SS Quah's Anything Goes

It's not everyday that you see a shopping mall decorated in a chess theme but the MidValley does it often enough. At least once a year, ...

I don't want to sound too much like a copy cat but all the high profile arrests in the past eight or nine days seemed to have a common t...

DON'T BE FOOLED BY BOGUS MONKS Only bogus monks insist that you must give them money; Only bogus monks are choosy when you try to give t...

"I blasted all the officers there. I told them this is Ramadhan, to hold an innocent person is dosa (sin). They all just kept quiet....

He's just a pimple, a thorn in the flesh, a ... nuisance. Surely his allegations cannot be all that water-tight until they cannot be ref...

As our Muslim friends observe Ramadan, please remember that there are people who are less fortunate than us...

After years of NATO (No Action, Talk Only) under the previous state administration, the present Penang state government is finally trying t...

According to Reuters, a city in Israel is using DNA analysis of dog poo to reward and punish pet owners. Under a six-month trial programme l...

Wow! I'm surprised that scientists can actually determine that this new species of ant is 120 million years old, give or take a few mill...

I've noticed that of late, there have been quite a number of visits to my blog from people who had been doing a Google search on Ban Hin...

I once wrote a series of articles for the Penang Chess Association to chronicle its early years in the 1970s. It is time for me to reproduce...

Woh! South Africa's Oscar Pistorius has picked up his third gold medal at the Beijing 2000 Paralympic Games. This medal in the 400m even...

I was telling Ted the other day that the emergency bays at the Penang Bridge could be pulled apart from the side of the causeway to facilita...

The Garmint claimed that it is not right to display the flag upside down. They said it shows disrespect for the flag. But I've also been...

Some reasons why the Barisan Nasional federal government will not abolish the Internal Security Act soon: They still live in the 19th centur...

Here's how I spent time yesterday observing the Mid-Autumn moon cake festival: photographing a troupe of Chinese performers who were com...

Oscar Pistorius has won his second gold of the 200 metres race at the Beijing Paralympics in front of a huge crowd at the Bird's Nest na...

The time is now 8.30pm, 13 Sep 2008

Bob Dylan wrote these lyrics. He sang them. Joan Baez sang them. Jeff Buckley sang them. The Tremeloes sang them. The Band sang them. Rick N...