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Artillery Gun- Sabah Museum

Posted in Memorial, Museum, Nostalgia, Places, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 22, 2009 | Comments Off

Rule, Britannia!
A throwback to the times when Britannia did rule the waves. British North Borneo Chartered Company was the entity assigned to administer the territory of North Borneo in the days when colonialism was the buzzword and the byword.  And this is where the story of the artillery guns begins.

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Vintage Car- Wolseley ‘59

Posted in Car, Motor Show, Museum, Places, Travel, Vintage car, tagged , , , , on October 21, 2009 | Comments Off

A Marque In Its Heyday 
A 4-cylinder chitty chitty bang bang it is…. not. But it could easily be an Isuzu. Come inside and take a look. Whatever takes your fancy, it is all negotiable for a price.

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Vintage Car- Austin

Posted in Car, Motor Show, Museum, Nostalgia, Photography, Places, Travel, Vintage car, tagged , , , on October 18, 2009 | Comments Off

Austin Powers Singing the Blues
Registered in the island of Labuan in 1960. Not quite contented with the quiet island life after six happy years running around in a tiny little spot. It was time to hit the road and see the big wild world. And it was “KK here I come!”

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Vintage Car- Rolls Royce

Posted in Car, Motor Show, Museum, Photography, Places, Travel, Vintage car, tagged , , , , , on October 16, 2009 | Comments Off

Bend It Like Beckham!
A Bentley with a built performance that comes with the luxury and status onboard.  Mostly owned by the royalties and people with high stature walking in the high society circle.

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Vintage Car- Vauxhall Velox ‘56

Posted in Car, Motor Show, Museum, Places, Travel, Vintage car, tagged , , , , , , , on October 14, 2009 | Comments Off

A  Six Cylinder Revolver That packed A Punch
This old banger could really pack a punch having 25 blissful years on the road. Still single & an eligible bachelor in its own way. Come inside and meet our man in blue.

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Vintage Car- Ford V8

Posted in Car, Motor Show, Museum, Places, Travel, Vintage car, tagged , , , , , , on October 13, 2009 | Comments Off

A Deluxe Getaway for Bonnie & Clyde 
A 30s vintage and much sought after classic. A little runaround in the colonial days. Now a junk to be ogled “over/at”  like a luscious lady by the vintage car enthusiasts. If you are a vintage enthusiast, join the club (mine).

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Lepa Pasil Boat

Posted in Art, Beaches, Dance, Divine, Entertainments, Festive Season, Fishing, Happenings, Living, Museum, Nostalgia, Pantai, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged , , , , , on October 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Sailing the Seven Seas With the Gypsies
Lepa is often associated with the Regatta Lepa that will burst into life in the water of Semporna with a glittering multicolour extravaganza every April month.

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Chinese Traditional House in Borneo

Posted in Living, Museum, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged , , , , , , on September 26, 2009 | Comments Off

Down the Southern Ocean (Sea)
This is a typical traditional house for the early Chinese settlers in Borneo when they first set foot on the land (in the nineteenth & early twentieth century).

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Chinese Pottery

Posted in Art, Happenings, Museum, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged , , , , , on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Pottery In Motion
Come the month of May you may like to visit the Heritage Village at the Sabah Museum. There will be cultural programmes being staged at the museum. One of them will be the Chinese pottery making demonstration.

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