SS Quah's Anything Goes

Slightly more than a week has passed since the 7.7-magnitude earthquake devastated Burma. Widespread destruction all around—buildings tumble...

It's been about six years since the tecoma tree outside the house last bloomed this profusely. In recent years, with only a scattering o...

The story two days ago  about our  Datuk Kong experience at the Nandaka Vihara got me thinking—how did the Datuk Kong tradition even get s...

I've lost count of the times I've had accidents with a knife or chopper—pricking, slicing, and generally butchering my fingers and t...

For the third year running on the eve of Hari Raya, we’ve been attending a buka puasa worship—Chinese-style—for the resident Natuk Kong shr...

I didn’t hear about it until maybe two and a half hours later. A friend called out to me, saying a devastating earthquake had struck Burma, ...

Two mornings before the new moon. In practical terms, from my neighbourhood’s perspective, this is the last chance to spot the crescent moon...

Living in a double-storey house can be a real pain when trying to extend a WiFi connection throughout the place. My problem lies with the mo...

I'm not unfamiliar with a dictionary or a thesaurus. In fact, as a kid in primary school, I used to flick through my father's copy o...

Surprising news to share today—I’ve just learnt that Peter Long Chay Boon, a fellow chess journalist, passed away suddenly this morning in R...

I’ve known this building for as long as I’ve lived. In the old postcards of Penang Harbour, this clock tower always stood out, rising above ...

Last month, while attending a workshop on ESG, I picked up a small booklet from one of the exhibitors' counters. North Seafront Initiati...

I used to listen to the music of that seven-man American band, Chicago, but not anymore. I bought their first few albums but stopped after t...

I had meant to write this story for a very long time. Since March 2022, actually, but for the lack of a suitable picture to accompany the pi...

It was supposed to be the night of a total lunar eclipse, but unfortunately, not in my part of the world. So there wasn’t much to get excite...

I was completely floored to receive this message out of the blue from a fellow Facebook user. It was totally unexpected, and I’m deeply touc...

My old schoolmate, who passed away on 03 January 2025, left a lot of personal stuff in his room. About two weeks ago, his sister called and ...

Tacoma flowers from the tree outside my house. I shall be spending the next few mornings exercising my arm sweeping away fallen blooms from ...

Quite frankly, I didn't know who Dr Zhong Nanshan was until about three months before the 146th anniversary of Dr Wu Lien-Teh's birt...