‘Never too late to start’: Dapur Yuza
Next year Hjh Yusnani Hj Yussof (main picture R) will turn 60 and retire from a decades long career in the civil service. But...
The Rimba boys banding together to serve ice cream at your doorstep
Some things are best left simple. In Singapore, visiting the friendly uncle peddling an ice cream cart along Orchard Road is almost a pastime...
Nothing but fruit: Vanessa’s Jams
When I walked in their designated jam-making kitchen, an extension room segregated from the house, I was asked to put on a plastic mouth...
The self-discipline that drives the Taurean brand
This year marks a decade that Taurean Cafe have been running at the Arch, and almost 20 years since they first opened in Kiulap serving colourful mocktails...
Flipping with flair to make ends meet: Uncle J’s Grill & Sandwiches
Selling burgers made in the kitchen of his family’s home was never the dream of Azizi Fakhri Noor Azalie, owner of Uncle J’s Grill...
Capturing moments house to house: HD Studio
On the morning of Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Abdul Hafiz Jawawi and his wife (pictured main) rise early to greet their parents and grandmother in...
The sisters keeping their teenage pursuit alive: Covered by AnNisa
As consumers in their teens, Hani (L) and Nisa Masir (R) noticed that when buying overseas - it was more cost-effective to buy wholesale...
‘I want to do what they’re doing’
When Nurul Faezatul Hanishah first stopped by the Gloss Factory a month after they had opened, looking for a job, she was offered a...
Keeping the Jong Sarat tradition alive: Ridah’s Handicrafts
For the self-employed who weave and make handicrafts along Kg Ayer, Hjh Hamidah Hj Ahmad is a well known figure.
The 66-year-old has for more...
Breathing new life into an old tailor shop: MasMariah Boutique
With a degree in a Public Administration in the bag, Aishah Jafaar returned from Cardiff, Wales a few years ago with a career in...
