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Legend of the Chinese Zodiac

In my family, we have a dog, an ox, a rat, a tiger, and two dragons! When such a varied bunch sit...

Malaysia / Singapore / China Audrey Lim

Book cover for Antonio Graceffo's upcoming book, Warrior Odyssey.

A Warrior's Odyssey - Interview with Antonio Graceffo

Antonio Graceffo's eagerly anticipated new book, Warrior Odyssey, covers the beginning of his tre...

Malaysia / Vietnam / Myanmar David Calleja

The school in Bata Puteh

Home Stay in Malaysian Borneo

We visited a school in a small Muslim village and spent the night with a local family.

Malaysia / Indonesia / Brunei MaryLou Driedger

Sunset at Tanjung Rhu

The Six Regions of Malaysia

Malaysia is simply divided into six main regions, namely the Northern Region, Central Region, Sou...

Malaysia Audrey Lim

I would not want to waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum Frances Willard - 1893

Vientiane on bended knees

A colorful journey on 20" wheels, across the land of a thousand smiles into the land where time m...

Malaysia / Vietnam / Cambodia Lee Alvin

Backstage with a Chinese opera troupe in Penang, Malaysia This baby’s bed is a backstage bassinet, and he has already heard more Chinese operas in his short lifetime than most of us ever will.

Backstage with a Chinese Opera

Chinese operas are a spectacle of light, color, and clashing cymbals, best viewed with a pair of ...

Malaysia Elizabeth Briel

A Better Route to Cameron Highlands

It used to be a very long and tiring drive to Cameron Highlands from Singapore via the Singapore-...

Malaysia Diana Tan

Shanghai Old Street, Shanghai, China.

Afghanistan Kabul shopping * * * China Death of a Beijing Flea Market A Geek's Guide to China * *...

Malaysia / Vietnam / Singapore ThingsAsian

Keris - Is it merely a sword?

The keris is synonymous with the Malay culture and way of life. The double-edged dagger is unique...

Malaysia / Indonesia Ee Lin Wan

Pulau Bidong: Vietnamese Boat People in Malaysia

* * * * * "We have heard stories of similarly desperate boat people escaping out of the communist...

Malaysia / Vietnam Ee Lin Wan

Pirates of the East

On the Thai islands north of Langkawi, along the exotic islands around the Andaman Sea, small bla...

Malaysia Ee Lin Wan

A typical Peranakan house, still seen in Jonker Street, Malacca.

Straits Born Chinese: The Peranakan story

In the early fifteenth century, a beautiful princess from the Chinese Ming Dynasty, Hang Li Poh, ...

Malaysia Ee Lin Wan

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Modified Cars in Malaysia

I am sure the average testosterone pumped male in your part of the world would have, at some poin...

Malaysia Audrey Lim

Hundreds of people at a mamak stall

The Mamak Phenomenon

You can't claim to have been to Malaysia if you have not visited a mamak stall. The Mamak Phenome...

Malaysia Audrey Lim

Curry BBQ & Roast Pork Noodle

Ipoh - The Chinese Food Haven!

If you need a good excuse to visit Ipoh, the capital city of Perak, then let it be for the scrump...

Malaysia Audrey Lim

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History of Malaya…How It All Began

Positioned between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea, Malaysia has long been the meeting p...

Malaysia Doreen Cheong

Malaysian pop princess Siti Nurhaliza Taruddin.

Siti Nurhaliza , Malaysia's pop princess

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28, 2005 - Malaysian pop princess Siti Nurhaliza Taruddin once dreamed of bei...

Malaysia AFP/Eileen Ng

A bowl of cendol

Malaysian Desserts

Malaysians are known for many things around the world, but you have to agree that food is right o...

Malaysia Audrey Lim

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Chinese kids love New Year celebrations. It is a celebration full of festive cheers, good food, a...

Malaysia Audrey Lim

Paya Indah Wetlands...

Paya Indah: Hippos and Waterbirds in the Swamps!

One of the top nature attractions in Malaysia is a mere 45-minute from the heart of Kuala Lumpur....

Malaysia Ee Lin Wan

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