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Peranakan, the Fading Culture

October 4th, 2009

I was born (1982) in Malacca, now a World Heritage City that’s popular for its Peranakan (Baba-Nyonya) culture. This unique culture is fast fading away with every passing generation. I come from one such family (mum’s side), and it didn’t occur to me till recently that I’ve been witnessing its tragic demise. I was fortunate [...]

KUL-MELAKA-KUL

October 21st, 2006

Objectives A. Satisfy satay celup craving. B. Check out the scorpions sold on Jonker St. What happened? 4pm – Left Klang after picking Esther up. We wanted satay celup pretty badly la. Bad enough to head to Melaka to eat and come straight back. 5.45pm – Ran out of fuel on Kilometre 197.8 (Ayer Keroh [...]

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