Teak, In Malaysia

• Amitav Ghosh : The Hungry Tide 8 years ago Well, it took several years, but I finally finished Amitav Ghosh's suite of books in the Ibis Trilogy. The Hungry Tide is the third in the series and I was fortunate to find it, accidentally, in a used book store in Fairbanks, Alaska, last September. I had forgotten about the trilogy until I saw...
• Amitav Ghosh : The Quintessential Asian Novelist 12 years ago I have always contended that one of the best ways to learn about a region -its geography, cultures, and history- is by reading well-written historical novels.  It was just three years ago that I first discovered one such author -Amitav Ghosh- and his book The Glass Palace.Now I have come into...
• Chilling Out Along the Pelindung Trail, Part 2 12 years ago At a trailhead of the Pelindung Trail one day, we talked with a gentleman who told us about a waterfall on one of the small streams that drain the ridge along which the trail runs.  (My topographic map shows two stream systems draining the northern side of the ridge: Mengabang Tumpat and an...
• Chilling Out Along the Pelindung Trail, Part 1 12 years ago The Pelindung Trail is a well-known jungle pathway connecting the boardwalk north of Teluk Cempedak and the small road leading up to Bukit Pelindung.  It runs through the Beserah Forest Reserve (Hutan Simpan Beserah).  I have posted about it before here in August 2011.  At that time the...
• End of Year Meetings 12 years ago As with many companies, the college and its parent body like to host end-of-the-year seminars and celebrations to instruct, motivate, encourage, and honour their workers.  I am not always a fan of these, but participation is usually mandatory (DIWAJIBKAN!) and sometimes even interesting.On Friday,...

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