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True story, about 2 years back. Friend rings me one evening:Friend: Glenda, I have a client I want to take birding up that mountain in Negeri Sembilan, the one with the radar station on top, but I don’t know where … Continue reading
Glenda Larke
Ok, now here’s a film that’s guaranteed to flop in the West. That’s right, it’s called “Colic”, and it’s playing here in Kuala Lumpur. Would you go to a movie that is advertised by a pix of a naked screaming … Continue reading
Sometimes it is nice to be home in one’s own garden, after living in an apartment without as much as a pot plant. Of course, this being the tropics, and with us away such a lot, the garden is more … Continue reading
The trouble with banning books is that, if you do it, you end up looking like a prize idiot. And that is what has happened to Che Din Yusoh, who is the “secretary of the publications and Quranic texts control … Continue reading
Spongebob has been finally been outed – his long-term relationship with a starfish called Patrick (obviously a lapsed Catholic of Irish origins) has finally been revealed… You mean you didn’t know? You should have asked the Ministry of Internal Security … Continue reading
(Expedisi Kulamba, Universiti Malaysia Sabah) A week ago, we packed everything up and headed back to Sandakan from Kulamba, dreaming of hot showers and a toilet with a seat… But six hours or more on board a fishing boat can … Continue reading
…in the field …in the camp …or on the boat on the way home. … Continue reading
(Expedisi Kulamba, Universiti Malaysia Sabah) Beautiful, isn’t it? And remember, you can click on these photos if you want a better look. The third photo shows the kind of village you will see in this area. And the photo after … Continue reading
Mangroves are full of mud and mosquitoes and other mucky stuff, right? Wrong. Mangroves are beautiful. Here are mangrove photos from Kulamba River, off the Kinabatangan, Sabah.Recent warning say that the world’s fish stocks will be depleted in 40 years. … Continue reading
I am writing this on the plane to Kuala Lumpur. I feel as if I have just emerged from a refugee camp…the low cost airline terminal In Kota Kinabalu is being rebuilt from the ground up, and it is pure … Continue reading