Yee I-Lann (Images courtesy of Galeri Petronas) ALMOST immediately, I was struck by two observations at the Imaging Selfs: Portraits by Soraya Yusof Talismail exhibition, currently on at the Galeri Petronas until 18 Jan 2009. One was the diversity of textures, colours, and looks of each and every one of the 78 prominent Malaysian artists [...]

(Source: randomalphabets.com) THE afternoon of 24 Aug 2008 was like any other bustling Saturday at KL Sentral station. Save for one anomaly: in the midst of hundreds of shuttling commuters, about 120 people had congregated in two locations at the terminal. They were there to read. Among those who sat cross-legged on the floor, or [...]