SS Quah's Anything Goes

During those 10 days away from the blog, I also noticed something else at home. The Tacoma tree outside the house had flowered again, and th...

There are times when I become a little lazy and disconnect myself from the rest of the world. This happened to be one of those times. Almost...

I came across two old photographs of the  Butterworth railway station platform that were  taken before the railway service was upgraded and ...

I’ve noticed over the years that films critics dismiss can sometimes be received quite differently by ordinary audiences. That thought came ...

I suppose I wasn’t the only one who felt energised when Javokhir Sindarov emerged as the Challenger for this year’s world championship matc...

Every now and then I come across a significant album that I need to talk about. Getz/Gilberto is one of those. I’ve known it for years but ...

Re-reading Sally Hovey Wriggin's  The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang after coming back from Nepal and India last November felt a bit d...

It’s been a long time since I sat through a proper long-winded annual general meeting. The last one I can remember was sometime in the 1990s...

I came across a bit of news the other day. It was one of those routine-looking reports that one almost scrolls past. And then, I did a bit o...

The brother and sister in this picture are instantly recognisable to most chess players everywhere but not the senior gentleman seated betwe...

After an old friend passed away last year, I collected a stack of records from his sister, who was looking to give away his things. Among th...

Our heartiest congratulations to Justice Ravinthran a/l Paramaguru on his appointment to the Federal Court yesterday. Many people don't ...

I’ve just realised that I’ve never written anything at all about the forthcoming Light Rail Transit plans in Penang. Construction is already...