Give peace a chance

Thanks to Matthew for the Peace ad card. This card was released after

the MH17 incident in July 2014. 

Sent: 3 November 2014   Received: 10 November 2014   Received: 7 days

7 am in the morning

Thanks to Jane for this beautiful sunrise view!

Sent: 1 March 2016    Received: 8 March 2016   Travelled: 7 days

Iban girls

The Ibans are a branch of the Dayak peoples of Borneo. In Malaysia, most Ibans are located in Sarawak, a small portion in Sabah and some in west Malaysia. They were firstly but now formerly known during the colonial period by the British as Sea Dayaks especially in the Saribas and Skrang regions which are near the coastline and thus they had gone on expeditions along the coastline up to the Kapuas river delta in the south and the Rajang river delta in the north. However, those Ibans that had migrated and lived inland to upper Rajang river region was further upriver and did not really go downriver to the sea as often but they became into contact with local tribes such as the Baketan, Ukit and Kayan.

It is believed that the term "Iban" originates from the Iban's own formidable enemy, the Kayan who call the Sea Dayaks in the upper Rajang river region that initially came into contact with them as "Hivan". The Kayan mostly lives in the central Broneo region and migrated into the upper Rajang river and thus went logger-head with those Ibans who migrated from the upper Batang Ai/Lupar region and Katibas river. In fact, those Sea Dayaks in the Saribas and Skrang regions initially resisted being called Iban and insisted to be called Dayak but somehow the term Iban increasingly becomes popular later on after the European starts to frequently uses this term.
Source: Wikipedia

Thanks to Paul for this beautiful People card and stamps!

Sent: 4 December 2015   Received: 8 December 2015   Travelled: 4 days

A Famosa

A Famosa is a Portuguese fortress located in Malacca, Malaysia. It is among the oldest surviving European architectural remains in south east Asia. The Porta de Santiago, a small gate house, is the only part of the fortress which still remains today.

The name is often mispronounced /eɪ/ Famosa, even among Malaysians, as though the Portuguese definite article a were the English letter A. A more authentic pronunciation would be /ɑː/ Famosa.

In 1511, a Portuguese fleet arrived under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque. His forces attacked and defeated the armies of the Malacca Sultanate. Moving quickly to consolidate his gains, Albuquerque had the fortress built around a natural hill near the sea. Albuquerque believed that Malacca would become an important port linking Portugal to the Spice Route in China. At this time other Portuguese were establishing outposts in such places as Macau, China and Goa, India to create a string of friendly ports for ships heading to Ming China and returning home to Portugal.

Source: Wikipedia

Thanks to KKHor for the meetup card from Malacca!

Sent: 5 December 2015  Received: 10 December 2015   Travelled:

Perak Man, Lenggong Valley

Sent: Received: Travelled:

The Lenggong valley in Hulu Perak is one of Peninsular Malaysia's most important areas for archaeology, as excavations have revealed many traces of Malaysia's prehistory. It is the site of the oldest known place of human activity in the Peninsula. Today it is still a rural area, with small kampongs surrounded by green vegetation and limestone hills. Lenggong can be likened to an open-air museum, and is home to legends, skeletons, cave drawings and precious finds such as jewellery, pottery, weapons and stone tools. Many of the caves in the Lenggong area have revealed evidence of ancient humans having lived and hunted in this area.

The Lenggong Valley was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage site on 30 June 2012.

Source: Wikipedia

Thanks to KKKhor for this special postcard with official seal from

the Lenggong Archaeological Museum. I love going to museums

to see the natural history or archealogy. A similiar one that I went to

was the Java Man site in Sangiran, Java four years ago ^_^

Sent: 5 December 2015   Received: 10 December 2015    Travelled: 5 days

Flower Festival, Cameron Highlands

Thanks to Jane for the old card from 1990!

Sent: 9 December 2015   Received: 17 December 2015  Travelled: 8 days

Chinatown, Kuala Terrenganu

Kampung Cina is a Chinatown located in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia. Kampung Cina is located along Jalan Bandar (formerly known as Jalan Kampung Cina), in Kuala Terengganu city centre at the river mouth of Terengganu River that empties into the South China Sea. Kampung Cina literally means Chinese Village; it is also called Teng Lang Po or KT's Chinatown by local people. It is one of Southeast Asia’s early Chinese settlements and contains stately ancestral homes, temples, townhouses, and business establishments. The town is small but has colourful shophouses along both sides of the road that carries traditional flavour.

Kuala Terengganu's Chinatown was first established by the Chinese community in the late 19th century. It was once a hub for commercial activities that helped shape Kuala Terengganu into what it is today. The Chinese built the traditionally designed shop houses according to their place of origin in China. The buildings have been declared a heritage site by the United Nations UNESCO World Monument Watch Programme and grants are being given annually to finance preservation of this pre-colonial heritage significant.

Source: Wikipedia

Thank you Natasha for the swap. 

Sent: 22 December 2015   Received: 29 December 2015   Travelled: 7 days

Taiping,Perak

Thanks to Raymond via Postcard United for the Taiping view and

Agong stamp.

Sent: 30 November 2015   Received: 8 December 2015   Travelled: 8 days

Sarawak map

Thanks to Uncle Paul for this map card of Sarawak. If you notice the front

the stamp is where the island is geographically at on the map. Pretty smart idea!

The stamps are from the Island and Beaches stamps issue in November 2015.

I have received a couple of maps since my blog break so today I will do a Map Theme :D

Sent: 17 November 2015   Received: 23 November 2015   Travelled: 8 days

Four Nation Stamp issue meetup

Yippee! Thanks to Khor , Libby and the rest of the postcrossers for this

meetupp postcard :D The stamps feature the Traditional Costumes of

four nations - Singapore , Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

Sent: 5 December 2015   Received: 10 December 2015   Travelled: 5 days

Christmas from Penang

Thank you Camy for her own self designed Christmas wishes!

Sent: 5 December 2015  Received: 17 December 2015   Travelled: 12 days

People Stamps

Thanks to AnnyMay for this amazing people postcard that she designed.

Which stamp do you like? Mine is the girl hugging the cat haha

Definitely fitting for today's post as I've got a bunch of cats to share :)

Sent: 1 February 2016   Received: 12 February 2016   Travelled: 11 days

Bornean Gibbon

Müller's Bornean gibbon is endemic to the island of Borneo, inhabiting the northern and eastern part of the island. In the southwest of the island lives the Bornean white-bearded gibbon; their territories hardly overlap. Grey gibbons are diurnal rain forest dwellers, characterized by the long arms that all gibbons have, with which they brachiate through the trees. They live together in monogamous pairs, and defend their family territory against intruders with long, loud singing. Their diet consists primarily of fruits. Little is known about the reproductive patterns of this species, but it is thought to be similar to that of other gibbon species.

Müller's Bornean gibbon occurs in a number of protected areas, including Betung Kerihun National Park, Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park, Kayan Mentarang National Park, Kutai National Park, Sungai Wain Protection Forest and Tanjung Puting National Park in Indonesia and Pulong Tau National Park the Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary and Semengok Forest Reserve in Malaysia.

Source: Wikipedia

Wow!!! This is such an unexpected surprise to get this card from my 

stamp guru Uncle Paul. Pos Malaysia issued Monkey stamps on 26 January 2016.

The stamps come in denominations of 60, 70 and 80 cents and RM6 miniature sheet.

On the front of the card which has been made into a Maxicard with matching

RM3 stamp from the miniature sheet. Thank you very much!!

Sent: 27 January 2016   Received: 1 February 2016   Travelled: 5 days

Emilia Yusof's 2015 Limited Edition postcards.

 Yay so very happy to come home and find an envelope of very special

postcards waiting for me. Someone in the Malaysian Postcrosser facebook

group had shared the artwork of Emilia Yusof, who was exhibiting at the

Children's Literary Festival in Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. As I couldn't

go myself, I asked for her help in getting me these cards. Selling for Rm2.50 each

I knew I would regret it if I didn't have the entire collection since they are

Limited Edition and they are from a Malaysian illustrator. It's not easy to find

local illustrations so I thought why not?! I am unlikely to find such nice cards

again and besides the cards absolutely appeal to the whimsical child in me :) Enjoy!

 

 

Deer Cave,Gunung Mulu National Park

Deer Cave,  located near Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, is a show cave attraction of Gunung Mulu National Park. It was surveyed in 1961 by G.E. Wilford of the Malaysian Geological Survey, who predicted that Mulu would yield many more caves in the future (Wilford, 1964). The cave, which is also known as Gua Payau or Gua Rusa by the local Penan and Berawan people, is said to have received its name because of the deer that go there to lick salt-bearing rocks (Tsen, 1993) and shelter themselves.

An explanation of the cave's formation is strongly interconnected with the geological history of the island of Borneo itself. Between 40,000,000 B.C. and 20,000,000 B.C., a 1500 m thick layer of sedimentary rocks known as limestone, composed largely of compressed sea shells, developed in lagoons created by coral reefs. The movement of the Asian and Australian tectonic plates caused the crust to buckle and elevate the land once more, giving birth to the island of Borneo and the Mulu mountains, around 5,000,000 B.C. Since then, the landscape was hacked by constant erosion from precipitations and winds. The mountain’s surface is composed mostly of limestone, which dissolves when in contact with fresh-water, and thus has been slowly sculpted into a karst. Rainwater also infiltrates the porous sedimentary rocks after going through the soil and progressively dissolves the limestone, widening the pores and cracks and creating caves of impressive dimensions such as the Deer Cave. This natural process, which is still working, will cause the cave to widen even more in the future.

Source: Wikipedia

A pleasant surprise to receive these two postcards in the mail. 

As I always buy stamps out on the first day issue, I met this nice

Uncle Paul who flew especially to KK from Sibu (in the neighbouring state)

to prepare special cancellations for the First Day Covers. Thank you!

Sent: 29 October    Received: 3 November 2015   Travelled: 5 days

Duplicate: Ipoh Town Hall

Hehehe a duplicate card from a friend that was sent officially via 

PostcardUnited. Thank you Khor for the nice stamps and card! what 

is up with PosMalaysia being so slow nowadays

Sent: 20 Oct    Received: 3 November 2015   Travelled: 14 days

Kuching, Sarawak

 There is a theory that Kuching actually means "Ku"(古） - Old and "Ching"（井） - Well or "old well" (古井) in Chinese. During the Brooke administration, there was no water supply and water-borne diseases were common. In 1888, an epidemic broke out which later was known as "Great Cholera Epidemic". A well situated in the present day China Street in Main Bazaar helped to combat the disease by providing clean water supply. Due to increased demand for a water supply, the role of the well was later replaced by water treatment plant on the Bau Road.
Source:Wikipedia

Thanks to dear Isabella for her postcard of her travels!

Sent: 19 Oct    Received: 22 October 2015   Travelled: 3 days

World Post Day

Card illustration by Chako

Thanks to Anny for this wonderful Postman Vehicles card and the

matching stamp!

Sent from Tenom 

Sent: 9 Oct 2015   Received: 13 October 2015   Travelled: 4 days

Dusun Tabilung

A rare postcard showing the Dusun Tobilung. 

Thanks to Isabella  for sharing this postcard!

Sent:9 October 2015   Received: 15 Oct   Travelled: 6 days

Sea Sports Centre,Labuan

Sea Sports Centre is a center for mmajor sea sports activities and

a venue for carnivals. 

Thanks to Isabella for this neat view card from her travels.

Sent: 13 October   Received: 16 October   Travelled: 3 days