give me 60 !
My sister, Cecilia is on the winch raising and lowering the centre board (keel). One year all my relatives decided to come to New Zealand to pay me a visit. They came from Brunei, Miri, Kuching, Kuantan, Amsterdam and Melbourne. I entertained all my guests by taking them sailing on my trailer yacht, Nanook at Lake Ngaroto.
Blogs that I follow
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IRA Withdrawals Before Age 59.5
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At age 59.5, all access restrictions to 401ks and IRAs are removed.
Sometimes people want to retire before then. (Hard to believe, I know.) But
what if m...
1 week ago
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Pusa : Where my Cousin taught for a few Years
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My cousin Lau Kung Sieng was trained in Rajang Teacher's College after she
completed her Form Five in Methodist Secondary School in 1966. The Sixties
we...
2 months ago
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5 Days Fasting In Canggu, Bali
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It’s that time of year again! After a hectic year and feeling absolutely
drained, it was time to clean up the body, mind and spirit with a fast.
Last year ...
3 months ago
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CROCKPOT TURKEY BREAST
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*SUPER EASY*
*Have you ever cooked a whole turkey breast in the crockpot? It is fail
proof and super moist and tender!!! *
*It is so easy, that turkey ...
5 months ago
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Hello! I'm back...
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This was weird! I wrote this post last year, it’s been a draft since then,
and I forgot about it. Then yesterday, I accidentally posted it, not
realizi...
10 months ago
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Til Death Do Us Part? Not really!
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When we carefully look around, till death do us a part? We find connections
between life and death everywhere. The Chinese care about their ancestors;
they...
1 year ago
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APPEALING TO LIEUTENANT ALAN LEE'S NEXT-OF-KINS TO CLAIM HIS SKULL IN
SARAWAK. I'm taking a long shot through my blog here. Hoping this message
can get to ...
1 year ago
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CATCHING UP, A TOWING ANGEL, THANKSGIVING AND TRAVELING THE TRIBE TO
TONOPAH.
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Can you see that thin book on the shelf of the Cottonwood library with my
name and a library number on it? It's a heady and gratifying experience to
hav...
2 years ago
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Conor, my young neighbour and occasional apprentice, created Mr. Snowman
on my boat when the first flurries settled in Wivenhoe. But a rendezvous
proved...
3 years ago
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Richard
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*(AUTHOR NOTE: My publisher told me I could post a chapter from the new
book. There were 25 chapters to choose from, but I chose this one. Because
I want...
3 years ago
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3 years ago
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Emerald Ash Borer in the Denver Area
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The Emerald Ash Borer is slowly moving through the Denver area with
devastating consequences:
Emerald Ash Borer
Proper diagnosis and "prevention" is importa...
4 years ago
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New Births on the Edge of Winter
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GREETINGS to you all, should you still be here on this quietest of blogs!
This is a small note to you from the depths of my busy creative, mothering
days ...
5 years ago
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New tiny books to beat back ebooks
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Haha, it seems like the big publishers are not at all as confident about
having “beaten” ebooks as they want us to believe? (Why would they want to
anyway?...
5 years ago
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Website is a success!
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For those of you wondering, the Wordpress website went offline due to an
overabundance of traffic.
My web designer, who builds websites for a living, tol...
5 years ago
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HUMMINGBIRDS AT HOME THROUGH A NORTHWEST WINTER
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*Dear Readers,*
*I first publishing this blog post in 2009, but it is still useful and
timely information. *
*Special note: A reader left a comment ho...
6 years ago
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Burmese Art At The Museum
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Recently I went to see the newest exhibition at the Museum of Asian
Civilizations, ‘Cities and Kings, Ancient Treasures from Myanmar’. The
exhibition is...
7 years ago
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It's the final countdown!
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[image: visit sarawak malaysia borneo sarawak regatta 2013 mikhaiLLU (2)]
On our last show of the current season, we report to you from on the ground
as...
7 years ago
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Before I Wake (2015)
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Watch Full Before I Wake in Top QualityNow you can download full Before I
Wake in HD format with duration 120 Min and was released on 2015-09-25 with
MPAA...
8 years ago
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1MDB – what the Bank Negara could do
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In a stunning development yesterday, Bank Negara Malaysia (“BNM”) broke
tradition to deliver a very public statement of its obvious disagreement
and disen...
8 years ago
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I’ve got keys in my pocket and I don’t know what to do with them
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Just ran across this quick piece I published in the Saskatchewan newspaper
a couple of years ago. Certainly nothing special, but it’s an excuse to
post som...
8 years ago
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Bye 2013, welocme 2014
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I am very happy to say good bye to 2013 with no regrets…. much have
happened but the beauty of 2013 is that I have survived it socially,
financially and po...
10 years ago
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Breaches of an international agreement
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In 1963, when the colony of Sarawak became a partner, despite widespread
Sarawakian opposition against it, suppression and subsequent mistreatment
and hum...
10 years ago
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NO MORE BUTs, NO MORE IFs
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BRUTALITY to human beings administered in the space and time when they were
in the CUSTODY OF THE STATE and to such an extent, in specific cases,
whereby t...
10 years ago
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I Love Photography! by The Pioneer Woman
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A short time after I started my blog in 2006, I got a “big girl camera” and
began learning about photography. My learning approach was to take
thousands an...
11 years ago
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An interesting podcast on Sarawak history
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This is from the National Archives in the UK.
Enjoy ...
11 years ago
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now we are six
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When I was one,
I had just begun.
When I was two,
I was nearly new.
When I was three,
I was hardly me.
When I was four,
I was not much more.
When I was fiv...
11 years ago
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Perseids Meteor Shower
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The Perseids meteor shower will be reaching at it's peak around the 11th,
12th and 13th of August this year, they will be visible from late evening
to the ...
11 years ago
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A Promise You Wish Was Not Kept
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Seems like I am always getting caught up in hurricanes or disasters, well
this story kinda deals with both.
You don't have to live on the coast to feel th...
11 years ago
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Britain In Shock
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Revelations of the phone hacking by News of the World owned by News Corp (
Chief Ex CEO Rupert Murdoch) newspaper has sent shock waves across Europe.
On t...
12 years ago
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Happenings in our beloved land, Malaysia
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From an enlightened Malay perspective ..... indeed a long and interesting
read, and pls read till the end. The word "MELAYU" (for Malay) seriously
means "s...
13 years ago
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Coconut Sponge Cake recipe
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This recipe is adpated from Catherine Chia recipe dessert collection
Ingredients A 3 eggs 150g caster sugar 1 tsp ovalette 150g self raising
flour 125ml ...
13 years ago
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Quote
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"The reverse side also has a reverse side."
- Japanese Proverb
13 years ago
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My First Lemonade in Miri
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It was 1959 and my first bus trip to pasar or the bazaar. I did not use the
term town or city then.
With two cents to rub in my pocket I went to the shops ...
13 years ago
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A Wonderful Week on the Sea Crane
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*Saturday June 5th, 2010*
*We get back home again*
The early start paid off, after showers, breakfast and packing we headed
off for the dock where Sea C...
13 years ago
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