Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Travel, tagged Chinese New Year, Events, Festive Season, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu, Lunar New Year, Places on January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
恭賀新禧
Happy New Year
恭喜發財 – Fireworks @ Gaya St Spring Festival
年年有餘
In case you are interested- the following political parties will be having an Open House, where Lions/Unicorns/Dragons will be performing and food are laid on free . Open to the public. Everyone is welcome.
1. Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) at Kian Kok Middle School. 10am-1pm, 27th [...]
Posted in Carnivals, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Places, Travel, tagged Events, Festive Season, Gaya St Chinese New Year Carnival, Gaya Street, Kota Kinabalu, Lunar New Year, Places, Spring Festival on January 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Wet, Wet, Wet!
And Damp, Damp, Damp. Chucking it down the last five days and dampened the spirit of celebrations. The final day of the carnival, though stayed dry for the duration of the show, saw the turnout of crowds greatly reduced from last year’s. Still, in the spirit of the Coming of Spring and supporting the [...]
Posted in Divine, Places, Travel, tagged Isle, Kota Kinabalu, Painting, Sea, Ships, Tanjung Lipat, Travel, Water on January 22, 2009 | Comments Off
Painting by Photoshop
Fantasy Visuals by Tanjung Lipat
Surrealistic Chinese Painting
Land Ahoy!
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Landmark, Places, Travel, tagged Che Sui khor Pagoda, Festives, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu, Moral Uplifting Society, Pagoda, Places, Sabah, Spring Festival on January 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Moral Uplifting Society
Another relatively unknown Chinese Pagoda tucked away from the tourists’ prying eyes. It is about 2 miles away from the City Centre off Jalan Tuaran(Rd) and easy to get to with any buses plying the Jalan Tuaran route.
The pagoda is a recent addition and located within the compound of the Moral Uplifting Society. For [...]
Posted in Carnivals, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Places, Travel, tagged Carnival, Chinese New Year, Events, Festives, Gaya Street, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu, Lunar New Year, Spring Festival on January 19, 2009 | Comments Off
Tonight’s the Night
Gaya Awaits You! For the next five nights- 19-23 January, feast yourself to a song and dance extravaganza at Gaya St.
Many Happy Returns of Spring!—— 7 More Days!
Posted in Carnivals, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Places, tagged Carnival, Dance, Dance Troupes, Dragon, Dragon Lion Unicorn Dance, Events, Festive, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu, Lion, Padang Merdeka, Places, Travel, Unicorn on January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Day The Dragon Came A-calling…….
And The Lions…..
And the Unicorn
It was a cloudy and drizzling day (17/01/09), but all the fun was had at the Padang Merdeka, Kota Kinabalu. And you know what? The show was finished early and on time. Even a member of a dance troupe was commenting and praising on the fact. Not too much [...]
Posted in Places, Travel, tagged Chinese, Kota Kinabalu, Peak Nam Tong, Places, Temple, Travel on January 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Temple of the Hokkien Clan
This temple, I am afraid, is off the normal tourist beaten track and rarely promoted by the tour operators. The temple is actually quite near to the city centre, about 2 miles away off the Jalan Penampang (Road). It is what I would consider a Taoist Temple and and closely associated [...]
Posted in Entertainments, Landmark, Nostalgia, tagged Antiques, Kota Kinabalu, Landmark, Places, Travel on January 15, 2009 | Comments Off
Time Is A-Changing
Things You May Find While In Kota Kinabalu……..
And a Torture Contraption to keep you in line with the boss
And could this be the Torture Chamber?
Take a Good Guess. No Prize for Guessing…….
Posted in Carnivals, Happenings, Motor Show, tagged Biker, Events, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu, Likas Sports Complex, Sabah, Sabah Motor Show on January 14, 2009 | Comments Off
Here Come the Biker Chicks
Yo, medallion men! I’ve found the biker chicks. Hope you are ecstatic in cloud 9. You’ve gone and missed the show, haven’t you? Now regrets are what you’ve got! This one is dedicated to all the medallion men and lady-killers.
Are These the Real McCoys Or Harley Davidson?
And folks, the final day was [...]
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Landmark, Places, Travel, tagged Festive Season, Festives, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu, Places, Puh Toh Tze, Sabah, Travel on January 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Temple that Sits On a Hillock
As the Spring Festival- Chinese New Year- is fast approaching, it’s time to take a tour of the Chinese temples in & around Kota kinabalu. During the New Year, Chinese temples around KK will be buzzing with celebratory activities & crowded with devotees praying for a happy and prosperous New [...]
Posted in Carnivals, Festive Season, Happenings, tagged Chinese New Year, Chun, Events, Festive Season, Festives, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu, Lunar New Year, Spring Festival, Travel on January 12, 2009 | Comments Off
Chun Jie – the Spring Festival
Get ready for the big celebration coming soon. Chun Jie, otherwise known as the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, is celebrated in a grand scale by many in Sabah, particular those of the Northeast Asian origin. Come New Year’s Day the Lion, Unicorn and Dragon Dance troupes will be [...]
Posted in Carnivals, Happenings, Motor Show, tagged Events, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu, Likas Sports Complex, Motor Show, Sabah, Sabah Motor Show on January 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Mosey On Down To The Motor Show
Rain & humid sunny days greeted the Sabah motor show. But still, I did mosey on down to the Auto Show held recently at the Likas Sports Complex parking lots. It was quite an interesting day out for me. Pity, the event was not given a bigger publicity to [...]
Posted in Landmark, Places, Travel, Wonderment, tagged Centre Point KK, Jesselton, Kota Kinabalu, Landmark, Likas Sports Complex, Night Lights, Night Scenes, Places, Sabah, Travel, Wisma Intiutama on January 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Night Lights in Kota Kinabalu(KK)
When the night falls, KK springs into a life of its own. The kaleidoscope of lights & colours just before the nightfall gives rise to a sense of wonderment about the splendour of nature blended in with man-made colours of light. The night vista in KK bowls one over about the beauty of KK, which one [...]
Posted in Landmark, Memorial, Nostalgia, Places, Travel, tagged British North Borneo Memorial, Cenotaph, City Park, Kota Kinabalu Memorial Park, Memorial, Places on January 7, 2009 | Comments Off
A Throw Back to the Colonial Time
The monument was originally erected to commemorate the 13 soldiers who lost their lives defending the British Empire. Over the years, commemoratives of Malaysian & Australian Armed Forces lost in the defence of North Borneo / Sabah have been added to the rolls of honour. The original site of [...]
Posted in Divine, Happenings, Spooky, Weather, Wonderment, tagged Cloud, Hangover, Kota Kinabalu, Landscape, Nature, Weather on January 7, 2009 | Comments Off
How Much Is That Doggie in the Cloud?
Will be back once I’ve got over the hangover from Hanover
Posted in Carnivals, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Places, Travel, tagged Events, Festive Season, Gaya Street, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, New Year, New Year's Eve, Nexus, Nexus Reort Karambunai, Places, Sabah, Travel on January 2, 2009 | Comments Off
KK Jamming!
Whoopee!
A night of gaiety and merrymaking in the city centre of Kota Kinabalu and its surrounding areas heralded in the New Year. KK was jam-packed with revellers on the eve of New Year. It seemed like the whole KK population jammed the streets of KK to welcome in the brand New Year. KK [...]
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