Penang cityscapes

Published on Author Yean Wei Ong
Penang cityscape, October 2025, Malaysia

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to visit the island of Penang in Malaysia. For those unfamiliar with it, Penang is located off the northwestern coast of western Malaysia. It actually has British colonial links with Adelaide, South Australia—Royal Navy officer Francis Light was a key figure in establishing a British settlement here… Continue reading Penang cityscapes

A new African president

Published on Author Yean Wei Ong

In a recent session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and the first African elected as President of the IOC. I had not come across Mrs. Coventry before, but what immediately struck me is that when you look at her photograph, you can clearly see that she… Continue reading A new African president

Ten thousand hits

Published on Author Yean Wei Ong

It’s been a little over a year since I started this weblog, and visitor traffic has reached 10,000 hits. Quite a few of the hits in the first few days would have been webcrawlers and other non-human visitors, but overall there should be a fairly low proportion of those in the cumulative statistics by now. In any… Continue reading Ten thousand hits