Stories From The City: Rediscovering Kuala Lumpur

by Ling Low (Editor), Terence Toh, Annie Hariharan

How is KL's oldest cinema still in business?
Can you make a living from hunting ghosts?
Where do migrant workers go for a taste of home?

In this collection of articles from online magazine Poskod.my, you'll find the answers to these mysteries and more. Get off the beaten path and rediscover the city with those who know it best.

From makcik traders to hip-hop stars, cosplay fans to urban farmers, meet the people who are the beating heart of the city. After reading these funny, surprising, strange and often mving stories, you'll never see KL in the same light again.

148 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2016

Reviews

[Regina Ibrahim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book at a thrift shop. Looking at the cover, I knew it's going to be a wonderful read. Simple, informative and will surely brings a certain nostalgic space. True blue KLites need to read the compilation of 20 write-ups
Kampung karaoke, Sungai Buluh Camp, Chow kit, Bakso? and many more plus some photographs. Grab it, throw it into your tote-bag. A good read while waiting for your bus or flight.
Recommended.

[Sharina MS · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jika cerita pendek siri #KLNoir menceritakan kisah hitam kotaraya Kuala Lumpur, kompilasi artikel dari poskod.my ini pula menceritakan nostalgia, sisi unik kehidupan yang berbeza penghuni Kuala Lumpur.
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Antara artikel yang menarik ialah:

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Rupanya Sungai Buloh, di 'Valley of Hope' pernah di isytiharkan oleh British, menjadi penempatan pesakit leper yang datang dari seluruh Malaysia. Ia adalah inisiatif kemanusiaan seorang doktor british, yang simpati dengan nasib pesakit leper yang di penjara dan di kuarantin. Di Valley Of Hope, sekurang2nya mereka hidup bergaul dan bermuamalat sesama sendiri meskipun di asingkan dari masyarakat luar. Mereka bina sekolah, kedai dan kemudahan sendiri. Berkahwin sesama sendiri dan ada anak anak mereka yang sihat di berikan kepada pasangan luar kerana takut berjangkit (ketika itu, penyakit ini tidak begitu di fahami)

Bagaimana usaha usaha utk menjadikan Panggung Wayang Collaseum agar dpt kekal sbg bangunan bersejarah & pada masa yang sama penentu industri filem Bahasa Tamil.

Rumah Degil di Chowkit yang menjadi pendudukan asal orang Mandaling, yang masih bertahan (setelah perpindahan & pemuliharaan diusahakan).

Tulisan Zara Kahan bagaimana identiti etnik beliau (Bajau) dengan mudah di tukar kpd 'dan lain lain'

Sisi hidup seorang penghibur arena 'cosplay' & 'drag race'.

Jatuh bangun fast food A&W yang menjadi sebahagian besar dlm kehidupan kanak kanak rakyat malaysia zaman 1980-1990 an. Good news, there will be a come back!

5 bintang untuk kerja kerja journalism poskod.my!

[Ida · Rating 4 out of 5]

I always buy book(s) about a certain city or a country when I travel there, because I want to understand it from another's perspective. But there's still so much to be learnt from our own city, Kuala Lumpur.

Stories from the City recovers different urban narrative hidden away behind mega structures and projects around Kuala Lumpur that gives it a mere glimpse of what gives this city its sense of place. Even as KL is thriving, with its non stop development, the editor laments that to live or recognise one self in this city,is to constantly live with loss.

So it that effort to celebrate Kuala Lumpur before it mirrors (or try to) its lost older brother Singapore, this book compiles Kuala Lumpur's true essence and what makes it really tick for its inhabitants.
Love it!