Banks to blame for getting people into a debt sinkhole they can’t get out of?
- Posted by bengodomon on 11:15PM Oct 26, 2007
Whether via the media (newspapers, television, radio, blogs etc) or casual conversation over afternoon coffee, a favourite subject revolves anything around money, especially the lack of it. Many people >>
Kite-flying at Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:30AM Oct 26, 2007
The winds and the wide beaches of Tanjung Aru Beach is perfect for kite-flying. Just let your kite go and it will effortless fly up. Even beginners can do it, like so:
Pictures of Water World, Bukit Padang, Kota Kinabalu
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:13AM Oct 24, 2007
It is located at Taman Tun Fuad Stephens, Bukit Padang. The tagline is “Sabah’s Premier Water Theme Park.” Don’t expect anything like Sunway Lagoon though. Recommended to go on >>
Datuk Peter Mojuntin (1939-1976): the Golden Son of the Kadazan
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:47AM Oct 22, 2007
In the middle of Donggonggon township, Penampang, there is a statue of the late Datuk Peter Joinod Mojuntin. It’s about 15 feet tall. On the 4 corners of the platform, there are descriptions of >>
5-time astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson in Sabah
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:30AM Oct 20, 2007
Hoot Gibson became an instant celebrity in Malaysia when he is prominently being featured on local media as everybody in Malaysia becomes astronaut-crazy. He even did a little tour of the country sharing >>
It’s fasting month, the air-conditioner is not working, the building management posts a notice: this reaction should be expected
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:26AM Oct 18, 2007
The photo below was taken by yours truly on 26th September 2007 at Wisma MUIS, Kota Kinabalu. Background: fasting month is in full swing. The central air-con broke down. It’s been several days, >>
Halo phenomenon on 11th October 2007: another miracle or mere pareidolia?
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:43AM Oct 16, 2007
I got the following photo of apparently the recent halo phenomenon via MMS. Photoshop, pareidolia or true miracle?
Floating bookshop MV Doulos in Kota Kinabalu 13 - 25th October 2007
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:12AM Oct 15, 2007
MV Doulos, the world’s oldest active passenger ship (built more than 90 years ago), and one of the world’s premier floating bookshops is in town 13 - 25th October. She arrived from Hong Kong, >>
They should’ve put Dr Sheikh Muszaphar on the right of camera on the ISS
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:43AM Oct 14, 2007
If you look at the live telecast of the Soyuz carrying Malaysia’s first person in space docking with the ISS on 12th October, there are a few things I observed: - there’s no video of the docking >>
Halo phenomenon on 11th October 2007: could this be the worst UFO sighting video ever taken?
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:30AM Oct 13, 2007
Further on the halo phenomenon yesterday, there’s a video of it posted on youtube which purportedly shows a white blob moving around the sun. Perhaps this is just a a joke, but isn’t that >>
You can’t sing this popular Malay 1970s song without turning heads in Sabah
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:35AM Oct 12, 2007
What else but A Kadir’s 1975 classic Lontong? In the peninsula, it’s a delicacy. Usually it is “nasi himpit” (compressed rice cakes cut into cubes), then added with “sayur >>
Halo phenomenon / 22 degree halo on 11th October 2007 as seen outside concrete jungles
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:01PM Oct 11, 2007
All the photos in blog posts I’ve seen about the halo phenomenon today have apparently been taken in and around buildings. Here are my takes, closer to nature. Anybody want wallpaper-size versions, >>
It’s unlikely you’ll hear this version of Saloma’s famous Hari Raya song very often
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:27AM Oct 10, 2007
Who doesn’t know Saloma’s Hari Raya song? However, what some might now is that there is an older version of the same song recorded in the 1950s. I don’t think you’ll hear the older >>
Malaysia’s most popular Hari Raya songs ever
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:36AM Oct 8, 2007
There have been many Hari Raya songs written, but after so many years, I still hear the following songs year in and year out. They are what I call total classics, everybody knows them, they still sound >>
Junior Chamber International’s Outstanding Young Person of Sabah (TOYPS) 2007
- Posted by bengodomon on 08:30AM Oct 6, 2007
The Outstanding Young Person of Sabah (TOYPS) 2007 Awards ceremony gala dinner organised by Junior Chamber International (JCI) Kota Kinabalu was held on 10th September. The winners according to the 6 >>
