by Alan John Posted on April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 My grandfather’s notebook 11: John and Henry were colleagues and the best of friends, and that’s how I grew up with two fathers Read More
by Alan John Posted on October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 My Grandfather’s Notebook 3: Michael and Isabella never saw Trivandrum or Travancore again. They gave their children a new hometown, Kuala Lumpur, and a new country, Malaya Read More
by Alan John Posted on October 12, 2023October 26, 2023 My Grandfather’s Story 2: Isabella Rozario, my grandfather’s bride Read More
by Alan John Posted on September 23, 2023October 27, 2023 My Grandfather’s Story 1: Pages from a small notebook provide traces of a little-known family history Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
by Alan John Posted on June 14, 2018 A funny thing happened when I checked the ringing in my ears and discovered I could have been the greatest singer the world had ever known Read More
by Alan John Posted on May 16, 2017 80 Ringgit for a Hainanese chicken chop? Philip Lim Chin Guan would have said: ‘You’re crazy, Alan John, I know a place off Campbell Road where it’s only 10.50.’ Read More
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