Niah National Park, Borneo
Niah National Park, located within Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, is the site of the Niah Caves limestone cave and archeological site. Niah National Park was 31.4 km² when it was gazetted in...
View ArticleGreen green bamboo of home.
Next month I will be returning to my ancestral home in China. I have never been and am getting excited. The family income was bamboo. I wonder if they still have it.
View ArticleABC letter O for old.
The lion dance, an old tradition using a lion to dance to farewell the old year and usher the new.http://abcwednesday.com
View ArticleBlunt Umbrellas
used to have this scenario, now with NZ design umbrella, it should be wonderful not having to ditch a broken umbrella. Just hope it is not too heavy and expensive.https://www.bluntumbrellas.com/nz/WHY...
View Articledined like a queen in Nanjing China
ShiZiLou Restaurants in Nanjing+86 25 8360 7888Hu Nan Road ShiZi Qiao 29, Nanjing, ChinaTreated and dined like a queen. 28 morsels person. I ordered a normal portion of escargot. Friends from 34 years...
View ArticleIs it Utopia?
In 1907, my great grand father brought his sons and families to be pioneers to develop Borneo. Some of the families remained in this hot tropical land. We have become professionals, and they in China...
View Articlea young contributor.letter V
a monthly magazine from the 1960s called "The Dolphin"? It was published by the Borneo Literature Bureau, which was a body owned by the Sarawak Government and formed in 1959.I contributed to this and...
View ArticleProhibited plant at Shanghai airport
Saw a few items but were stopped from taking more photos. Nepenthes, also called tropical pitcher plant or monkey cup, genus of carnivorous pitcher plants that make up the only genus in the family...
View ArticleABC letter W for wall.
My husband's people were "guest" people in China. They came to his Cantonese people and encroached their land. They build this "Fort" to protect themselves. This structure was walled in and very dark....
View ArticleABC letter X.for exposed
My funniest story was I was in Form 4 aged 15, my sister in Form 1 aged 12. She decided to make some cookies she learn from school. She went to the only grocery shop in the neighbourhood. When we...
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