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.