November 2024 – UR-MU Toffee
November 2024 – UR-MU Toffee On 27th of November, the MCG visited the Urban Museum in the Toffee building, the second of three museums opened in Kuala Lumpur by Dr Tan Loke Mun, a renowned architect and contemporary art collector. While his first Urban Museum in Bukit Bintang exclusively houses artworks from his own impressive […]
December 2024 – Dewan Filharmonik Petronas
Dewan Filharmonik Petronas – Behind-the-scenes Tour 3rd December 2024 Thirteen Explorers joined the tour led by our guide, Syazwan, the engineer Mr Hafiz and accompanied by the rest of their very helpful team. We were taken straight into the main concert hall and had the chance to experience the best seats in the house, […]
November 2024 – Annual Pot Luck
Pot-Luck 14th November 2024 We’d like to express our heartfelt thanks to Terrance Perera and Carin Andersson, both for hosting a wonderful event and for writing this review. We really appreciate your generosity in opening your home to us all and everyone who attended had a wonderful time. Many thanks from all of us. This […]
November 2024 – KLPAC Behind the Scenes Tour
November 2024 – KLPAC Behind the Scenes Tour BACKSTAGE BITES On November 13th, the MCG Events Committee organized a trip to the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center (KLPAC) with 15 participants in attendance. The tour was led by Ian, who provided a detailed overview of KLPAC’s history and operations. The group discovered that the KLPAC […]
October 2024 – Brotherless Night
October 2024 – Brotherless Night On Friday, October 25th, twelve members of Book Group 2 gathered at Mori Kohi to discuss “Brotherless Night” by V. V. Ganeshananthan. The book follows a young Tamil girl named Sashi growing up during the Sri Lankan civil war. Sashi is sixteen years old and wants to become a doctor. […]
October 2024 – Men Without Women
October 2024 – Men Without Women Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami 10 Bookgroup members and 1 visiting member gathered on the morning of October 25th, at Charlotte’s home, to discuss Haruki Murakami’s “Men Without Women”; a poignant collection of short stories that delve into themes of loneliness, relationships, and the emotional landscapes of men. […]
October 2024 – Contemporary Orang Asli Handicrafts, Culture and Heritage
October 2024 – Contemporary Orang Asli Handicrafts, Culture and Heritage Although the Orang Asli make up only approximately 1% of the Malaysian population of roughly 35,000,000, they are the oldest inhabitants of the peninsula, some ancestors having arrived 50 to 60 thousand years ago. So, the Orang Asli are Malaysia’s indigenous people who actually make […]
September 2024 – Islamic Arts Museum
September 2024 – Islamic Arts Museum Curator Tour On Wednesday, September 25th, the Malaysia Cultural Group enjoyed a curator-guided tour of the Islamic Museum of Malaysia. We started out with Izuan taking us up to the Architecture Gallery where he discussed the importance of the domes and the concept of honeycomb design and its association […]
October 2024 – Precious Old China
On Thursday, 10th of October we experienced dining on Nyonya cuisine in Precious Old China in Central Market, Pudu. Our joint hosts, KY Lee and Edna Ong, made it a resounding success with 40 Enakers and guests signing up. The lunch was priced at RM50. We started at 11:30 with a short talk by the […]
September 2024 – Together Tea
September 2024 – The Last White Man This month’s book club was held at Golfer’s Terrace @ KLGCC on the 27th of September. We had full attendance with 14 members who actively participated in the lively discussion over the various interesting questions. “Together Tea” by Marjan Kamali follows the journey of Mina, a young Iranian […]