SS Quah's Anything Goes

So there we were, my wife and I being led by my old chess friend, Alan, into the centre of earthquake-hit Christchurch, as near as we could ...

Meet Alan, one of my old chess kaki  from the Penang Chess Association days. I knew him back in the 1990s when he was still working at He...

After the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist temple in Christchurch, the Riccarton Bush was our next stop in the itinerary. Originally, I had wanted to ...

My wife was visibly surprised when I pulled up at the Fo Guang Shan International Buddhist Association NZ at the junction of Harakeke Stree...

Day Seven of our stay in New Zealand's South Island was the final day of our vacation. After having driven from Christchurch to Queensto...

Located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean near Australia, New Zealand is a small island country that became an independent dominion in 1...

I didn't expect my wife to catch me having a quiet conversation with our hostess, Julie Barclay, before breakfast at The Little Farm H...

The historic precinct was the original commercial district of Oamaru. The old buildings were built from locally quarried limestone, the Oama...