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The Tanjung Tuan Raptor Watch, started by two friends of mine who had a dream, had its tenth anniversary this year. I have missed a couple – when I was in Sabah or overseas – but otherwise I am there … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Malaysian life
Some more photos from the lighthouse… Above, the morning parade from the Javan Mynas…Had 1,300 plus raptors today, including a crazy pair of kites that didn’t seem to know if they wanted to be in Malaysia or Indonesia… And J0 … Continue reading
Above: Some Japanese birding visitors from Hiroshima : the Matsushima family Counters at work – and it was 38 degrees (over 100F) in the shade… Above: A view from the lighthouse Every morning the resident Javan Mynas fly out over … Continue reading
When we sell this house, the thing I will miss most is the wildlife. And I don’t mean the squirrel that came inside the other day, or the civets in the ceiling, either. I mean the stuff outside in the … Continue reading
Some pix from the (supposedly daily) walks my husband and I take. Above: morning mist. Below: in the seriously degraded forest. I look down and see petals beneath my feet – thousands of them, everywhere. When I look up. I … Continue reading
Just heard that the house directly across the road was broken into, the people threatened with a parang (machete), tied up etc etc. The house was then ransacked by Indonesians burglars at 5 a.m. (I think I read somewhere that … Continue reading
This is about a review I read where I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. It is very funny, almost unbelievable, and yet it is always sad to see prejudice and bigotry search for scientific backing and produce idiocy … Continue reading
We have had to change the place and time of our daily walk, because of the car break-ins. (It is difficult to go for a walk near out house because there are no footpaths/sidewalks, so we take a short drive … Continue reading
This entry is for Jo.The model is my younger daughter (of Bedtime for Toys band, as you can see from the T-shirt)The dish is fried Tempe, which is a kind of compressed fermented soya bean. You buy it in the … Continue reading
I just spent a day and a night in Seremban, the capital of Negri Sembilan state, because my husband had a meeting there at the lovely Royale Bintang – used to be the Adelphi. That’s the pink building peeking through … Continue reading