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Three generations of a family sharing a meal around a cone of yellow rice

Home & Living 6 min

Kakak is an older sister in Malaysia and any older sibling in Indonesia

Malaysia's Kamus Dewan Perdana defines kakak as an older sister; Indonesia's KBBI defines it as an older sibling. Malay...

Amelia Wong

Pub. 3 Oct

A woman sitting on a living-room floor packing clothes into an open suitcase

Home & Living 7 min

Public holidays 2027 and the best days to take leave in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong

The 2027 public holidays in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, the longest breaks a few days of leave can buy in each, w...

Amelia Wong

Pub. 30 Sep

A white wall-mounted split air-conditioner indoor unit against a plain background

Home & Living 6 min

Your air conditioner's seasonal rating is mostly extrapolation

The CSPF on labels across Southeast Asia is computed against a reference season defined in ISO 16358-1, where the machin...

Amelia Wong

Pub. 12 Sep

Rows of weathered air-conditioner condenser units bolted to the balconies of a tropical apartment block at golden hour, laundry hanging between them, against a deep navy sky.

Home & Living 15 min

House Calculations for a Tropical Climate

Ask this site how much air-conditioning a Petaling Jaya bedroom needs and, until this week, you got two different answer...

Amelia Wong

Pub. 29 Jul