Category: Recollection
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Recollection: Titi, Negeri Sembilan
The road to Titi is a winding one, flanked by lush tropical trees that eventually make way to ferns and shrubs. Founded in 1838, Titi was an isolated enclave for the Hakka Siow clan that emigrated from Fuichiu, China. The town remains a microcosm of a past where locals cycle to their favourite coffeeshop while striking…
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Recollection: Bidor, Perak.
Bored, I woke myself at 6AM over the weekend, and took unplanned drive to Bidor, Perak. I didn’t know much about the town, other than my recent read about Kampung Baru Coldstream, a former settlement built during the Malayan Emergency. Then, scattered communities were forced to relocate to guarded and patrolled villages to protect them from…
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Recollection: Taman Paramount
I’ve been taking photographs for as long as I can remember. Even without my own refresher, my mom would remind me of the time I’d cry and scream as a child, demanding for a hand at my dad’s Canon point-and-shoot. I’d toy around with his old and faulty Yashica until I was finally 17, and…
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