YOU cannot fine empathetic folk. Impose a RM250 littering fine on those who love to feed pigeons and they will still do it.

Edmund's (not his real name) urine was the colour of cherry red at 4am.

MY ATTEMPT to ride Penang's Rapid On-Demand (ROD) van from Pulau Tikus to Cecil Street Market was a failure.

HERE is a tale about a Buddhist monk and a cat that might shine a light on the unspoken side of compliance culture.

THIS month did not start out well for Jenny (not her real name).

Embracing development necessary as Penang becomes a global metropolis.

When everyone’s on the same page, projects get moving and disaster is averted.

IT upsets me to learn that psychologists have coined the phrase “doomsayer’s delight”, referring to satisfaction derived by pessimists from being right when something bad happens.

HERE is a culinary idea for people in Penang to try out — one that is both fun and delicious.

IT has been “raining prawns” in Penang, and other parts of Malaysia too.

GIVING money to Buddhist monks may cause them to commit an offence under their code of monastic discipline known as the Dhamma-Vinaya.

As the debate rages about Penang hawker fare, perhaps it is time to reconsider our isolation.