Batik & Bubbles

21/12/2022

What a fab collab! Will def check out Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur Kapten.batik

22/11/2022

FREE GIVEAWAY TREES

Free Tree Society Kuala Lumpur

This event is open to the public. Please spread the word to your families, friends, neighbours and communities.

WHEN:
Date : Sundays, 27/11, 4/12 & 11/12
Time : 9am – 11am
Location : Free Tree Society Kuala Lumpur, Bangsar Nursery

This giveaway is a great opportunity to make a BIG IMPACT on the environment by planting a native Malaysian tree!

Kindly note that the giveaway species available at this event will grow into large trees so they are NOT suitable for small yards or apartments.


How to participate?
1. Attend the giveaway event at Free Tree Society, Bangsar Nursery
2. Choose your free tree
3. Register your plant
4. Share a photo on social media to promote native planting!

This program is proudly sponsored by MetLife Foundation & Arbor Day Foundation.

19/10/2022

Have you gotten your tickets to what promises to be a fabulous evening hosted by the Latin Women's Association of Malaysia on Nov 26th?! 💫💃🏻🥂💫

30/05/2022

It never ceases to amaze me on the amount of new f and b establishments and stores opening up in KL! Had to check out the brand new modern lifestyle store and Japanese concept cafe,.my which has officially opened last week at Bangsar Shopping Centre.

Lovely healthy food and extremely stylish interiors and ambience - do check out their store for some gift shopping curated from around the world and home decor inspiration while you are there!

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22/12/2021

More organizations on board. Let's do this together.

22/11/2021

Looks tempting! 😋

17/11/2021

Catch Part 3 on MPO TV!

Explore the diverse sounds of Malaysian contemporary works, the Malaysian Composer Series – Chamber Concert, only on MPO TV.

See you this Friday!

https://www.youtube.com/c/MPOTV

17/11/2021

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30/05/2021

Many artists feel pressure to choose between a professional career and motherhood. But for those who do have kids, the boundaries between life and art can blur — and that can be a good thing.

21/05/2021

PETALING JAYA, May 18 — Malaysian teenager Karthikgesan Santharasekaran's love for nature led him to create simple innovations to protect the environment. Along the way, he entered these inventions in various competitions and school exhibitions. This ultimately led Karthikgesan, 15 to winning two....

03/05/2021

What's for lunch?

More "petai".

We've already looked at the different forms of "petai" (Parkia speciosa) or Stink beans, and even took a look at "petai belalang" (Leucaena leucocephala) which is a lookalike urban foragers can hunt for themselves.

While "petai" was once available relatively 'cheaply', it is now rather expensive at RM10 for 3 "papan" (pods). And it's priced by the 100g if sold shelled. And yes, it's available online!

But spare a thought for those who harvest wild "petai" from very tall jungle trees. Many prefer the taste of wild harvested "petai" compared to stinkbeans which are cultivated, yet the ex-village prices have not risen very much over the years.

And it's a dangerous profession as some Asli (and Malays) have been killed over the years. And it's often a long walk back out with such a heavy load.

Many Orang Asli villagers rely on "petai" harvests as a source of income, and rely on village middlemen to help them sell their harvests. Prices depend on a variety of factors: if the fruit is in season, oversupply, market demand and grade. During peak demand periods, middlemen willingly make their way to even remote Asli villages to obtain supplies as they can re-sell it in town for a good profit.

"Petai" and other non-timber forest products are a vital economic resources for many Asli villages, which is another incentive for them to conserve their forested traditional territories - which works out for our nation too.

Yet some short-sighted bureaucrats can only see forests for timber, an extractive but short term industry that doesn't benefit the Orang Asli whose traditional territories are destroyed in the process, along with the environment.

Here's an archive photo from August 2008 of a Semai elder from Kg Chang Kuar in Batang Padang, Perak with his harvest of "betar" (or "petai" in the Semai language). It's usually sold in bunches of 100 pods, to waiting middleman who paid him cash upfront.