I find street art rather fascinating and have made it a point to visit street art venues in places that I visit. I particularly like the street art of Melbourne and Penang but I find the street art on the walls of Ta Kiong Emporium in Sibu rather disappointing. I drive by Miri Heritage Centre almost every day and have ...

Being an avid reader, I was pleased that Smart Bookshop Sdn Bhd has recently opened a branch on Level 1 Permaisuri Imperial Mall. With a lot of free time on my hands today, I dropped in the bookstore to browse around the store. The store carries a wide range of books and stationery but it is unlikely that you will ...

June 6, 2015 After taking our complimentary breakfast at Bamboo House in Premier Hotel, my wife and I waited for my mother-in-law and our niece Wan Ying who were staying with my wife’s cousin. We left Sibu by taxi at about 8.40 am and arrived in Bintangor at 9.30 am. Before this trip, I had googled to see if there ...

I was a bit angry lah when I saw the title of Vaughan McShane’s blog article “10 Reasons why you should NEVER visit Malaysia”. I was thinking who is this Mat Salleh who dares to trample on Malaysia. S-kew me, you gweilo, u go die lah you…celaka you! It was only after I have read the article that I burst ...

I dropped by HSBC this morning to do some personal banking via their ATM machine. Realising that it has been quite a while since we last visited the Ming Xin Coffee House located in the front portion of the building, my wife and I decided to have breakfast there. During our previous visits, we have enjoyed their fried kueh tiaw ...

I was at Popular Bookstore Miri today when I saw the hardcover 224-page book “1,000,000 and more” by Mariel Marohn and published by Tectum Publishers. Glancing at  the price tag, I quickly grabbed a copy. RM29.90 for this 9 x 0.9 x 12.5 inches hardcover book filled with beautiful photos is definitely a steal!   1,000,000 –always a fascinating number, ...

Are you hunting down a place for your wedding photo shoot location but have no idea where to go? You want a location that is not so commonly used for wedding photo shoot in Miri. You are looking for something different. You don’t even want to consider the well-known parks in Miri like the City Fan, Taman Awan and Bulatan ...

I was walking from my office near Wang Tze Tai Café to the Hong Leong Bank opposite Mega Hotel this afternoon when I saw that the yellow flame (Peltophorum pterocarpum ) tree behind the bank was bursting with yellow flowers. After work, I took my compact Canon S100 and went to take photos of the tree and its flowers. These ...

Every time the golden shower (Cassia Fistula) trees along Jalan Krokop across the road from UMW Toyota Service Centre are in full bloom, I feel enthralled by their beauty. For the past couple of weeks, two of the trees have been profusely covered with yellow flowers and are almost devoid of leaves. Bunches of flowers hang in long pendulous racemes ...

My son Clarence and daughter-in-law Amanda took the initiative to plan for a family holiday to Melbourne months ahead of the actual trip through online research. They arranged for the planned itinerary, the rental of our apartment in Melbourne and the one night stay at the Southern Ocean Villas in Port Campbell and the rental of a car for the ...