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Fire Destroys Gambier Street Shops

1. January 2010

THE night before my arrival in Kuching, Sarawak, (Dec. 22, 2009) to celebrate Christmas there, six shop houses at Gambier Street were destroyed by fire that started at around 8.47pm. Six fire engines and 48 firemen fought the fire and brought it under control by 11.30pm, preventing it from spreading to other buildings, part of 47 [...]

True Meaning of Christmas

23. December 2009

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Happy Christmas! THE light that shines on the true meaning of Christmas is slowly but surely growing dimmer and dimmer. It seems to fade away, heavily clouded by the frills of commercialism and the “thrills” of parties. Sadly, this is the case not only in Malaysia where Christians are in the minority, but appears to be a [...]

Hot on the Heels of Orang Utans in the Wild at Ulu Segama Forest Reserve

23. November 2009

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Hot on the Heels of Orang Utans in the Wild at Ulu Segama Forest Reserve

Around Sabah in Seven Days (Part 2) THERE is a certain thrill attached to travels into the jungle. City folks like myself so accustomed with life in the comforts of modern Kota Kinabalu, going on a hunting expedition certainly conjures a special appeal and excitement.

Be Truly Serious in Promoting 1Malaysia

12. November 2009

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Up-dated: Nov. 14, 2009 LOOKING at the many twists and turns on the issue related to the use of the word ‘Allah’ for God by non-Muslims in the country for almost a year now, it makes one wonder if the Malaysian government is truly serious about promoting the concept of 1Malaysia mooted by the Prime Minister.

Cries of Hardcore Poor in Sabah & Sarawak

11. November 2009

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Cries of Hardcore Poor in Sabah & Sarawak

Would Najib’s new government concept, National Key Results Areas (NKRA), reach the ground and benefit the hardcore poor in these two Borneo states? THE Prime Minister of Malaysia Datuk Najib Razak, who is also the national head of the Barisan Nasional coalition, was in Kota Kinabalu over the last weekend attending functions of three component parties in Sabah, [...]

Around Sabah in Seven Days

9. November 2009

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First experience on Kalabakan-Sapulut Highway OVER the week Oct. 30-Nov. 5, I travelled over 1,600 km by road and personally witnessed on the ground once again the fast changing landscape of the state of Sabah on Borneo Island. It was, so far, the longest journey across Sabah on the road for this Borneo boy.

Borneo Boy at Tagal Fish Harvest

24. October 2009

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FOLLOWING the dictum of “Seeing Is Believing”, I took the opportunity to follow the Principal Assistant Director of the State Fisheries Department, Jephrin Z. Wong, to Kg. Ratau, in the Kiulu area of Tuaran District to witness how villagers there conduct a fish harvest in compliance with the tagal system.

Sunnie, your wild durian FOUND!

26. September 2009

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KOTA KINABALU – During his travel to the Monsopiad Cultural Village (MCV) in Penampang, Sabah, (Aug. 6) Joe Leong the Borneo Boy met an American traveler who was in search of wild durian from the jungles of Borneo.

Padi Planting Season Ends Soon

11. August 2009

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MAJORITY of padi cultivators on Borneo Island have more or less completed transplanting of seedlings to the wet fields. The rest of them shall take a few more weeks before the planting season comes to an end.

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