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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...lanky, laconic figure who often sports a mohawk and downplays his experimentation as a part-time sideline to commercial TV work, the Ipoh-born Lee has been honing his craft for nearly a decade - moving beyond amateurish imitations of Jim Jarmusch where quirky characters seemed to inhabit a lot of dead, plotless space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Camcorder Capers in Malaysia | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...McCurry, sandwiched between a beauty salon and a car-parts shop at the edge of the city center in Jalan Ipoh, is fairly ordinary-looking, considering its worldwide fame. The McCurry yellow logo may have a whiff of the Golden Arches, but it doesn't bear any other real resemblance to the U.S. chain. The Suppiahs had invested their life savings of $85,000 in the venture in 2001, hoping to strike it big as a franchise. "At that time, there was no Indian food franchise in the country. We hoped to be the first," says Kanageswari Suppiah. "We were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCurry: the Indian Eatery That Beat McDonald's | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

...House with a wooden bathtub parked in the living room. The most compelling is the richly decorated, century-old Chinese farmhouse overlooking the mountains and Temple Tree's 110-ft. (33.5 m) pool. There are also five "estate rooms," built into a 1940s longhouse from a rubber plantation in Ipoh. It used to house Indian workers, but not, one surmises, in the same style that guests now enjoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Temple of Charm | 3/25/2009 | See Source »

...Western countries involved have the technology and firepower, while the jihadists have the manpower and a willingness to die. I don't see how President Bush and incoming British Prime Minister Gordon Brown can come up with a better battle plan or a good exit proposal. Lee Toon Hian, Ipoh, Malaysia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...Western countries involved have the technology and firepower, while the jihadists have the manpower and a willingness to die. I don't see how President Bush and incoming British Prime Minister Gordon Brown can come up with a better battle plan or a good exit proposal. Lee Toon Hian, IPOH, MALAYSIA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Gore Get on the Trail? | 6/6/2007 | See Source »

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