Sheryl Teoh - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

Ernest Zacharevic’s Decade of Art, Rubbish and Transformation

9 min read

At his studio in Lebuh Melayu, surrounded by his stunning works of art, some completed, others still in progress, we talk to Ernest about his journey as an artist and what art means to him.

by Sheryl Teoh

The Post-Covid Crisis: Rising Food Prices

10 min read

Cooking used to be a fun passion project, but with rising food costs, it’s now a careful act of budgeting. This piece explores how inflation is reshaping how Malaysians eat, shop and survive.

by Sheryl Teoh

Penang Monthly Has Fun With AI Art

3 min read

What better way is there to talk about generating art with AI than to just show you? Penang Monthly uses Gencraft, a platform that creates images and videos based on text descriptions for this month's photo essay.

by Sheryl Teoh

Are You Reading This?

10 min read

In two studies published in 2006 and 2009, Mar et al. found that fiction readers empathise with people, understand them and can see the world from another person’s perspective better.

by Sheryl Teoh

What Are the Penang Monthly Editors Reading?

6 min read

In between books and wondering what to read next? Here are the books Penang Monthly’s Editor and Assistant Editors are currently reading.

by Rachel Yeoh & Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng & Sheryl Teoh

A Sense of Wet Markets in Penang, Now

3 min read

Penang Monthly visited a number of wet markets around Penang and found that these, echoing what Tan Ban Ben, the president of the Penang Island Wholesalers Association, said, have been homogenised and standardised.

by Alexander Fernandez & Sheryl Teoh

What One Sees on Middle Bank and Pulau Gazumbo

3 min read

Photos by Liam Wong.ON 20 APRIL, Penang Institute staff, guided by Prof Zulfigar Yasin and Hanis Razalli, visited the soon-to-be Middle Bank Marine Sanctuary an...

by Sheryl Teoh

How the Young View Work

10 min read

MILLENNIALS AND GEN Zs are the largest age cohorts in the workforce; according to Statista, they now make up approximately 75% of Malaysia’s labour force.[1]Giv...

by Sheryl Teoh

Why Do Digital Nomads Prefer Penang?

4 min read

Penang is one of the identified DE Rantau hubs, alongside Langkawi, KL and Sabah. Penang Monthly went on nomadlist.com to find out what digital nomads say about their experiences in Penang.

by Sheryl Teoh

Briskly Walking With Hannah Yeoh Towards a Sporting Nation

7 min read

ON 6 MARCH, exactly 100 days since Hannah Yeoh took over the Ministry of Youth and Sports portfolio, Penang Monthly spoke to her in her office in the House of P...

by Sheryl Teoh

The Future Depends on the Creative Economy

11 min read

WHEN MICHELLE YEOH made history by being the first Asian woman to win an Oscar for her role in Everything, Everywhere, All at Once and triggered a nationwide wa...

by Sheryl Teoh

Neurodiversity – Not a Disability

4 min read

There is, surprisingly, still a prevailing stigma against those who are neurodivergent, even among adults. Reactions typically come in the form of avoidance, rejection and even intimidation.

by Dr. Rahida Aini & Rachel Yeoh & Sheryl Teoh