“I was in university when my maternal grandmother passed away…”
"She was a big part of my childhood. While returning to mourn…
“My father was a spirit medium, and I was brought up in a ‘temple’ near the Thai borders…”
"There were people practising voodoo and there was once my father was…
“When I was very small, I was attracted to the martial arts; mostly through movies…”
"Then when I went to the UK, I had basic training in…
“At 19, I am one of the youngest surviving tribe members who practice the ancient art of ‘takna’ and ‘parap’ in a dialect never heard before…”
Adrian Jo Milang, from the Kayan tribe of Borneo, shares his journey…
“There were five against the two of us. There was a lot of noise… shouting, screaming… There was this group of ‘mat salleh’… they were much bigger and taller, and they attacked first…”
"This was in UK, 1992. I was working in a restaurant as…
“When I was younger, I used to care how much money there was in an ‘angpau’…”
"Now, I feel that what is inside an 'angpau' is a blessing,…
“I’m Malay. Kungfu and martial arts, in general is blind to creed, religion and geographical origins….”
"As a practitioner of the art, I have never felt that my…
Master Siow Ho Phiew is often hailed as the father of high pole lion dance in Malaysia.
“When we speak about the culture of lion dance, it involves the…
“I stay at an old folks home in Kajang with my husband. My son left us both, and I understand he would not have left us if he was not desperate enough…”
"As a family of three, we were always moving around from one…