Iyengar at Sunalini Yoga, Penang

Yoga is a lifestyle. It is a holistic outlook that combines body, mind and spirit to improve health and wellness through balance, harmony and conscious living. I highly recommend Iyengar yoga with Sunalini for those who want to focus on alignment of your body and increase flexibility. Sunalini is a qualified, experienced and very good…

George Town’s Light and Shadow

Originally posted on What an Amazing World!:
The Early 20th-Century City Hall in George Town, Penang Chapter 4, Part 17 The 19th century in South Asia. It was a period of time in history when the British consolidated their colonial possessions in the Indian subcontinent. What started out as mere trade missions in the early…

Penang and the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia

Originally posted on What an Amazing World!:
The Khoo Kongsi Compound Chapter 4, Part 18 At the height of the spice trade in the Orient, the Europeans had their eyes fixated on strategic islands along the trade routes, which they eventually colonized. From British Hong Kong and Portuguese Macau at the Pearl River Delta, to…

Penang hash house harriers, a club for social runners. 

Hash house harriers are a group of people who enjoy hashing/trekking/runnning in the forest and they meet once a week in different locations.  The ‘hare’ sets the weekly route and the hashes follow the paper trail left by the ‘hare’. The route is unknown to the hashes and changes weekly. The runs consists of 45-90…

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