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Dearest Readers and Commenters, 2011 has been an interesting year and we hope that 2012 calms down a whole bunch in comparison. The world needs peace and quiet instead of turmoil and war. So if wishes come true…..Peace on Earth and Goodwill to Men….. I hear that statement every year, but maybe it is time [...]

Used to adore George Harrison when I was a kid. I remembered word to word the song ” while my guitar gently weeps”, even now its so fresh in my mind. For years, George Harrison’s music had some sort of connection with me.I found comfort in them and a hope and a special experience listening [...]

2010 in review

Posted: January 2, 2011 in about me

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed [...]

Dear Readers, I wish you all a very Happy New Year! Happy New Year! I am not the resolving kind but a friend of mine made me think about becoming more organized. I shall write about it in more detail some-days, but for now I must share this important resolution with you all. I resolve [...]

This is my second climb to  Mount Kinabalu. See here the climb I did last year. Before I started the climb to Mount Kinabalu, I stayed overnight in Kampong Kibbas, Ranau with a good friend of mine Emit Mandadi. Next day after breakfast, gathered my bag together with my friend Emit drove to the base [...]

Today is Veask Day! Wising all Buddhists a Happy Vesak Day! Vesak is the time to remember the three great events in the life of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha – birth, enlightenment and passing away. Each event represents a turning point that leads humanity to a better future. NIRVANA the night of Lord Buddha’s enlightenment, and [...]

Are we going bonkers !? Is it just me or are we all going CRAZY !? A friend of mine says he hear voices all the time in his head and he says GOD is talking to him. He tells me he cannot sleep. He tells me he had just gone for psychological evaluation. When [...]

The Sabahsightseeing staff had a FAREWELL dinner for their boss Ambrose Obon  and I too was invited. It was like one last dinner with Ambrose as  he will be leaving  us to start his own Tourism company, a direct friendly competitor to TATT in the making.  So toasts were made, some good-byes were said, and [...]

The Pulau Batu Puteh Predicament: A Preliminary Study of Malaysian Media Coverage Azliana Abdul Aziz, Vilashini Somiah, Azizah Hamzah & Mohd Yahya Mohamed Ariffin Abstract The media plays a very significant role in keeping diplomatic ties between countries strong. The media is strongly responsible for covering issues as ethically and as unbiased as possible in [...]

You are more likely to ‘forgive and forget’ when you have been hurt by a lover rather than by a friend, says a new study. The study by Clinical Psychology Doctoral candidate, Jodie Burchell of Australian National University (ANU) is the first who asked people how hurt they have felt when wronged by a romantic [...]