not a difficult question to answer, really. It is immediate; it prov...

Linked by Bike!

1 min read

Malaysia’s first public-sharing bicycle system, LinkBike, was launched in 2016. Within a year, the cheerfully blue bicycles have become a common sight on...

Ivan Lim

Social Media Usage Among Penangites

2 min read

Social media can be defined as any instance of electronic communication where netizens create online communities to disseminate information, videos, visuals o...