February 2024
November 2023
Deepavali Greetings!
Happy Deepavali!
from all of us at:
Dirgahayu Tuanku
On the occasion of the birthday of His Majesty Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfur-Lah.
Dirgahayu Tuanku!
June 2023
Daulat Tuanku!
In conjunction with the birthday of His Majesty Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah, the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
Daulat Tuanku!
May 2023
Happy Labour Day!
Here’s a shoutout to ALL our friends in the workforce. If you’ve already left the workforce, don’t worry…this day is for you too 🙂
April 2023
January 2023
Hopping into the new year!
May your wishes come true,
and your good fortune multiply like rabbits!
from all of us at:
December 2022
It’s 2023!
Happy New Year!
Here’s to feeling thankful for the year behind
and enthusiastic for the year ahead.
…memory of an old Christmas Card…
When was the last time YOU received a Christmas (or any other greeting) card?
November 2022
Dirgahayu Tuanku
On the occasion of the birthday of HM Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah.
Dirgahayu Tuanku!
October 2022
Happy Festival of Lights!
May the light of the lamp give a new light to your life every moment.
May this holy festival of lights bring happiness, peace and prosperity in your life.
from all of us at:
July 2022
May 2022
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
from all of us at:
January 2022
Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Greetings for the Year of the Tiger!
Picture courtesy of Ho Hoo Wan.
November 2021
Greetings for the Festival of Lights
May your festival of lights celebrations be fun, safe, and spiritual.
Wishing you a bright and joyous Diwali.
from all of us at
May 2021
December 2020
November 2020
September 2020
April 2020
A Grand Birthday…
Here we have a ceremony at the Ipoh Town Hall, to observe the Japanese Emperor’s birthday. It is said that Emperor Showa (better known as Hirohito) was born on 29 April 1901; and the Emperor’s Birthday celebrations are always carried out on the actual day of birth. We estimate this photograph was taken in the early 1940s.
On that note, we’d like to extend birthday greetings to all of you out there who are turning a year ‘younger’ this month of April 🙂
February 2020
Happy Thaipusam
The word Thaipusam is a combination of the name of the Tamil month, Thai, and the name of a star, Pusam. This particular star is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a Vel “spear” so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman.
We at IpohWorld would like to wish everyone a Happy Thaipusam 🙂
We thank Keith Nelson for the above photographs.
January 2020
October 2019
May 2019
February 2019
December 2018
August 2018
February 2018
January 2018
September 2017
August 2017
June 2017
January 2017
December 2016
October 2016
September 2016
August 2016
July 2016
February 2016
January 2016
November 2015
September 2015
August 2015
July 2015
January 2015
Happy Ponggal!
‘As Indians prepare for Ponggal, which falls today, earthen pots were snapped up at Little India in Jalan Lahat recently.’
Shoppers had the choice to either buy the plain pots or those with colourful designs.
Besides the pots, other essential items for the harvest festival that shoppers bought were sugarcane, milk, brown sugar, firewood, cashew nuts, raisins and Indian traditional sweets.
Wooden spatulas to cook the sweet rice were also in demand.
Ponggal, which is celebrated over three days, is a harvest festival marked by Indians all over the world.
The festival is to mark the auspicious month of Thai in the Tamil calendar.
It is held to mark the harvest of crops and also as a special thanksgiving to God, the sun, the earth and the cow that produces milk.
More can be found here.
December 2014
October 2014
September 2014
August 2014
July 2014
January 2014
December 2013
November 2013
September 2013
Remember that time when…
…St Bernadette’s Convent (in Batu Gajah) had a charity event for the victims of the Turkish earthquake? Here’s a photograph to jog your memory (see below)
We were told that this replica of the Malaysian flag was made entirely of JELLY! Can anyone tell us more about this event? Do you recognise the official cutting the jelly?
Happy Malaysia Day, Dear Readers! 🙂
August 2013
February 2013
November 2012
October 2012
“It’s My Birthday!”
The girl in the picture seems overjoyed as she poses with her birthday cake and presents. Notice the presents on the table: biscuits, prunes and a mock iron.
I vaguely recall posing for similar pictures during my early birthdays. I didn’t receive biscuits….instead I had dolls, a large LEGO set (which I still have and treasure dearly!) and story books.
What were YOUR birthday presents like? These days, many kids would rather have an Ipod instead of a good book…..
We thank Sybil for sharing this picture with us 🙂
August 2012
Merdeka Greetings
Here’s to all of our fans out there – regardless of the trials and tribulations we’ve faced as a nation, we’ve pulled through and have come out stronger! Happy Merdeka 🙂
The above picture is from Alan Wanless. This was taken at the Ipoh Padang back in 1957 (about the same time Tunku made his declaration at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur).