I’ve always seen first responders as unsung heroes and very special people because, when everyone else is running away from danger, they run into it. – Dwayne Johnson, American professional wrestler We have all heard of the unrepentant Skrang rebel Rentap, but few know the story of Sarawak’s Ubong Nuing.
Police officers know that each time they put on their uniform, they are taking on risks to protect others. – Mike Parson, American politician We have heard of Malaya’s best known communist leader ‘Chin Peng’, but not much his long-forgotten comrade Koo Chong Kong. Both were honoured by Great Britain
Is that what death would feel like? The nicest, warmest, heaviest never-ending nap? If that’s what it’s like, I wouldn’t mind. If that’s what dying is like, I wouldn’t mind that at all. – Gayle Forman, American author The British Gurkhas soldiers have a motto that goes, “Better to die
One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure. – WILLIAM FEATHER, AMERICAN AUTHOR Before the World War II, Belaga was the domain of two powerful Kayan aristocrats who controlled the lower and upper Balui tributaries, the most powerful being Oyong Hang
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior. – Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian general As young Malaysians we are more familiar with Sarawak’s Iban minister and founding member of Malaysia, the flamboyant Tun Temenggong Jugah Barieng – the man with pony tail and Beatles hair-cut. But little
A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions. Tea Obreh, American novelist On Sept 16, 1995, I witnessed an ancient religious ceremony separating the natives of Belaga from the spirits of their ancestors. Called “Pela Daleh”, it was practised by the Kayan who invaded one of Sarawak’s largest
We forget just how painfully dim the world was before electricity. A candle, a good candle, provides barely a hundredth of the illumination of a single 100 watt light bulb. – Bill Bryson, American author I must be the first local journalist to travel up the 563km Rajang River in
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams. – Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host It was time to leave Long Nawang and head for Tarakan where another tragic Japanese war crime occurred in 1942 when 215 Dutch soldiers were tricked into surrendering, and
I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history. – Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer On Sept 10, 1945, more than 30 brave ‘Orang Ulu’ travelled 300km up the
We know about every massacre that has taken place close to the present, but the ones in the distant past are like trees falling in the forest with no one to hear them. – Steven Pinker, Canadian-American cognitive psychologist On Nov 29, 2017 I flew to Long Nawang, to investigate
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