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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 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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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on January 13, 2019

What murderer Adrian Lim’s wife Catherine Tan Mui Choo told Death Row counsellor Sister Gerard Fernandez: ‘Sister, how could you love me after what I have done?’

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on December 27, 2018December 27, 2018

The One And Only Inuka is a children’s book celebrating a tropical polar bear born at the Singapore Zoo, beloved by kids of all ages

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on May 20, 2018

If you’re in Amman, look for Hashem

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on January 9, 2018January 10, 2018

My favourite pictures of 2017

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