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Category: Bisaya Fables

Brits, the Treasury and a rare Book

I noticed a book review of Sarawak: The Rajahs Officers 1841-1946 by Nigel Batty- Smith on the website run by Veronica Chang-Schmid. (Thank you, Veronica) I thought this would be a good addition to my library so I tried to find it on several of the used bookstores on the

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October 17, 2024 No Comments

Arrival of the Negroids and Early Austronesians

This essay describes the Negroids movement into Taiwan. Borneo is mentioned a few times and one wonders what lessons can be learned and applied to the Niah Cave complex. Tom Harrisson destroyed most of the graveyards sending some bones to faraway Las Vegas. With Dr Curnoe maybe we can determine

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October 9, 2024 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small # 63

Mosquitos The objective of this study was to document the different mosquitoes in the rice field and residential area of Kampung Rembus, Sarawak, Malaysia during the early stages of the rice planting season. In this study, eight species of mosquitoes were collected. The two most common mosquito species found in

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October 5, 2024 No Comments

OlD Borneo Names

Place Names in 16th and 17th Borneo by Jan O.R. Beck in Imago Mundi vol. 16, 1962 The coast of Borneo served as anchorage for ships going to and from China. However, the area had its resources. Suvarnahumi  (Land of Gold) an Indian term, may have included Borneo and other

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October 1, 2024 No Comments

Circumcision

Circumcision We were riding a bus in the eighth month of pregnancy from Kuching to Sibu. The ride was uneventful and we arrived at our hotel ready for a shower and sleep. The next day we would go exploring. At about 8 p.m. my wife went into labour. I called

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September 15, 2024 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small # 62

Plastic in Mountain Rock Salt Salt found in the mountains of Sarawak is processed, and various plastics are accidentally added to the salt products sold to the public. doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122207 Mangosteen The identification of cultivated mangosteen plants and their wild ancestors is difficult. The similarities of the plant structures between the

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September 13, 2024 No Comments

Portuguese Borneo

Durate Barbosa This small essay describes Borneo before 1518 from the point of view of the Portuguese. This was after the Brunei incursion into Santubong in ~1512. The Isles of Borneo “Further on towards China, from the Island of Solor (Sulu) there is another island as well furnished with victuals,

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September 2, 2024 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small #61

Irrawaddy Dolphins Our results indicated that the Irrawaddy dolphin lineage split from the Australian Snubfin dolphin lineage (Orcaella heinsohni) in the Late Miocene ( 6.82 million years ago) The Australian Snubfin dolphin inhabits the coast of southern New Guinea and northern Australia and is separated from the Irrawaddy dolphin by

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August 25, 2024 No Comments

The Children of the Mission

Children of the Missions 1862 Polly Polly is the eldest and a Kanowit Dyak orphan. She is between 15 and 16 and has lived with us since she was a baby. She was brought to Sarawak by English sailors who were engaged in the Sanskrit and Sakarran pirates in 1849.

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August 18, 2024 No Comments

Borneo Ghost Story

People who have Died Have Ghosts Once there was a longhouse. There was someone who had just died in that longhouse. After four days a young man went out hunting. He called his dogs to follow him. They did not meet any wild pigs that day. Then he looked up

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August 14, 2024 No Comments
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