Earth Hour For Malaysia

Posted March 9th, 2010

The response for Earth Hour in 2009 was tremendous! Let us show our support again this year. One hour may not be much but every little bit, every little action counts for something. Nature is our most valuable treasure.

Chinese New Year Around Sabah

Posted February 16th, 2010

Chinese New Year in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah is about celebrating traditions, shopping for clothes, eating good food, spending quality time for the family, relatives staying with us, hanging out with friends, open houses, lion dances, kids having fun, drinking lots of beer, and giving out ang pows to the children.

News Articles About Sabah

Posted November 25th, 2009

I only managed to look at today’s newspapers at 9.00pm. Thought I would just share some news with you. Here are some of the articles published in today’s edition of the Daily Express, an independent newspaper in East Malaysia.

Sabah Tourism Awards 2009

Posted November 22nd, 2009

The Sabah Tourism Awards was introduced to celebrate the tourism industries achievements and to acknowledge their commitment to excellence.

We Support Fight For Preemies

Posted November 13th, 2009

Even The Tiniest Voices Need A Champion. Until we have more answers, anybody’s baby, could be born too soon. November 17 is dedicated to raising awareness of the crisis of premature birth.

Malaysia 52th National Day

Posted August 31st, 2009

31st August 2009 marks Malaysia’s 52th year of Independence. National Day is celebrated in the form of the National Day Parade in Kota Kinabalu city. This year’s National Day falls during the month of Ramadan, the Muslim’s fasting month. The National Day parade must be hard on its participants, it being a very hot and [...]

Happy Birthday My Love

Posted August 28th, 2009

To my beautiful wife, who chose to share her life with me. I love you more than words can say. And though I don’t always show it, you give my life meaning.
When I was still single, I used to think that the words “together” and “forever” should never be used in the same sentence. I [...]

Influenza A In Sabah, H1N1 Update

Posted August 11th, 2009

The number of confirmed N1H1 cases in Sabah is 435, with 2 fatalities so far. The 2 patients were associated with the high risk group. The first was an obese woman, and the second an elderly man with chronic heart disease. Both deaths were caused by pulmonary edema, followed by heart failure. This brings the [...]

Influenza A Situation In Sabah

Posted July 29th, 2009

The Influenza A virus, also known as H1N1 or swine flu, has infected almost 160,000 people world wide. Close to 1,000 deaths has been recorded, including 3 fatalities in Malaysia and 5 in Singapore. While many schools in the country has closed due to the Influenza A pandemic, including schools in Sabah, the actual mortality [...]

Sabah Conservation Efforts

Posted July 5th, 2009

The world’s leading orang utan expert, Dr Birute Mary Galdikas, in an interview with Sabah’s Daily Express is full of praise for the Sabah Government’s conservation efforts to save the orang utans. The efforts in eliminating illegal logging, illegal poaching and finding a permanent home in the Malau forest reserve for one of the world’s [...]

Zee Avi YouTube

Posted May 24th, 2009

This is an amazing story about a girl from our neighboring state in Sarawak, Malaysia. She grew up in a small oil producing town, writing her own songs and posting them on YouTube.com. I was reading YouTube’s blog a few days ago and saw her story there. Ever since I’ve heard her songs, I couldn’t [...]

Coffee News Malaysia

Posted May 18th, 2009

On a visit to the food court located in Giant Hypermarket, Kolombong, ….. actually that should read on a recent visit to the playground located in Giant Hypermarket, I came across an interesting publication. I wouldn’t have seen it at all, except my angel girl was being her usual hyper-active self in the playground. I [...]

1 Million Airline Seats Free

Posted May 13th, 2009

Air Asia was voted the World’s Best Low-Cost Airlines, in the Syktrax World Airline Awards 2009. This award is dubbed the “Traveler’s Choice”.
“Being a low-cost airline should never have to mean delivering a low-quality service, and Air Asia is proof of the fact that low-cost airlines can provide a good standard of customer care and [...]

Weather In Sabah

Posted May 12th, 2009

The good news is that we have a dry month in May, hardly rained at all and that was only a light drizzle in the middle of the night. The bad news is the temperature in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah feels like it is 40 degrees Celsius. That’s not what it says on the thermometer but [...]

Save The Sumatran Rhinos

Posted May 1st, 2009

There are only 300 Sumatran rhinos left on Earth. Without the intervention of caring individuals and organizations, they may never be seen again. Spearheading this effort is the Sabah Wildlife Dept and SOS Rhino Borneo. In encouraging and welcoming assistance and participation from Non-Government Organizations, Sabah’s Minister of Tourism Culture and the Environment, YB Datuk [...]

Dive For Earth Day

Posted April 19th, 2009

It is great to see so many people in Sabah are aware of Earth Day, 22nd April 2009. It just goes to show that people really care. They may not do much about it, or maybe they don’t know what they can do to make a difference. But they do care! All they need is [...]

Earth Hour

Posted March 27th, 2009

28th March 2009. Earth Hour. 60 mins. Malaysia time 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm. Lights off. Vote for earth in the first global election in world history. 1 billion people in 74 countries around the world.
VOTE EARTH. Join earth hour by switching off your lights for 1 hour on 28th March 2009, local time 8.30 [...]

My Old Digital Camera

Posted March 26th, 2009

I am the only person I know who uses an ‘old’ digital camera. I remember once when I went to a wedding,  everybody whipped out their Sony Cybershots, and there I was holding on to my old digital camera. Sony Cybershots are slim, slick and sexy, mine looks like a pineapple compared to the Sony.
It [...]

Earth Day 2009

Posted March 16th, 2009

Earth Day 2009, on 22nd April, Bloggers Unite! We have one planet, we hold it in trust for our future generations. Every little bit helps, every light you switch off, every piece of paper you recycle. There are plenty of things we can do, at home, at work, at school to help make this planet [...]

Check Your Travel Status

Posted March 16th, 2009

The world’s first on-line travel status checking service was introduced by the Malaysian Immigration Department in March 2009. Malaysia is the first country in the world to introduce such a system.
The Director General said that at present, there are some 300,000 Malaysians who are blacklisted from leaving or entering the country, by various government agencies. [...]

Rick And Beatrice Wedding

Posted February 22nd, 2009

Congratulations! to Rick and Beatrice on their Wedding. It was a fun day, and I hope we will see you guys again soon. It was a good idea to do the photo shoot at the Likas Public Park. I have published some of the photos here, so readers can see how it’s done in Sabah.
One [...]

Natives Of Sabah

Posted January 7th, 2009

According to the Sabah Native Affairs Council (MHEANS), less than 50% of Sabah’s population is comprised of natives. Sabah’s population stands at 3.1316 million, including the Malays (and their sub-ethic groups), Chinese, Indians, Natives (most widely-known, the kadazandusuns) and others. The Natives number 1.4858 million throughout the state of Sabah.
The Kadazandusuns account for 551,300, Bajaus [...]

Malaysia My Second Home

Posted December 27th, 2008

Have you ever been to place where you never wanted to leave? What if the friends you made during your short stay made you so feel so at home that you want to stay and work or retire to Sabah? And What if the government of that made it possible for you to stay, and [...]

Sabah Is Where Diplomats Want To Be

Posted December 17th, 2008

Sabah was voted as Favorite Tourist Destination by 70 diplomats serving in Malaysia. Ambassadors and High Commissioners voted Sabah for the Gold Award during the Diplomat Tourism Night in Kuala Lumpur.