Reel 3 from Malacca on museums, and being wrapped by historical ether.

History is context as a risk researcher and consultant- which is often overlooked in technocratic analysis. I wish ESG consultants read more, well LLMs help but only so much.

There is a common geographical vocabulary in the straits settlements between Penang, Singapore and Melaka; Kuala Lumpur too shares the architectural grammar with the three cities. The Chinatown in Calcutta too was a part of the same entrepôt grid, as was Rangoon.

Migration is not an exception but a way of life in these cities. The digital nomads and labour migrants today are no different along a socioeconomic and passport spectrum.

Ramadan Bazaar, Masjid Jamek/ Jalan TAR

Vibrant sense of community, with families and couples out past midnight. Crowded and packed as a sardine but safe. Malaysia does it well.

The hardest thing for an entrepreneur is growth, there is no secret sauce to that. As a start up wala, I have helped start and scale professional services firms in Oman, Singapore, Malaysia with the latest being in India.

The joy of first Purchase Order is unparalleled.

Kedai Dobi.

The laundry in Malaysia is called Dobi, a clear loan word from Hindi. Indian Ocean Circulations in the quotidian.