SS Quah's Anything Goes

It could have been due to the haze; it could have been due to dust; it could have been due to any other reason. But the fact was, I came do...

Ban Hin Lee Bank, oh, Ban Hin Lee Bank, where art thou today? You may no longer exist but to us, the former staff of this bank, we remember...

Finally, I managed to dig up one prized item while looking through the archives at the Penang Free School on Monday: a school register whic...

In case anyone asks who is Chen Ooi to me, let me say here that we grew up together in George Town, Penang. As a small kid, he was looked ...

About a month ago, I was given a copy of this delightful 22-page booklet, A Quick Guide To Butterworth . I say delightful because for the...

What a weekend it has been for us. Weeks ago, we learnt that we had been offered two complimentary tickets to attend the Saturday Night Fev...

I am very happy to learn that Malaysia's forgotten music maestro, Ooi Eow Jin, is finally getting the long overdue recognition he des...

The railways and trains have always fascinated me. Growing up as a pre-school kid, one of my favourite toys was a train set going round and...

It has been a hazy few days behind us but tonight's full moon shone very brightly in a cloudless sky as Bersih 4 participants settle d...

Here we are at the George Town World Heritage Incoporated (GTWHI) office at the corner of Carnarvon Street and Acheen Street two days ago w...

When out of the blue, I received a message from my cousin, Eng Chye, inviting us down to a dinner in Petaling Jaya on the 10th of August, I...

We have been pretty busy moving about and eating during the past few days. On Saturday, we attended the Ban Hin Lee Bank 80th anniversary r...

It was a pity that Ban Hin Lee Bank ceased in exist when it was taken over by Southern Bank in 2001. What was supposed to be a merger of ...

Saw this story on the BBC website: someone in England with a collection of 24,000 vinyl records of dance music from 1983 to 1993, bought se...

I'm quite happy to note that the charity concert in Petaling Jaya yesterday (19 July 2015) to benefit Penang's forgotten music maes...

Now that all the excitement over the conjunction between Jupiter and Venus in our evening skies is over, my attention is drawn to Jupiter i...

I am actually very humbled that my original stor y on forgotten music maestro Ooi Eow Jin had generated so much interest in the country a...

Last month, Jimmy Yeoh, one of my facebook friends, wrote a long passage about a fellow Old Free, Ooi Eow Jin. People my age may recogn...

Wonderful sight in the night sky during these past few days. Of course, I knew that it was the 15th day of the lunar month when the moon wo...

I've been seeing a number of my old school pals lately but this afternoon was quite something else. I went downtown to meet up with Chu...