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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Artillery Gun- Sabah Museum
Posted in Memorial, Museum, Nostalgia, Places, Travel, tagged Artillery Gun, Ceremonial Gun, Gun, History, History of North Borneo, Jesselton, Kota Kinabalu, North Borneo, North Borneo Chartered Company, Sabah, Sabah Museum, Saluting Gun, Sandakan on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Vintage Car- Austin
Posted in Car, Motor Show, Museum, Nostalgia, Photography, Places, Travel, Vintage car, tagged Austin, Car, Sabah Museum, Vintage car on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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!”
Lepa Pasil Boat
Posted in Art, Beaches, Dance, Divine, Entertainments, Festive Season, Fishing, Happenings, Living, Museum, Nostalgia, Pantai, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Bajau, Lepa, Lepa Pasil, Regatta Lepa, Sea Gypsies, Semporna 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.
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.
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 [...]
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!
Island Hopping @ Jesselton Point
Posted in Inspirational & tranquility, Nostalgia, Places, Travel, tagged Boats, jesselton Point, Kota Kinabalu on March 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Reflection of A Life
Sorry, caught the Writer’s Block syndrome! Just relish this picture taken at Jesselton Point and contemplate what life could have been!
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I am sailing
I am sailing
home again ‘cross the sea.
I am sailing stormy waters
to be near you to be free.
I am flying
I am flying like a bird ‘cross the sky
I am flying passing [...]
Kota Kinabalu- Next Port of Call
Posted in Nostalgia, Places, Travel, tagged Jesselton, jesselton Point, Kota Kinabalu, Landmark, Places, Sabah Motor Show, Travel on February 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Once Upon A Time In Jessel’s Town
An image that was once quite a common sight around the Port of Sabah in Kota Kinabalu. Now with the new port located away from the city at Sebangar Bay, this picturesque spectacle is no longer a familiar sight. And the port has been renamed Jesselton Point to bring a [...]
The Changing Face of Kota Kinabalu
Posted in Landmark, Nostalgia, Places, Travel, tagged Kota Kinabalu, Places, Sabah on February 15, 2009 | Comments Off
The Ever Changing Kota Kinabalu
Take a good look of the photo below, taken in Aug., 2007. The skyline now is no longer the same. In a few months’ time, a new skyline will be shooting up- to be replaced by another new shopping mall. See the crane at the distance? Get the idea? Next will be the [...]
Trivial Pursuits
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…….
British North Borneo Cenotaph
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 [...]
The Night A Star Was Born
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Nostalgia, tagged Christmas, Festive Season, Festives, Food, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu on December 24, 2008 | Comments Off
The Night That Launched A Thousand Stars
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more about “The Night A Star Was Born“, posted with vodpod
Along Jalan Inobong
Posted in Nostalgia, Places, Wonderment, tagged Add new tag, Donggongon, Inbong, Kota Kinabalu, Penampang, Places, Sabah, Travel on December 18, 2008 | Comments Off
Country Road- Back to the Times We Left Behind
Driving along Jalan(Road) Inobong always triggers in me the memories of times past and the longings to be back to the countryside, where once all our ancestrors lived and tilled the lands. To the city slickers, of whom I am one born and bred, these are the memories [...]
Rabbit On the Moon
Posted in Legend, Nostalgia, tagged Chinese, Folklore, Legend, Moon on December 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rabbit Or Man On The Moon?
Chinese legend has it that there lives a Jade Rabbit on the moon interminably pounding the elixir of life for the moon goddess, Chang’er. Chang’er was banished to the Moon for having stolen the pill of immortality from her husband. Take a closer look on the picture below, doesn’t the shade cast [...]
There Goes Another Biker’s Chick
Posted in Nostalgia, crankies, tagged Biker, Humour on December 3, 2008 | Comments Off
The Real McCoy!
Picture courtesy of http://www.freefunnypixs.com/
Journey Back in Time
Posted in Nostalgia, tagged Places on November 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Atkinson Clock Tower
Colonial Clock Tower
Billed as one of the oldest wooden structures still standing in Kota Kinabalu- the state capital of Sabah. It was commissioned in 1903 to commemorate Mr. Francis George Atkinson – the first District Officer of Jesselton (now renamed Kota Kinabalu), who succumbed to a tropical disease during the British North Borneo Chartered [...]
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