SS Quah's Anything Goes

I woke up at five. Needed the washroom, but what pulled me out of bed was the light. It was coming in at a different angle, not the usual st...

I’m still quite thrilled from the night-sky photography I managed tonight with my Olympus. I stepped outside just to have a look at the moon...

A wonderful sight last night. Managed to capture the super full moon and the remarkably bright planet Jupiter within the same frame. At magn...

From schooldays, we were taught the familiar picture: the planets revolve around a stationary Sun, following orbits that are technically ell...

When I was out admiring the super full moon on the night of my birthday two days ago, I couldn’t help but wonder why the Americans and Europ...

There have been quite some excitement among my friends that there would be a super-full moon today. They got all flustered up, thinking this...

What a welcome sight! Last night's full moon at 10.03pm. I had thought that I would miss seeing the full moon again as I was at the Berj...

Way back in the 1960s—most likely 1964—my father brought home two slim softcover books for me, part of the Life Nature Library series. One w...

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

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 at Nandaka Vihara tonight, celebrating chap goh meh over dinner with the committee members and other volunteers. As we left, instinct...

The full moon at 9:17pm tonight—illuminated at 99.1%. Technically in exactly 24 hours, it’ll attain 100%, the true Chap Goh Meh moon in all...

The main advantage of owning a DSLR—or even a micro four-thirds camera—is the ability to use interchangeable lenses to suit different occasi...

This picture was taken with my mobile phone. I hadn’t planned on looking up at the sky from my son’s place in Tanjong Bungah yesterday at ab...

Last night, I stepped outdoors to admire the moon and found myself imagining both the Moon Rabbit and the Moon Goddess gracing its surface. ...

The first full moon of 2025, illuminated at 99.7 percent, as seen from my home in Bukit Mertajam. After days of cloudiness, the sky was kind...

At last, the full moon—99.8% illuminated—emerges above Bukit Mertajam, breaking free after weeks of hiding behind the rain clouds! The sky i...

According to the Chinese lunar calendar, today is the 14th day of the ninth lunar month. Tomorrow will be the 15th day. Two aspects to note ...

I took this picture very early in the morning on the first of September, four days ago. I had stepped outside to catch a glimpse of the wani...

I inexplicably woke up at 6:20 am today and couldn’t get back to sleep. Suddenly realised that the new Chinese eighth lunar month is just tw...