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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021

Living through a pandemic. Nobody asked me, so I’ll just ask and answer the questions myself.

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

You can give Robert the wine glass, they said. At five in the morning I think about life, friendship and a cup that is overflowing

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on January 24, 2021January 24, 2021

Jean-Marie Beurel. What a guy, but why didn’t anyone tell us about him all the time we were in St John’s Institution, Kuala Lumpur? Or that St John’s was first in Singapore?

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on July 1, 2020July 1, 2020

What happened to 2020? The photos in my iPhone record a year like none other, ever.

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on June 20, 2020

That day when my friend Kim asked his mum how to make her Nyonya achar, and got me hooked for life

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on June 20, 2020

Achar Day… how I learnt to make a Nyonya specialty in 1968 and it still makes me happy every time

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on July 19, 2019July 19, 2019

Dear God, thank you for looking out for me. But next time you want to talk, could you please speak to me from a burning bush, not an inflamed appendix?

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on July 7, 2019July 7, 2019

Covering the ‘Aware saga’ of 2009 was one of the hardest jobs for The Straits Times newsroom, but it was satisfying journalism worth doing

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on July 6, 2019July 6, 2019

Whose kueh is this anyway? I’m so glad that growing up Malaysian taught me the aromas and tastes of Nyonya kueh-kueh and led me to Singapore’s Bengawan Solo in 1981

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on July 1, 2019

Anastasia Liew, Queen of Kueh and the 1981 food story that helped Bengawan Solo become famous in Singapore and beyond

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