Category: Life
Self-Taught Artist Solo Exhibition
A self-taught Filipino artist held a six-day solo exhibition “Art Tunes 2011” at the Garden Villa in Ipoh. Officiated by Dato Dr Madhuri Majumder on November 11, the exhibition was attended by members of the public and Kinta Heritage Group. Artist Julbert G. Maranon displayed 24 paintings, which included a number of oil paintings of [...]
Book Review: The Dulang Washer
Irishman Paul Callan and his Ipoh-born wife, Eve, shuttle between their homes in London and Kuala Lumpur. Paul is the author of first-time novel, The Dulang Washer, which tells the often troubling tale of suffering, hardship and brutality 19th century Chinese immigrant labourers had to endure while working the tin mines of Kinta Valley and [...]
Ipoh, My Home Town: Reminiscences of Growing Up in Ipoh, in Pictures and Words
Penned by 47 different authors, all of whom spent some or all of their childhood days in Ipoh, this is a book like none other. Here they share their memories of their beloved “Home Town”, good and bad, which together provide a rich tapestry of sights and sounds of days gone by. The writers have [...]
Butterfly Lovers & Love Songs
The Perak Society of Performing Arts Performing Arts Festival this year has been nothing short of amazing. The recent Ensemble’s offering “Butterfly Lovers & Love Songs” was an absolutely delightful selection and marks its 5th performing year. The ensemble, this year, consisted of 12 local and international musicians under the direction of PSPA’s Music Director [...]
State Dancers
I caught Kumpulan Selendang Perak during their photo shoot for Hari Raya last week outside the entrance of the State Secretariat. Dressed in their Baju Raya, they spontaneously brought out the mood of the moment ie the upcoming Hari Raya celebration. For those who are not familiar with Kumpulan Selendang Perak or more commonly referred [...]
80 Minutes of Blissful Music
The Perak Society of Performing Arts 2011 offering “Around the World in 80 Minutes” was a delightful night of blissful music. Who would have thought that the Kinta Valley Wind Orchestra, a community wind orchestra comprising of volunteers could present such a pleasing and lovely performance and that too into their second year. Under the [...]
Effective Sales Force Recruitment
By See Foon Chan-Koppen According to Dato’ Daniel Tay, who wrote an endorsement on the cover of this book, this is “a must have for both an intending employer and employee”. He also implores people to “read this book before either conducting or going for an interview”. Joshua Tan who is currently a Sales Manager [...]
Top Class Ghazal
Kudos again to Greentown Indian Cultural Society (GICS) together with the Indian Cultural Centre Kuala Lumpur for presenting Ipoh residents with another top class Indian cultural event in the form of Ghazal or Hindustani Classical Songs. Ghazal singer, Suman Devgan, rated as one of the top Ghazal singers in the world, kept the audience that [...]
JUST 80 MINUTES OF CULTURE-DON’T MISS IT
A virtual reminder to check out Perak’s very own community wind orchestra, the Kinta Valley Wind Orchestra (KVWO) performing this Sunday July 31 at 8.00 p.m. at the Ballroom of the Syuen Hotel. The concert is part of the Perak Performing Arts Festival 2011. Titled “Around the World in 80 minutes,” the concert will take [...]
Kebaya Tales: Of Matriarchs, Maidens, Mistresses and Matchmakers
I am not much of a reader of fiction but I couldn’t put down Kebaya Tales, a collection of 13 short stories by Dr Lee Su Kim who was in Ipoh recently to speak about her book to the Perak Academy.