Date: 8th November 2017

Time: 10.00 a.m. for a 10.30 am. start

Cost: RM 15 members / RM 25 non-members

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It is always delightful to read short stories about a culture, but it is even better to hear the author herself reading them. Lee Su Kim will share passages from her latest book Manek Mischiefs bringing to life her stories of the passing age of the Baba Nyonya culture. Her talk will also include how her heritage evolved and how she and others are working toward preserving the colourful mix for the future.

For nearly 20 years, Lee Su Kim has been writing about Malaysia's folkways, enlightening readers with tidbits of Malaysian Flavours, her first book. She grew up in a world of sarongs, “colourful, crisp sarongs, starched till they could function as changing rooms when left to stand on their own.”
Whether Malaysian or foreigner, Lee's writings in Sarong Secrets, as in her previous Kebaya Tales, afford a delightful portrayal of Peranakan men, women and children in their daily lives. Because she brings us in so close, we share the feelings and emotions, the laughter and the tears, of everyday people. Sarong Secrets is an insider's view of this facet of Malaysian society.