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Robert Burns
The Auckland statue broke with tradition. Instead of Burns in writer's garb holding a pen, Pomeroy created an image of Burns as the ploughman poet. Burns is shown in a tailcoat, knee breeches and a big...
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ABC Rubblish/garbage bags
Zero-waste Management Strategy:Here's the collection of the bags by some of the volunteers, including a very young boy. Ka Pai to him. They had to lug the heavy bags to the quad bikes as runners.A few...
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ABC letter C for senior citizens
Last year, I made a trip back to my home state of Sarawak. I met my cousin Jeffery Kong for the first time. He had told me that he was a manager of two senior citizen's homes. I ask if I could visit. I...
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Thursday Challenge: Heat
my sis Helen is learning Eastern med. My Ah Tai practised this, Chinese mugwort (Folium Artemisiae argyi) is used for moxibustion, for a wide variety of health issues. The herb can be placed directly...
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ABC Wed, letter D for dog
In 2009, I went on a delightful once in a lifetime holidays in the Mulu resort. We went to the caves, and at a Penan longhouse, this lady attracted me by using her nose to blow her flute. Her fingers...
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Raja Bala
Here's Elley relative Raja Bala. I had to take a photo with this chieftain. The girls were Elley's flower girls. This is Elley's relative dancing at Elley's wedding. He had a traditional head gear and...
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Mary Anne Vaz , artist with a heart
Mary Anne Vaz , facebook maryannevazartist This is at my Art Booth during the Borneo Fashion Week. I am an artist.My art works feature woven basket. I am painting now. I live in Miri. Since 1987. I m...
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Auckland Tower turned 20 yesterday.
Standing 328m tall, the Sky Tower is the tallest man-made structure in New Zealand and tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere. When it was first opened it was among the top 10...
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Dining up in the Sky Tower.
We had dinner at the Observatory restaurant at the Sky Tower in Auckland. We were up at 192 metres, and the view was fantastic. The sun set was beautiful too, so was the food.I won't show you my...
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My Brother, WWF.
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/community/2014/06/29/getting-it-right-the-first-time-engage-and-consult-for-successful-delivery-says-wwf-malaysia-man/“Engagement and consultation with people both within...
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Taiwanese cherry blossom.
Prunus campanulata is a species of cherry native to Taiwan, widely grown as an ornamental tree, and a symbol of Nago, Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. It is variously known in English as the...
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ABC Letter E for Elephants.
This is Singapore Zoo. I like the humane way they treat the elephants.A moat separated us from the performing elephants in the Singapore Zoo. Every now and then, the elephants used their nose and...
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Happy Birthday, Singapore 2017
These Chinese structures are icons in Singapore. For a long time, Malaysians were not allowed to visit China. Coming to these Yunnan Garden served to kill two birds with one stone. They were in the...
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Nanyang Technological university
Nanyang Technological university was constantly building. This is a new building after we left NTU in 2006.
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Mary Anne Vaz, her story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoHpX0-2jo0http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2F2010%2F12%2F13%2Fsarawak%2F7562153&sec=sarawak http://www.thestar.com.my/story/Mary Annee...
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ABC Letter F for Huckleberry Finn
https://www.facebook.com/ruth.sibat/videos/vb.1449381876/10213318728469926/?type=2&theater¬if_t=comment_mention¬if_id=1502433077018786Do you believe in Vibes? My friend from Methodist...
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New Zealand Chinese in Historical images by Phoebe Li
Helen Wong, NZ Historian and researcher with Phoebe Li.Recollections of a Distant Shore: New Zealand Chinese in Historical Images 域外拾珍： 历史影像中的新西兰华人 By Phoebe Li and John Turner.Had the privilege to...
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Conflicting Beliefs
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/buddhist-ceremonial-release-captive-birds-may-harm-wildlife/A young Vietnamese woman’s husband fell ill. Desperate for a cure, she later recounted, she...
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Chinese surname Chen.
陳 Chén (Traditional) 陈 Chén (Simplified)Chan Cantonese, Ting/Ding Foochow, Tan Hokkien Chin HakkaChen ([ʈʂʰə̌n]) (simplified Chinese: 陈; traditional Chinese: 陳; pinyin: Chén; Wade–Giles: Ch'en) is...
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ABC Letter F for floods.
Borrowing my aunty Francisca Leong's photo. I have often written about the annual floods in Sibu. The flood water usually comes at night, and Mum and Dad would get us all up to push the car to a higher...
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