Before pakeha arrived in NZ, the Maori people wore clothes made from the flake plant.
These Maori dancers from Rotorua are wearing grass skirts made from flake.
Blogs that I follow
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Training, Racing and Eating In Hanoi
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After playing two tournaments in small-town Vietnam, the plan for Hanoi was
to eat a lot of food, explore the city and find a good coach to train with.
I f...
1 week ago
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Keeping Our Grandma’s Name From Fading, 2026
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Nine Brothers Awaiting - Grandpa looking, our grandma 夏 Xia means Summer.
My Guan Xuan Qing 官选清 grandmother’s tombstone in Zigong is fading.
Only two g...
2 months ago
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I'm back!!!
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Well folks, CB has recovered my blog's password, after these 5 years of me
not knowing how to do that.
I'll be blogging again soon.
4 months ago
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Ferry - Labuan - Limbang - Lawas
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In 1974 I started my teaching career in SMK Limbang. I had completed my
degree and diploma of education in 1973. When I asked for a posting to
Limban...
5 months ago
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Remembering My 'other' big brother- Richard
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It's been a looooong time since I wrote in this blog site and I had
recently re-opened this so as to recap our life in Singapore. All those
words, so so ...
5 months ago
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MICROWAVE BROWNIE FOR ONE !!
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*They say that you are not supposed to reward yourself with food...OK, I
get that. But every once in a while, I crave something deeply chocolate,
deeply w...
7 months ago
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Hello world!
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Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then
start writing!
7 months ago
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The Go Curry Cracker 2024 Taxes
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I have now submitted our 2024 tax return. Somebody (me) has exceptional
procrastination skills. The numbers this year are very nice – overall we
“earned”...
1 year ago
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India
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6 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...
6 years ago
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Never A Dull Moment
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In just a week and a half from now, it will be the Wivenhoe Open Gardens,
and I've promised to make a display on the top of my boat. Not only that,
Jane...
7 years ago
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A very sad post
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I lost my best girl Katie on Tuesday. It's the hardest, saddest thing I've
ever done.
I rescued Katie when I was in my San Diego condo when she was a y...
8 years ago
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Wonderful new compact keyboard
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On my personal blog I made this post about a *fantastic new keyboard* I
have. I link here because it's just compact enough to take out.
8 years ago
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Tennessee state police form a perimeter to protect a white nationalist
gathering from anti-racist protesters. Did I mention this was in a state
park?
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Police perimeter around the white supremacist conference #AmRen is intense.
We heckling them like hell. pic.twitter.com/mMYd8vave9
— Lacy MacAuley (@lacym...
8 years ago
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A basketful of treasure at Hibernation Time
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HUGE SKIES full of light and dark and wintering and wondering crown the
granite tors of Dartmoor this November, as the mists creep in; and I return
here...
8 years ago
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Musical Version of Jane Austen's "PERSUASION" at Taproot Theatre — A Review
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Life rarely offers us second chances, but now you have one if you have not
yet seen Taproot Theatre's production of *Persuasion*. In fact, this
musical a...
8 years ago
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My 2016
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This year had not been a particularly busy one for me. It did however,
mark two significant landmarks in my life; I turned 65 in October and I
celebrated...
9 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...
10 years ago
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Op Cahaya Bena 1 1976. Joint Malaysia/Thai op in Southern Thailand.
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My Diary
What was on my mind before the Operation.
OPERATION CAHAYA BENA 1 1976. SOUTHERN THAILAND. FACING A BIGGER AND BATTLE-HARDENED ENEMY.
I knew the en...
10 years ago
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
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*Merry Christmas everyone*.
*Peace on Earth*
*and*
*Goodwill to All Men*
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
11 years ago
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Full Support for East Malaysia Sovereignty
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SARAWAK AND SABAH NATIONALISTS OF 17 CIVIL MOVEMENTS UNITE TO URGE THE
SARAWAK GOVERNMENT TO DEFEND STATE RIGHTS AS ENSHRINED IN MALAYSIA AGREEMENT
A group...
12 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...
12 years ago
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Menace
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Power is intoxicating. Everyone loves having the ability to make their
decisions into reality — to think "this should be something that happens,"
and the...
12 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...
13 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...
13 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 ...
13 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...
13 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 ...
14 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...
14 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...
15 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...
15 years ago
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Quote
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"The reverse side also has a reverse side."
- Japanese Proverb
15 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 ...
16 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...
16 years ago
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