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THERE are places in this world where history doesn’t just whisper through the walls; it roars. In Beijing, two landmarks stand as eternal witnesses to the rise and fall of empires, the resilience of people, and the tides of revolution — Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall of China.

"AIYOH, what happened to your face? Lu si puok lok mihoon tang si boh? (Did you fall into the powder drum?)," asked a startled next-door neighbour in Hokkien as I ventured out to the garden to pluck a couple of kaffir lime leaves for my mee Siam.

IN the heart of the country’s capital, a celebration of the local artistic soul is taking centre stage as Maybank Foundation unveils the Cultural Art Showcase and Bazaar (CASB).

CONSIDERING the sums of cash ranging from minute to modest to massive that different families spend on the funerals — be they burials or cremations — of cherished loved ones, it’s obvious our need for cash doesn’t, immediately, end with our demise.

FIRST things first, ‘Godzilla Minus One’ has nothing to do with Japan’s most iconic sea monster’s sound, but a key moment in the economic powerhouse’s darkest chapter of history — World War Two.