Back to basics with the ‘kanta’


ONE may notice Jeffrey Lim carrying a tin of minyak goreng (cooking oil) like a backpack on his back while carrying a tripod, and wonder what he is up to.

The avid photographer once travelled with his tin on a boat to Belum Forest Reserve for a working trip and was told that he did not have to bring oil with him.

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