Author: Valentine Tawie Salok

As promised, I’m back with ulu tales especially those pertaining to my familiar territory, the upper Melupa river basin. Being brought up by farming and rubber tapping parents, I was out of parental cobweb at an early age of eight and since then, had been roaming freely in the width

Kids in the ulu (remote hinterland) of the late 50s through to the 60s had to be contented with their surroundings as their playground and sources of entertainments. In the absence of toys, gadgets, cinemas and other entertainments the urban centres could offer to their counterparts then, rural kids then

In 1989 while serving as Julau Scout District Commissioner I was had the privilege to join a special camp. The big group of campers comprised Rela members of the district. It was planned to be for spending a night’s rendezvous at the famous Fort Brooke built in 1935, Nanga Meluan

A Chinese movie in the late 60s/early 70s entitled ‘Have Swords Will Travel’ starring David Chiang and Ti Lung provides me with some inspiration with the title of this article though there are scores of other titles that could possibly fit in. Oh..the Chinese movies, especially those of flying swordsmen etcetera

Keeping quiet was the best option when I heard my two colleagues talking about the latest car models in the market, both locally and internationally. Their enthusiasm for cars was really inspiring but certainly not infectious. If I were to open my mouth they might not believe that I had