Hiking through Penang Island’s “Down Under”
by
Rexy Prakash Chacko
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The B-Movie – A Welcomed Mental Asylum
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I DON'T LOVE them; I don’t hate them. But I think they are indispensable. They are very much a necessary by-product of the film industry, the way any form of ar...
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Which Came First, the Chneh Hu or Pasembur?
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In the southern part of Malaysia, pasembur closely resembles the Indian Muslim or “Mamak” rojak. The Singapore Indian rojak is also similar to Malaysia’s northern pasembur or the southern Mamak rojak, but with several key differences.
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