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Jacqueline Pereira
Jacqueline Pereira
Jacqueline Pereira is a freelance writer. In between corporate writing assignments she enjoys writing about people, travel and food. In addition to writing for the Post, she has contributed to The Star, The Edge's Options and Petronas' FLOW magazine in Malaysia, among others.

The Klwknd festival, part of Art In The City, celebrates the food, fashion, films and books of Malaysia’s capital city, bringing people back together after 18 months of misery.

Female artists in Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur are taking their work outdoors to encourage fellow citizens to think about gender roles, equality and diversity. They talk about reactions to their work and the transience of wall art.

Tours n Detours was set up in 2018 to give women tourists a woman-centric experience of India. Nadine Gregory and Angelique Manchanda-Peres like to take their clients on ‘detours’ to allow women to have more personal experiences.

More relaxed and less constricting than Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh has shophouses, historical restaurants and even a Scottish castle. Enjoy the history, homely food and hot springs and, further afield in Perak state, go gem hunting.

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Pasar Sentosa, in Petaling Jaya for 42 years, sells fresh produce by day and cooked food by night. It’s a big part of the community, with long-time customers and generations of vendors offering age-old recipes and favourites.

In Colaba the curious traveller will experience the perfect blend of past and present. Bohemian and corporate, filled with colonial charm, yet progressive and gentrified, it’s many contradictions make it well worth a visit.

The satellite township of PJ has been devoured by the Malaysian capital’s overwhelming urban sprawl. Filmmaker Bradley Liew joins Jacqueline Pereira on a search for some of its surviving laid-back charms.

Sunset is the best time to be in the sky lobby of the Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur. With its 360-degree view of the capital's skyline, Malaysia's newest hotel offers an enviable panorama of the gleaming steel and glass Petronas Twin Towers bathed in a soft golden glow.