Winter Wonderland In the Tropic
If you are from a tropical country you may like to spend your Christmas in Kundasang or Ranau to have a feel of that X’mas spirit in the winter with that nippy and misty atmosphere. And maybe you could also have your mid-Night mass in the Church of St. Peter Claver, [...]
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Church of St. Peter Claver, Ranau
Posted in Divine, Festive Season, Happenings, Landmark, Legend, Photography, Places, Travel, Wonderment, tagged Christmas, Church of St. Peter Claver Ranau, Ranau, Winter Wonderland, mid-Night Mass, mid-Night Mass in Ranau on December 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
HDR Tanjung Lipat
Posted in Landmark, Pantai, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged HDR Seascape, HDR Tanjung Lipat, Photography on December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Highly Dynamite
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Ticking clock- tic tock… tic tock… tic tock.
To the year of Decennium
We leave the best to the last
Archaic Sabah Port- Kota Kinabalu
Posted in Art, Divine, Entertainments, Happenings, Landmark, Nostalgia, Pantai, Photography, Places, Travel, Wonderment, tagged Kota Kinabalu, North Borneo, Sabah, Sabah Port, Sundown, Sunset on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Venerable Port of KK
Countdown towards the New Dawn for the last call- the final farewell………..
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It’s been nice to know you!
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A PhotoPainting by number from iKonVista
Suria Sunset
Posted in Art, Divine, Entertainments, Happenings, Inspirational & tranquility, Landmark, Pantai, Photography, Places, Seaside, Shopping, Shops, Travel, tagged Borneo, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Seaside Sunset, Shopping, Shopping Mall, Shops, Sunset, Sunset scene, Suria Sabah, Twilight on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Last Bugle Call At Suria
Sundown as photographed at Suria Sabah- the up & coming shopping mall in Kota Kinabalu.
Eid al-Adha
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Landmark, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Eid al-Adha, Kota Belud, Kota Belud Mosque, Mosque, Sabah on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Festival of Sacrifice
Official public holiday in Sabah- end of Hajj.
Very Arabisque-looking, is it not? Very traditional and a vintage piece in the visual perspective sort of way. As far as I know, it’s quite a unique architectural edifice in the whole of Sabah.
Kota Belud is in Sabah.
:: Nov 27th, 2009- Eid al-Adha
Water Colour Painting of KK Sea
Posted in Art, Divine, Entertainments, Happenings, Inspirational & tranquility, Landmark, Pantai, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, Weather, tagged Aquarelle, Borneo, Brush Painting, Camera, D-SLR, jesselton Point, Kota Kinabalu, Photograph, Photography, Tanjung Lipat, Watercolour Painting on November 14, 2009 | Comments Off
Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Oui! Aquarelle.
Let’s talk about camera, the D-SLR type. Now and then, it does give rise to an illusory image in a shot-visual. When it does, it drives me into a psychotic tailspin.
Wait a minute! I’ve got to get a hold of myself. Ahhh….. such is life’s big mystery.
Limestone Mountain
Posted in Landmark, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Lahad Datu, Limestone Mountain, Semporna on November 12, 2009 | Comments Off
Rocky Mountain High
This mountain was sighted outside Lahad Datu on the way to Semporna. That would be the next destination in future. Could someone shed some light on it?
Wishing Well
Posted in Inspirational & tranquility, Landmark, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Fountain, Puh Tze Shi, Sabah, Sandakan, Wishing Well on October 5, 2009 | Comments Off
Coins In The Fountain
May your wish be fulfilled.
And Mine.
Sabah State Mosque
Posted in Art, Festive Season, Happenings, Landmark, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Eid al-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr, Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Mosque, Sabah State Mosque on September 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Eid al-Fitr- Hari Raya Aidifitri
The End of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.. Let the Festive Season of Charity commence. The next three days, 20-22 Sept., are officially public holidays in Sabah.
Night On the Town- Kota Kinabalu
Posted in Happenings, Hotel, Landmark, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged KK at night, Kota Kinablalu on September 18, 2009 | Comments Off
One Night in KK
Sabah State Legislative Assembly
Posted in Happenings, Landmark, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah, Malaysia Day, Sabah, Sabah State Legislative Assembly, Sabah Yang di-Pertua Negeri's birthday on September 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah
Today (16th September) is an official public holiday in Sabah. Officially, it’s the Yang di-Pertua Negeri’s (Head of State) birthday.
On this day in 1963 the Federation of Malaysia came into being. Unofficially, this day is also celebrated as Malaysia Day in Sabah. Unless and until the whole nation comes to the realisation of the [...]
Mount Kinabalu Afar
Posted in Divine, Landmark, Legend, Park, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged KK Tropical Rainforest park, Mount Kinabalu, Penampang Road on August 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Romancing Gunung Kinabalu
On a clear day the formidable sight and grandeur of Mt. Kinabalu is staggeringly spectacular to watch. The legend of the “Widow’s Sorrow” adds an angle of dramatic Romanticism to the mountain.
Semporna
Posted in Beaches, Landmark, Pantai, Photography, Places, Resort, Seaside, Travel, tagged dragon Inn, Regatta Lepa, Seaside resort, Semporna, Sipadan on August 26, 2009 | Comments Off
A Perfect Getaway
Perfect! Just perfect! Who am I to disagree if the local Bajau say so?
A Tour of Duty in Kota Kinabalu
Posted in Beaches, Landmark, Park, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Jesselton, jesselton Point, KK By the Sea, Kota Kinabalu, Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo, Panoramic View of kota kinabalu, Tour of Kota Kinabalu on August 20, 2009 | Comments Off
A Sojourn Down Costa del KK
A tour of Kota Kinabalu by the sea in a Mediterranean sort of way.
Pix 1: from left to right
Gaya Centre, Wisma Sabah, Wisma Merdeka, Hyatt Hotel & Wisma Yakim
Invariably at some point during your sojourn in Sabah, you will embark on an excursion to the tropical islands that are dotted [...]
Durian of Tawau
Posted in Happenings, Inspirational & tranquility, Landmark, Legend, Places, Roadsign, Travel, crankies, tagged Durian, Landmark, Roadsign, Tawau on August 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Durian Town
Tawau- a town that is so proud of the King of Fruits, Durian, they even have s street named after the fruit.
After having come back from Tawau, I am still searching in vain for a Durian Street in Kota Kinabalu. Why can’t KK town planner/council be as creative as Tawau-ians?
Durian, my kind of town!
I have [...]
Freestyle Diving @ Semporna
Posted in Landmark, Pantai, Photography, Places, Resort, Seaside, Travel, tagged Diving, Semporna on July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Sunset Dip
Semporna- that Divers’ Meeting Place before heading towards the Divers’ Paradise. Surprisingly, Semporna has now become kind of like an English seaside resort. But…………. everything comes to a halt after 10 pm. So, to bed we went. An early night, the first time in a long while.
What is there in Semporna, you may [...]
Postcard fron Donggongon
Posted in Landmark, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Donggongon, Kota Kinabalu, North Borneo, Penampang, Sabah on July 6, 2009 | Comments Off
Kadazan Country
Visit the outskirts of Donggongon town. Keep a low profile, we don’t want to create massive traffic jams now, do we?
Up the Mount Kinabalu Country Road
Posted in Entertainments, Happenings, Inspirational & tranquility, Landmark, Nostalgia, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Borneo, Country Road, Kinabalu Highway, Mount Kinabalu, Sabah on June 28, 2009 | Comments Off
I’m On Fire ……
This weekend, beat a hasty retreat to a romantic rendezvous. Slap on the music and take a leisurely drive up the Mount Kinabalu Highway over the sunset hour.
Aki Nabalu- the Mountain of North Borneo
Posted in Landmark, Legend, Park, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Aki Nabalu, Gunung Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu, Mount Kinabalu, Mountain, North Borneo, Sabah on June 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Legend of the Widow’s Sorrow
Mount Kinabalu is what you come to Sabah for. A World Heritage site, over-promoted and over-charged with the local residents sidelined to the periphery. Best not to over promote local sites/sights or else we, the locals, end up becoming the onlookers and by-standers instead.
More on Mount Kinabalu later on …………………
Kellybays Tuaran, Borneo
Posted in Angler, Beaches, Landmark, Pantai, Places, River, Seaside, Travel, tagged Borneo Kelly Bays, Kelly Bays, Kellybays, Tuaran on May 13, 2009 | Comments Off
Keep the Dragon’s Tail At Bay
Kellybays, otherwise referred to as Bay of Dragon’s Tail in Chinese, has that sense of transcendental Shangrila sensational feeling to it, especailly when viewed through during the twilight hour.
Prince Philip Park
Posted in Beaches, Landmark, Nostalgia, Pantai, Park, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Kota Kinabalu, Prince Philip Park, Tanjung Aru, Tanjung Aru Beach Park on May 1, 2009 | Comments Off
Take A Walk On The Wild Side
A much neglected, under-rated & under-maintained park in Kota Kinabalu. But, in my humble opinion, it’s wild and yet still the best park in the whole of Sabah. It is, I think, the first public park in Kota Kinabalu and was built to commemorate the Royal Visit to Sabah by [...]
Likas Lagoon
Posted in Birds, Fishing, Landmark, Places, Travel, tagged Bird, Bird-watching, Birds, Egret, Lagoon, Likas Lagoon, Sparrow on April 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Car-Spotting By the Lagoon
Now that you have finished and done with the tour of Likas Bay Park, why not just pop across the road to Likas Lagoon to do a spot of bird-watching? Whoa… whoa… whoa….. keep it down. Sorry to keep your blood pressure up. I mean bird watching of the feathery kind.
Likas Bay Public Park
Posted in Beaches, Landmark, Pantai, Park, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Beach, Likas Bay Beach, Likas Bay Public Park, Pantai, Places, Taman Awam Teluk Likas, Travel on April 14, 2009 | Comments Off
Taman Awam Teluk Likas
This is a popular picnic spot for the locals. Weekends will see the beach swamped with picnickers having a fun family day out. And of course a dip in the sea will go without saying. The beach is also one of the venues earmarked, unofficially, for the New Year celebration. On New [...]
Signal Hill Vista, KK
Posted in Landmark, Places, Travel, tagged Kota Kinabalu, Signal Hill on March 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Australia Place
Posted in Hotel, Landmark, Nostalgia, Places, Pubs, Travel, tagged Australia Place, Jalan Dewan, KK Community Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Landmark, Places, Sabah, Travel on March 25, 2009 | Comments Off
The Wizard of Oz
There you go! I am really getting cheesed off with the constant naggings from friends abroad about this little place called the Australia Place. What is there to see and what is it about? Here it is! Read it and weep!
KK Esplanade
Posted in Angler, Landmark, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged KK Esplanade, Kota Kinabalu, Landmark, Places, Sabah, Travel on March 17, 2009 | Comments Off
A Promenade By the Sea With A View
Mad dogs and the Englishmen. Yes, correct, this esplanade is truly designed & built with the Englishmen in mind. Not mamy trees or shades alomg the length of the promenade, and on a hot day you can be baked under the intense tropical heat to get an instant [...]
Dongonggon Weekly Tamu (Street Market Fair)
Posted in Landmark, Places, Travel, tagged Dongonggon, Places, Sabah, Tamu, Tamu Penampang, Travel on March 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Tamu Dongonggon- Don’t Go, And It’s Gong Gon
Tamu, local slang for Bazaar or more correctly “Street Market Fair”, will see Dongonggon bristling with life and aroma as small-scale farmers & travelling stall vendors coverge in the town once a week to peddle their wares. Held over two days- on Thursday and Friday- the town is [...]
Yu Huang (Jade Empeor) Temple, Tuaran
Posted in Landmark, Places, Travel, tagged Jade Emperor Temple, Landmark, Places, Sabah, Travel, Tuaran, Yu Huang on March 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Jade Emperor- the Ruler of Heaven and Below
Just before you reach the town of Tuaran, there is a temple where the Jade Emperor (Yu Huang) rules over those that he surveys. This temple is relatively easy to find as long as you stay on the Jalan (Road) Tuaran- on your right coming from the direction [...]
Towers of Karamunsing
Posted in Landmark, Places, Travel, tagged Karamunsing, Karamunsing Towers, Kota Kinabalu, Landmark, Places, Sabah, Travel, Trinity Towers on February 19, 2009 | Comments Off
Midget Twin Towers And One
The Trinity Towers situated by the Karamunsing junction do look uncannily like Midgets when contrasted with other high-rises around the world. Nonetheless, they do possess aesthetic beauty and look magnificent and stunning, aside from the flyover monstrosity that is obscuring their elegant charms & beauty.
This is an under-promoted landmark of Kota Kinabalu and [...]
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