In the year 2008, a blogger I became

In the study with Inul, 13 Sept'15.

Closing in the one
million mark!

In the year 2008, a blogger I became.  It is a hobby, a pastime, a passion and a part-time job that has become more or less a permanent occupation. It has been seven years and I haven't stopped blogging.   In the early 2000's internet slowly crept into the towns of Sarawak.  By 2005 the reception around Sarawak town was fairly decent but a few kilometer radius outside town the internet is erratic and unreliable.  After 2005, the internet traffic in most town in Sarawak got jammed.  The internet service could not keep up with new applications like facebook, twitter, blogger, watsapp and instagram that snapped the internet highway of available space as the younger generation using smartphones become major users of the internet.   Despite all these challenges the telcos especially Celcom literally give up on improving their service.  So blogging was affected greatly in Sarawak especially in sub-urban and rural areas. Now, when I blog I'll have to face this reality.  One picture would take one hour to upload.  Therefore, blogging is a test of patience, passion and priority in life.  Today, I have time to check on my blogging activities and I found out that my blogs have in total garnered  823,982 page views (see inset) ....and counting.  I guess by the end of this year I'll hit the million mark.  Carry on blogging Sarawak!

Happy Malaysia Day, Sarawak.

(Note: This is the 12th  post on what it is meant to be a Malaysian as part of my writing contribution to Malaysia Day which will  to be celebrated on the 16th of September.)

Today's blogging  surprise .  Can you see four Tiong birds amidst the leaves?
'Tiong ' (Malay) or Hill Myna birds normally appear in a pair.  Today it's a crowd.

Back to blogging to celebrate Sarawak's forming Malaysia

Above is the National flower of Malaysia - Bunga Raya (Malay) or Red Hibiscus

Flower of the Malay Apple ( Jambu Bol)

Back on to blogging Sarawak.  This is a warm up post.  It has been a while since I last wrote on this blog.  I have to do some warming up excercise before the major event. This is a start to get my fingers busy at the keyboard.   Starting the first of September, I'll be sharing a list of posts that I feel good about writing.  They will be related to a passion of mine called history.  But more specifically the posts will address the little things that I do that constitute my own original contribution to the notion of what is meant to be a Malaysian.  The nationalism is still burning even at this ripe old age, will be 64 shortly.  Sharing these little things in life I guess would mean a lot to people who need to ground themselves on what is the meaning of history in one's life. Of being patriotic and nationalistic.  OK, then let the posts and stories do the talking ..soon.  Yes, from the first September onwards join me in my Sarawak 2 blog  to know more about my life experiences.  Truly, living in Malaysia has been a life well-lived.

My history school textbook while in primary school ,1960 - 63.
This second edition was printed in 1967, original copy right - Oxford University Press, 1960.

Blogging Sarawak

Screen shot of my list of blogs in Kambatik Moments website.
This website is the blog central  for all the blogs that I have created for topics on Sarawak.
Screen shot as at 29 Marc, 2015.

Sarawak is a vast country but is is still dwarfed by the island of Borneo where it nestles. In 2007 when  I bought my first laptop I decided to make good the equipment and the times.  In 2007 the slow internet service began to penetrate the air space of Sarawak, especially the remote areas.  Sarawak politicians talk about penetration rate, which despite the hype the internet penetration into rural areas remains to this date a political promise, not to mention dysfunctioning  service.   For hardline blogger like me, I took it as a challenge.  After all blogging about Sarawak is more about its people, nature, towns and places, history ... you name it we have it here.  As the years gone by I have produced more than 2 dozen blogs on Sarawak, some are victims of the times, while others continue their lively existence.  Among those that survived the times have the following themes and subject matter as staple food:-
1) Orchids - this is addictive,  you can get hooked on it forever ...
4 da Love of Orchids  ( 74,021 pageviews , w.e.f. 29 March'15)
 2) Plants - yes, any type of plants in Sarawak that have medicinal, herbal, edible, aesthetic, bio-diversity, agricultural, economic, and national culture potentials.
All the plants (1st Ed.) - 54,266 page views, w.e.f. 29 March'15
All the plants (2nd Ed.) -( haha.the meter isn't working, will try to get the numbers next time around)
All the Plants ( 3rd Ed.) - 203,514 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
All the Plants (4th Ed.)  - 10,636 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15 
3) History - from days of Brunei Sultanate to Brooke era and contemporary Malaysia..from ancient to current developmental history
Images of Bintulu Before and Now - 37,660 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
my Kuching History -  2,138 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
my Bintulu History (3rd. Ed.) - 2893 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
Open coasts to Mountain Highs - 260 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
4) Peoples and Places - anything Sarawak that tells of its people and places ...
My Sarawak (1st Ed.) -  42,447 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
My Sarawak (2nd Ed.) -  102,048 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
My Kambatik World -  82,706 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
5) Cats - this is because the capital city of Sarawak is Kuching, which in Malay means cat. We have here a record- breaking family of cats, born and bred in Sarawak and their story comes in three editions ...
Hav Paws Will Travell ( 3rd Ed.) -  2,519 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
Hav Paws Will Travell ( 2nd Ed.)  - 3,682 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
Hav Paws Will Travell ( 1st Ed.)  -
6) Nature and Parks - You can't separate these two elements from Sarawak's landmass unless of course you are the destructive kind...but here are attempts to be more constructive and meaningful..carry on reading below....
The Kambatik Park, Bintulu -   34,051 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
my Birding Sarawak - 2,776 page views w.e.f. 29 Marc'15
my Gardening Projects -   10,680 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
7) Photography - from days of the compact camera, smart phones and nikon dslr  comes these lovely and memorable images of Sarawak...
Siber-klikz photography - 3,815 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
Phontography by N93i -  8,094 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
my Bintullu Clicks -  34,640 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
my Kuching klikz -  26,298 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
Sarawak in Pictures - 638 page views w.e.f. 29 March'15
8) Arts and Poetry - check out my literary and artistic endeavours in my blogs dedicated to Sarawak arts like batik, abstract works, English poems and Malay puisi...
Being My -
Galeri MOOD -
my E- Poetry -
Daily Cut Flowers - 15,130 page view w.e.f. 29 March'15

Sarawak indeed is blessed with its rich mix of people, cultures and history.  Sarawak is a fair land that has made my life on earth too good to be true.  Blogging Sarawak is a continuing adventure in my life that knows no rest and it is with the will of Allah that more stories, pictures and writings come on screen in many more future moments.