SS Quah's Anything Goes

An historic journey into uncharted waters. Two scenes from a packed House of Commons as British prime minister Theresa May invoked Article ...

I had a shock when I went to the Siamese cemetery at the Wat Pinbang Onn temple in Green Lane, Penang, this morning to find someone who...

Over the past one week, I've been receiving messages from friends asking me about the date of this year's Cheng Beng (清明) festiv...

An Appeal to Old Frees for Funding For the Staging of SWORDFISH + CONCUBINE (a play written by Kee Thuan Chye, an Old Free) To Rais...

I discovered this 45rpm record among my collection four nights ago. This record, together with many others, had been given to me by the w...

I must admit that my heart did skip a beat when I first saw this picture which someone had posted in the Penang Heritage Trust (PJT) Discu...

We went up Penang Hill last Sunday. No, we did not take the funicular train to the top. Rather, we walked from the Botanical Gardens. Along...

It's been a long time since I was able to uncover any new information on the origins of the Quah (Kē, 柯) surname but today, I came acr...

As a follow-up to my story on Penang's oldest schools, here is my non-exhaustive list of some of the oldest secondary schools in the c...

Earlier this month during the Chap Goh Meh morning, my wife made the rare decision to follow me to the Quah Kongsi where we were having our...

I woke up at about six thirty this morning and then decided to go outside the house. Unlike yesterday, the sky was clear and there it was, ...

This is a wonderful album which I never fail to take out from my collection to give it an occasional spin on the turntable. Year of the Cat...

When it came to retiring from my job at JobStreet.com in December 2009, my office mates had thrown me a farewell party on the final day ...

Every time I visit the Khoo Kongsi in George Town, I never fail to marvel at the pair of stone statues of Bengali guards which stand silent...

A week ago, I was wandering through the heritage precinct of George Town during Penang's annual Chinese New Year celebrations. Apart fr...

So today is the 100th anniversary of Chung Ling High School. My friends from CLHS are celebrating the Chung Ling Centenary wi...

By my estimate, it must have been about six months since I last stepped foot on the hiking trail that ran beside the stream at the Bukit Me...

I had the opportunity to take a peek inside a monk's bowl today and what did I see? I saw different morsels of food that devotees had c...

The first time that I had ever heard of Ray Peterson was on Skeeter Davis' album called Here's The Answer. Unlike other records, Da...

I woke up a bit early today - actually, six-thirty in the morning is not early - and went out of the house to enjoy the cool morning air. I...