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This year Deepavali (or Diwali) falls on Sat 2 Nov. In Malaysia, Hindu families will be busy with last minute shopping today in Brickfields and Leboh Ampang, both popularly known as the city’s ‘Little India’. To non-Hindu friends who would like to know more about the Festival of Lights, here’s a short video clip from […]

October has turned out to be a month to celebrate senior citizens. Just last week we had the U3A carnival (19 Oct) held in UPM and the National Day of Older Persons held in Kuantan (22 Oct). I have written about these events in my previous post. October is also the month of birthdays in

To all Malaysians who still remember what it was like in the 1960s when we celebrated Merdeka (Independence Day) on 31 August each year, here are some tunes to re-live happy memories. Enjoy!

Photo grab from The Sunday Star, 25 August 2013 Our walk down Memory Lane continues with more nostalgia from the music of decades ago. With just a week before we celebrate Malaysia’s 56th Independence Day on 31 August, let’s look at some of the songs that all of us older Malaysians are familiar with, and

Is it possible to spend a day sightseeing in downtown Kuala Lumpur on only RM10, inclusive of lunch? I set myself this challenge and chose the second day of Hari Raya to find out. With most KL folks either back in their hometown celebrating the festive occasion, or away on vacation, I could avoid all

I attended the launch of Do Good Academy yesterday. It was a double celebration as 1 August also marks the first anniversary of Do Good Volunteer (DGV), a social initiative started by the Star, in collaboration with Leaderonomics, a training subsidiary of the Star. The object is to provide a meeting point for organisations looking

A good friend emailed me an article two days ago on “The best ways to protect your kidneys” written by a certain Dr Willie Ong. When it comes to sharing information on health and medical treatment, I always make it a point to do some research to check the reliability of the information and the

Specific illnesses are caused by specific character traits. An interesting angle from an ayurvedic perspective. I have always believed that certain negative emotions act like toxins in the body. Over time these toxic emotions can give rise to health problems. This extract below comes from an article that has been circulating on Facebook recently. Worth

There are some lessons in life that we can learn only through personal experience. As is often said, the advice of the wise and elderly is lost on the young. When we were young, we turned deaf ears to our parents’ advice. And now we wonder why our children don’t listen to us! Likewise, even