As the Sun Warms the Valley…
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I AM IN the foothills of the peninsula’s main mountain range, off Gopeng. It is early morning, 7am. From…
Simple Tools for Taming Your Prejudices
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I AM STRONGLY convinced that as long as children continue to be brought up to learn behaviours and imbibe ideas…
History: Mankind's Pursuit of Self-understanding and Self-acceptance
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IT IS OFTEN SAID—way too often—that “History belongs to the Victor”. There is of course a lot of…
Between The Microcosmic and The Macrocosmic: We Are All Giants Now
3 min read
YOU WOULD HAVE seen them. Mobile drone shots of cities, done with the camera pointed straight down to capture the…
I Know Why Penang Food Is So Amazing...
3 min read
BORN WITHOUT ANY spoon of any metal in my mouth, food was a matter of having enough to dispel any…
Climate Change: A Timeless Concern
3 min read
CLIMATE CHANGE. The phrase rings with an alliterative charm, yet it evokes a notion that is far from simple. It invites us to consider our relationship with the elements and...
After 15 Rousing Years, the Penang Renaissance Still Resonates Clearly
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We are at one of those self-appraising points in time when we—not only Penang Monthly, but also Penang Institute as a whole—stare hard into the rearview mirror
in order to orientate our journey forward.
Endorsing Wanderlust: Travel to Live, Travel to Learn
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A BABY SHOULD cry at birth. It must be traumatic being born, after all. The compressing comfort of the womb…
The Art of Getting Creative and Staying Creative
3 min read
I HAVE AN iPhone 15 Plus Max. It is equipped with the best phone camera in the world and I…
Diagnosing Countries: Education in Malaysia Shows Signs of Arrhythmia
4 min read
WE LIVE IN the Era of Nation-States. At the moment, there are 193 members in the United Nations (UN). Inevitably,…
Curating the City: Public Spaces and the Framing of Urban Architecture
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THE KEY DIFFERENCE that I observe when visiting a thriving city and a striving one is in the manifest gap in ambition and maintenance between private places and...
Penang Institute as NGO: Growing Beyond Research and Advocacy
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THE THEME FOR June 2024 is non-government organisations—NGOs. This allows for the publisher of this monthly, i.e. Penang Institute itself, to do some soul-searc...