New Blogging Concept

After going throught my old blog posts, I discovered that I had been concentrating too much on the events happening within Sabah, and had paying less attention to places of interests and cuisines. I will try to post more on the food and attractions sectors.

There are many beautiful islands off Sabah,with crystal clear waters,ideal for snorkeling and scuba diving. You can even go further out for open sea fishing (tackling).

Maybe you like to just lay down on the white sandy beach to have a sun bath,getting away from hustling from the busy city.The numerous beach resorts are there for you to choose from.On the other hand,if you like nature, try out the mountain resorts of our National Park at the foothill of the majestic Mount Kinabalu. the cool weather will take the heat out.

White water rafting is another option for you at Padas or at Klias Wetlands.After that you can view the Christmas tree formed by millions of fire-flies on the banks of these two rivers.

欢迎到沙巴 Welcome to Sabah!

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Borneo International Marathon 2013 accepting registration now

The Borneo International Marathon 2013 is currently accepting registration from teams and individuals.Closing date is 4 May 2013 and the Flag Off date is 5 May 2013.
Registration fees are as follows:

	Non Malaysian	Malaysian	Early Bird Non Malaysian	Early Bird Malaysian
Full	180.00	130.00	130.00	85.00
Half	150.00	110.00	110.00	75.00
10KM	100.00	80.00	80.00	65.00

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7th Sabah International Folkdance Competition

Eighteen countries took part in the 7th Sabah International Falkdance Competition Final on 16th July 2012, held at the Sabah Cultural Centre, Penampang. The festival (competition and other activities) was held from 9th July 2012 - 16 July 2012. The participating countries are: Brunei China The Czech Republic East Timur Egypt Finland Indonesia Kazakhstan Kuwait Latvia Nigeria Papua New Guinea The Philippines Poland South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand

A cheering China troupe after winning the Prime Award for the second consecutive year. Culture Minister Award won by the Philippines The lively dance by Poland won them the Highest Online Presence Award.

	South Korea		China		Sri Lanka		Poland
	Best Male Dancer: Nyung Ho Yoe		Best Female Dancer: Heng Yu		Best Promising Male Dancer: Kushen Halinda Dharmarta Dhidda Kondasinha		Best Promising Female Dancer: Magalana Joanna Graeseit

Kazakhstan troupe demonstrates their women love working and entertainment at the same time.

The Chief Minister's Award went to Nigeria, while the Philippines won the Culture Minister Award. Kazakhstan took the Sabah Cultural Board Award. The Best Performance Award was won by Taiwan. The Best Choreography Award was awarded to Latvia team. Egypt was voted the most popular Troupe. The Appreciation Award For Debutante went to the Czech Republic.

The Prime Award was won by China. This is the second consecutive year in which China has won the Prime title at the event. Toh Puan Norlidah R.M. Jani, wife of Head of State Tun Juhar Mahirudin, gave away the main awards. Also present at prize giving ceremony were Datuk Masidi Majun, Sabah Minister of Tourism,Culture & Enviroment, Assistant Minister cum President of the Organizing Committee of 7th Sabah International Folklore Festival, 2012 Datuk Bolkiah Ismail and Sabah Cultural Board chairman cum Vice Chairman of the organizing Committee, Datuk Seri Panglima Wences Anggang .

China troupe presents the "Wedding Ceremony on water".

Latvia

The Clog dance by Latvia won them the Best Choreography Award"

Poland

Fancy moves of Poland earned them the Jury's Award and the Best Promising Female Dancer.

Taiwan

The hill tribes from Taiwan used flowers and plants as probs to express their love of Mothe Nature.

Thailand

Although Thailand troupe did not win any prize, but their realistic fighting dance liven up the event.

Nigeria

Nigeria, the winner of the Chief Minister's Award, brought the crowd to a new height that night.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka troupe's steps and moves closely resembled that of Indian dances.

There are many active photographers in Sabah who have uploaded HD pictures of this event in social media networks. Go to Google images to search for them. Much that I love to post some links here for your convineance, but some may feel that it will be infringing on their intelligence rights.

Event organizer's official website

Happy Harvest Festival

To all KDM friends, Happy Harvest Festival!

Beach goers rescued group of dolphins

If this happened on our beaches, will we do the same?

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The danger of animals watching

The danger of something unexpected will happen while watching wild animals in their natural habitat is always there.
The following video shows a grizzly bear charged at a group of tourists while taking part in a "safe viewing" of the animals at Katmai National Park in Alaska.


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