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She grew up in Bintulu, Sarawak and graduated from the University Malaysia Sabah with a degree in Marine Science.

She is currently obsessed with silent vlogs during this Covid-19 pandemic.

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How little we know about Joseph Middleton, Sarawak’s first police officer

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Joseph Middleton might be an unfamiliar name to Sarawakians today, but he was actually the first police officer of Sarawak.

He was one of the two boys who departed England with James Brooke on the Royalist in 1838.

Unfortunately, there is a little we know about Middleton during his first arrival to Sarawak.

However, we do know that he was referred to in 1852 as ‘Constable’.

It is also known that he married a local woman. One record showed that he had a son named Peter who was baptised in Kuching on Dec 3, 1848.

Apart from this, we know that he was almost killed during the Bau rebellion.

Joseph Middleton was one of the three targets of the Bau Rebellion

On Feb 18, 1857, some 600 Chinese came down through the Sarawak River to attack the White Rajah in Kuching.

By the time the group had reached Kuching, Brooke already fled from his home.

This did not stop the rebels from burning down properties including Brooke’s house.

According to The Gospel Missionary issued in June 1884, the Chinese announced they did not want to make war on the English or the Malays, only on the Rajah’s government.

The report stated, “It did seem as if it was chiefly a rebellion of revenge, for the only three people they had been anxious to kill were the Rajah himself, and Mr Crookshank, and Mr Middleton, who were the chief constable and the magistrate who had sentenced the offending Kunsi and actually done the flogging. If they could kill these three they did not seem to care how many others they killed.”

Joseph Middleton during the Bau Rebellion

How little we know about Joseph Middleton, Sarawak’s first police officer
Illustration depicting the Chinese Insurrection from Harriette McDougall’s Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak. Credit: Public Domain.

The rebels certainly did not care how many they killed that fateful night as in the end, they took the lives of Middleton’s two young children.

The Sarawak Gazette revisited the event in an article published on Mar 1, 1929.

It stated, “Two little boys, John and Charles Middleton, aged six and four years, were killed and ‘the fiends kicked the little heads with loud laughter from one to another’. Richard Wellington, a clerk in the Borneo Company, lost his life in gallantly attempting to defend Mrs Middleton and her children.”

So where was Middleton when his house was attacked?

According to Brooke who published his own narrative of the event in the Wellington Independent on Sept 5, 1857, Middleton’s house was one of the earliest places where the attack took place.

The Rajah wrote, “He (Middleton) escaped with difficulty. His poor little wife hid in a bakery till the burning rafters fell about her, and from her concealment saw the assailants kicking about the head of her eldest child. The mother was paralyzed; she wished, she said, to rush out but could not move. The youngest child was murdered and thrown into the flames.”

Joseph Middleton and the second class Europeans in Sarawak

Other than the Middleton family’s tragic fate during the rebellion, there was no significant information about the constable.

According to archivist Loh Chee Yin who wrote for the Sarawak Gazette in 1960-70s, Middleton presumably still held the roll of Constable until his death in Kuching in 1866.

Middleton is unlike some of Brooke’s early officers whose names are immortalised through street names in Kuching such as Crookshank.

Hence, it is easy to forget there was a man named Middleton who came to Sarawak from England as a boy and lived here till his death.

Perhaps it was because Middleton was considered a “second-class European” in Sarawak at that time.

During the resistance led by Syarif Masahor in 1857, Bishop Francis McDougall wrote a letter to his brother in-law.

McDougall narrated in the letter, “I hear that there has been a regular panic at Sarawak among the wives of the second-class Europeans, who all packed up and wanted to start for Singapore, but their fears have been allayed, and only Mrs Middleton, who suffered so much in the insurrection, persists in going.”

The so-called ‘caste system’ among the Europeans in Sarawak is believed to have started due to the different systems of salutes during Brooke time.

At that time, there were three forms of salutes given. The first class was full arms salute, the second class was arm across body to rifle butt, and third class was simply attention.

Those who were entitled for the first class salute included the Bishop, the Commandant of Sarawak Rangers, the Treasurer and the Principal Medical Officer.

Posts such as Magistrates, Superintendent of Works and Surveys Department, Medical Officers, Inspector of Police and Prisons were given the second class salute.

Finally, the third class salute was given to the junior officers and cadets.

The Sarawak Gazette reported, “It is said that this system of salutes caused a sort of caste system among the Europeans since the local people began to refer to them as first, second and third class Europeans instead of officials.”

Middleton, who was sometimes referred to as the Police Inspector, fell into the second-class European category.

Regardless, as Loh pointed out, Middleton had “the distinction of being the first police officer in Sarawak.”

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3 yummy Asian steamed egg dishes you should try to make at home

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One of the easiest dishes to make at home using the most simple ingredient is none other than steamed eggs.

Due to its gelatin-like texture, many people call it ‘egg custard’.

In Asia, there are three types of steamed egg dishes originating from three different countries namely China, South Korea and Japan.

Although these dishes are prepared pretty much the same way, they are somehow different from one another.

Here are 3 Asian steamed egg dishes you should try to make at home:

1.Chinese steamed eggs

3 yummy Asian steamed egg dishes you should try to make at home
Illustration by Arabaraba

This is the most common type of steamed egg dish because it can be found in any Chinese diaspora communities.

Originally, the dish started humbly using a simple combination of eggs, water, spring onions and salt.

Today, there are so many additional ingredients such as minced meat, shrimp, century egg, mushroom, crab meat, vegetables making the dish the more elaborated compared to its plain origin.

To make the perfect Chinese steamed eggs, the best ratio of water to eggs is said to be 1.5: 1.

Additionally, the water has to be warm.

The egg mixture is then poured into a dish and steamed until fully cooked. Remember to cover the dish when steaming or else it will have water on top of the eggs due to steam.

Here is a simple trick to make the egg custard turn out silky; strain the egg mixture before steaming it. This simple trick will make the texture of the steamed eggs to be smoother.

The common garnish for this dish is chopped spring onion and sometimes sesame oil or light soy sauce drizzled on top of the finished dish.

Read how to make Chinese steamed eggs here, here, here.

2.Gyeran-jjim

3 yummy Asian steamed egg dishes you should try to make at home
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‘Gyeran’ means ‘eggs’ in Korean while jjim refers to any steamed dish.

Even by looking at its fluffy appearance, gyeran-jjim looks different from Chinese steamed eggs.

However, the idea and mechanism behind it are still the same.

The difference is when mixing the egg mixture. To make gyeran-jjim, the eggs are sieved and whisked with water until the mixture are completely blended in a cream-like consistency.

For a more savoury taste, kelp or anchovy broth is used in place of water.

To take the dish to another level, additional ingredients such as mushrooms, peas, Korean zucchini and carrots may be added into it.

While Chinese steamed eggs are left untouched when the dish is being steamed, gyeran-jjim requires stirring while it is still in the steamer.

Before serving, garnish it using chopped scallions, gochutgaru (chili flakes) and toasted sesame seeds.

Read how to make gyeran-jjim here, here and here.

3.Chawanmushi

3 yummy Asian steamed egg dishes you should try to make at home
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Chawanmushi is made from egg mixture typically flavoured with soy sauce, dashi and miri.

You may also find other ingredients such as shiitake mushroom, ginkgo and shrimp inside your chawanmushi.

Since the name chawanmushi literally translates to ‘tea cup steam’, the dish is usually served in a tea-cup-like container.

This Japanese steamed egg dish is believed to be originated in Kyoto and Osaka during the Kansei period (1789-1801), later spreading to Edo and Nagasaki.

Another version of its origin story stated that it was brought by the foreign merchants who lived in Nagasaki and the dish instantly became a part of Shippoku.

Shippoku is a Japanese culinary style that is heavily influenced by Chinese cuisine.

During the Edo period (1603-1868), Nagasaki was the only place in Japan where foreigners including the Chinese, Dutch and Portuguese) were allowed to reside.

If you have a chance to visit Nagasaki, you must visit a local restaurant called Yossou.

Established in 1866, it has been serving chawanmushi for more than 150 years.

In the meantime, if you are making it at home try the recipe here, here and here.

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Kenelm Hubert Digby: The Attorney General of Sarawak Once Accused of being a ‘Communist’

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One of the most interesting figures that ever graced Sarawak’s service during the reign of the Brooke family was none other than Kenelm Hubert Digby.

Digby first joined as a district officer under Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke in 1934 and returned to England in 1939 at the end of his contract.

Digby returned again to Sarawak as Legal Adviser to the Rajah in the spring of 1940.

When the Japanese invaded Sarawak during World War II, Digby was among the civilian internees held at the Batu Lintang camp.

After the war, Digby returned to Sarawak where he resumed the role of Legal Adviser under the Sarawak Civil Service.

From there, he rose to become the Attorney-General as well as the editor of the Sarawak Gazette.

His last post in Sarawak was as a circuit judge which ended in 1951.

Kenelm Hubert Digby and the MI5

So what made Digby ‘a colourful figure’ during his time in Sarawak?

It all started when Digby was still a student at St John’s College, Oxford.

During a debate in the Oxford Union in 1933, Digby proposed the motion “That this House would in no circumstances fight for its King and country.” The motion was passed with 275 votes for and 153 against it.

The ‘Oxford pledge’, as it became known, was controversial at the time, causing friction between older and younger generations, idealisms of pacifism and patriotism. The motion was passed and followed by a nationwide furore.

Thanks to the debate, Digby was a figure of interest for various security intelligence organisations.

In the book MI5, the Cold War and the Rule of Law by Keith Ewing, Joan Mahoney and Andrew Moretta, it is stated that MI5 ‘had scouts in both the Labour and Communist clubs at Oxford at the time, Digby appearing as a member of both’.

It is reported that his mail was routinely inspected in Singapore while en route to Kuching when he was working in Sarawak.

Digby’s move back to Sarawak in 1940 had also caused MI5 some anxiety.

“This anxiety was fuelled in part by the fact that Digby had joined the secret Communist Party Lawyer’s Group (CPLG),” wrote Ewing, Mahoney and Moretta.

After the war, Digby was still under surveillance even when he was working in the Colonial Office.

When the Sarawak colonial government was re-organising their judiciary system in 1951, it gave them the opportunity to get rid of Digby. The governor did not renew his service in Sarawak, obviously due to his political views.

Years later, Digby published an interesting memoir about his life in Sarawak entitled ‘Lawyer in the Wilderness’ (1980).

He shared some funny encounters he had, and his work life as well as getting caught in Sarawak political scene before and after the war – including getting sued by Anthony Brooke.

Was Digby’s service in Sarawak terminated because he was a suspected communist?

In the last part of his book ‘Lawyer in the Wilderness’ (1980), Digby told his part of the story in terms of his political views.

He stated, “Since the day I had first landed in 1934 , I had been notorious for my somewhat unorthodox views on public questions, but nobody had ever suggested that they unfitted me for the duties which were entrusted to me. The most stupid of the Residents, who ruled my early life, had once asked me seriously whether I was a ‘communist agent’, and the Rajah had on one occasion laughingly inquired whether I was a ‘communist.’

“Sir Charles Arden Clarke once kept the Chief Secretary and myself back from a Supreme Council meeting, and informed me that there was an unfortunate rumour in Sarawak that I was a communist, and that it would be so disagreeable if it should be breathed abroad that the Attorney-General of Sarawak was a ‘red’, that he would be obliged if I would refrain from airing my opinions publicly.”

Digby also revealed that Sir Clarke once called him an hour or two before he gave a talk at St. Thomas Secondary School on ‘The Meaning of Democracy’.

During the phone conversation, the governor reminded Digby to ‘not get too far away from the Government’s line’.

Ultimately, Digby wasn’t a communist, but he was a proud socialist. He believed that everyone should have the freedom to express their own views especially if their personal opinions didn’t affect their jobs.

He added, “… it is rubbish to pretend that judges and other civil servants are wholly at liberty to hold their own views so long as those views do not interfere with their duties. Judges and other civil servants are independent; they are free to form their own opinions and to indulge in discussions with their friends; but they are independent and free only so long as those opinions and discussions conform with the ‘Government line’.”

Even though his Oxford pledge past had haunted and dogged Digby, it’s important to remember how it is this same courage and belief in individual freedom that made him stand out for Vyner Brooke and his vision of empowering Sarawak with a constitution that promoted self-government. If it wasn’t for the Second World War, Sarawak may have seen the fruits of Vyner’s labour in the 1941 Sarawak Constitution which was drafted to realise the Nine Cardinal Principles.

Besides his political views, Digby shared a number of colourful stories in his memoir. Here are some of the tales from Kenelm Hubert Digby’s memoir:

1.When he confessed to pronouncing the bride’s name wrongly when officiating a marriage in Miri

“Towards the end of February 1935, I returned to Miri. Shortly after my arrival there it fell to my lot, in the temporary absence of the District Officer, to perform a civil marriage between two Indians. The prospective husband, with some such name as Govindasamy, was employed as a clerk in Seria by the oil company.

The prospective bride, Naoomal, hailed from some unpronounceable village in India. Strange though it may seem this was the first wedding which I had ever attended and I was naturally a little confused and embarrassed.

Influenced, I suppose, by the fact that Seria is obviously a more appropriate name for a girl than Naoomal, I misread the form in front of me by assuming that the names of the parties followed one another horizontally instead of vertically.

Consequently I married the bridegroom to the town in which he lived instead of to his bride. It was as if a registrar in England had said, “I declare you, Horatio Pifflington, and you, Stow-on-the-Wold, man and wife together.”

The mistake was pointed out to me after the ceremony was over. The marriage certificate did not repeat the error and I hope that it has continued to sanctify a union not nearly marred at its birth by a blunder of officialdom.”

2.On becoming a ‘real’ Sarawakian

“Some administrative officers never got tired of pointing out to me that Miri was not ‘the real Sarawak’ and that short visits to Sibuti, Niah, and the Limbang river did not compensate me for the degrading effect of the flesh-pots.

There was a horrible old saying that a man did not become ‘a real Sarawakian’ until he had “had the clap twice and been sick in his soup three times.”

That, of course, was a fantastic exaggeration of the attitude adopted by some of the older officers, but it cannot be disputed that that attitude, to a substantial degree, not only condoned but encouraged hard drinking and other minor vices, and, to some extent, despised the appearance in Sarawak of amenities imported from Europe.

In particular, a bachelor officer was considered to be a little queer if he did not ‘keep’ a native or Chinese mistress, but the critics were honest enough to admit that this omission was more excusable in Miri than in the lonelier out-stations.

A cadet, on his first arrival in Kuching, was interviewed by a doctor, who gave him a lecture on ‘tropical hygiene’ and presented him with a little box labeled “Outfit B,” the contents of which were designed to protect the user against incurring venereal disease.”

3.When Digby’s census in Sarawak didn’t quite add up

“There was the answer which the interpreter gave me on his own initiative, and without interpreting my question, when I attempted to ask a Chinese father, who reported six boys and no girls, what he had done with his daughters: ‘Sold them; I bought one myself, but as I didn’t really want it, I gave it away to a policeman.’

Lastly there was the other Chinese father, who, strangely enough, reported five daughters, and then chased me across ten acres to inform me that since my departure from his house he had lined the girls up and re-counted them and now made the total six.”

Can you imagine telling the officer from Department of Statistics today that you sold your daughter off or you miscalculated how many children you actually had?

4.Digby’s favourite prisoner in Simanggang

“My favourite prisoner was Benito Sosa, a Filipino, who was about half-way through a ten-year sentence, which was a commutation of the death penalty imposed on him for murdering a constabulary sergeant, who had been misconducting himself with Mrs. Benito Sosa, by thrusting the stem of an ordinary tobacco pipe through one of his eyes.

Benito was a skilled musician, who, prior to his misfortune, had played some instrument or other in the Constabulary Band. His official prison appointment was that of green-keeper on the golf-course , but he was seldom to be found on the job when I made my daily round of the gangs.

Faint, melodious sounds from the direction of the Resident’s stables would denote that Benito had once again rigged up a violin from a piece of wood and a few strands of wire, and was now sitting on a box beside the ponies entirely lost in his own musical dreams. He would grin cheerfully when reproached for his inattention to duty, and return temporarily to his greens.”

According to the Sarawak Gazette, Sosa’s sentence was commuted from death sentence to fifteen years’ imprisonment by the Rajah. He was found guilty for the murder of Delfin Arca, his fellow bandsman for the Sarawak Rangers.

5.How life as a civilian internee during the war had changed him

“Internment had by no means been pure loss. We had all of us learnt at least a little for our own good. It would be presumptuous to suggest to what extent others had improved themselves, but it was commonly agreed that three or four hard drinkers had been given a new lease of life.

I myself had learned how to count up to ten in Japanese, and a few Japanese military expressions; how to ‘Use an axe and a changkol; how to grow the easier kind of vegetables; how to play bridge; more chess openings than I had ever known before; a smattering of short hand; how to walk along stony roads in bare feet with a heavy load on my back; that I could perform hard manual labour, three-quarters naked, in the tropical sun, without any covering for the head even at noon; the dispensability of whisky and all other strong drink a few miles from the Equator; and how to walk warily before power and adapt myself to the military mind. I had read every play of Shakespeare’s once and most twice and I had studied many commentaries on them.

Above all, I had learned a great deal more about the behaviour of my fellow-men in adversity. My years of internment immensely improved my opinion of human nature.”

For his service in Sarawak, Digby was awarded the Companions of the Star of Sarawak in 1941.

In 1955, he migrated to New Zealand with his family. Digby passed away on Aug 5, 2001.

Kenelm Hubert Digby: The Attorney General of Sarawak Once Accused of being a 'Communist’
Digby’s relationship with his wife Mutal Fielding was the center of Derek Round’s book Barbed Wire Between Us (2002). While Digby was interned in Batu Lintang, Mutal was interned at the Stanley Internment Camp in Hong Kong.

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KajoPicks: 10 Korean dramas you must watch if you love Lee Dong-wook

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Are you a fan of South Korean actor Lee Dong-wook? His most recent drama Bad and Crazy is soaring in high ratings thanks to its fresh and original story about ‘bad and crazy’ detectives who fight against police corruption.

Most people may not know that he is actually one of the many successful actors who came out of the School anthology series.

He joins other popular actors such as Lee Jong-suk, Kim Woo-bin, Nam Jo-hyuk and Yook Sung-jae, all of whom were the products of this series.

The School series is a Korean drama series showcasing the struggles of high school students in South Korea.

Dong-wook took up the role as Lee Kang-san in both School 2 (1999-2000) and School 3 (2000-2001).

Here are 10 South Korean dramas you need to watch if you love Lee Dong-wook:

1.My Girl (2005)

This Korean series might not be Lee’s first drama but it was the drama that catapulted him to Korean Wave stardom.

He plays the role of Seol Gong-chan. He is the only heir of the owner of L’Avenuel Hotel which is one of the top hotels in Korea.

His grandfather put him in charge of finding his long lost granddaughter who is also Gong-chan’s cousin.

Instead of looking for his cousin, Gong-chan hires a tour guide Joo Yoo-rin (Lee Da-hae) to pose as the missing granddaughter.

Desperate for money due to her father’s gambling debts, Yoo-rin agrees to play the role.

The series was so successful in Asian countries that there have been four remakes of My Girl; Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.

2.Scent of a Woman (2011)

Scent of a Woman marked Dong-wook’s first drama appearance after completing Korean military service.

It follows the story of a single woman who quit her job after being diagnosed with gallbladder cancer with approximately six months left to live.

She then embarked on a journey to Okinawa Island, Japan for her first vacation alone. There, she runs into Dong-wook’s character Ji-wook, a rich and cynical man. After a series of misadventures together, the duo falls in love with each other as the girl completes her bucket list.

One of their romantic scenes in the drama is when Dong-wook and his co-star Kim Sun-ah danced the tango.

In an interview with One TV Asia, Dong-wook revealed that he had never danced tango before and he practiced for a month before the shoot.

He stated, “On TV, the dance scenes looked very romantic and sexy but in reality, my brain was busy thinking of the next move and my feet were busy coordinating the dance.

“It was not easy to remember the moves and at the same time work well with my partner.”

3.Wild Romance (2012)

Here is another rom-com drama starring Lee Dong-wook that is worth watching.

This time, he plays the role of an obnoxious celebrity professional baseball player Park Mu-yeol.

He is in a love-hate relationship with his bodyguard Yoo Eun-jae (Lee Si-young).

Inspired by Si-young’s determination of not using a stunt double for her action scenes, Dong-wook too decided to perform all of his own stunts in the drama.

So all the fight and bickering scenes you see in the series? The two actors did it all by themselves.

4.The Fugitive of Joseon (2013)

In this drama, we get to see Dong-wook switched it up a bit by starring in a period drama.

It is set during the reign of King Injong, the 12th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.

He plays Choi Won, a royal physician who is desperate to cure his sick daughter.

When he gets entangled in an assassination plot to poison the crown prince, Choi Won becomes a fugitive.

The story intensifies as he fights to save both his daughter’s life and his own.

5.Hotel King (2014)

This series reunites Lee Dong-wook with former co-star in My Girl (2005), Lee Da-hae.

Circling around the drama about inheriting and managing a hotel, Dong-wook plays the role of a hotel manager named Cha Jae-wan who hides a secret past.

It is basically a revenge drama in which Jae-wan vows to take revenge on his rich father who abandons him and his mother who died in poverty.

To prepare for his role as a hotelier, Dong-wook along with the cast members of Hotel King attended a training session to learn the basic rules and manners of hoteliers.

The hard work really paid off as the series became one of the most popular dramas, especially in China.

6.Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016-2017)

Unfortunately after Hotel King (2014), many of Lee Dong-wook’s dramas were not that memorable or impressive.

Then came the year 2016 when he starred in a drama that relaunched his popularity.

Instead of taking the main role like he usually did, Dong-wook took up the supporting role in Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016).

He plays the role of a Grim Reaper whose job is to guide souls to their afterlives.

These Grim Reapers do not have memories of their pasts but they do possess some supernatural powers.

Apart from his brilliant acting, his chemistry with his co-stars (especially with Gong Yoo who plays the Goblin) really impresses the viewers.

Watch the trailer here.

7.Life (2018)

“The grim reaper takes dead people, but this time I am saving the lives of people who are on the verge of death,” Dong-wook stated during the press conference for the medical drama Life (2018).

As the role of Dr Ye Jin-woo, he plays the role of an emergency medicine specialist.

The story takes viewers to behind the scenes of the hospital when the fight to save lives becomes less important than the fight of profit making.

Dong-wook also revealed that the fact his previous work was fantasy but this time is a realistic one which drew him to take up the role.

Who doesn’t love a versatile actor, especially a good-looking one like Dong-wook?

8.Touch Your Heart (2019)

After watching Goblin, who can deny the chemistry between Dong-wook and Yo In-na who play love interests in the story?

In this series, the two actors reunite taking up the main roles instead of supporting roles in their previous drama.

Dong-wook turns himself into a workaholic lawyer named Kwon Jung-rok in this series while Yoo In-na becomes the scandalous actress Oh Jin-shim.

In order to clear her name and become famous again after a drug scandal, Jin-shim takes up a job as Jung-rok’s secretary.

The unlikely duo slowly fall in love with each other as they spend more time together.

Watch the trailer here.

9.Stranger from Hell (2019)

Once again proving his amazing acting skill, Dong-wook turns serious and creepy in his next drama Stranger from Hell (2019).

Also known as Hell is Other People, the drama is a psychological thriller based on a webtoon of the same name.

Dong-wook plays the role of Seo Moon-jo, a dentist who comes across as a friendly and compassionate.

However, things are not always what they seem.

Dong-wook received the “Dangerously Attractive Character” Award for his role in this drama… and we totally agree.

Watch the trailer here.

10.Tales of Nine-tailed (2020)

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Lee Dong-wook returns as a supernatural being in the Tales of Nine-tailed (2020) and this time he becomes a gumiho named Lee Yeon.

He is a mountain spirit and guardian of Baekdudagan.

His job is to carry out missions from the Afterlife Immigration Office while searching for the reincarnation of his lover Ah-eum.

In this story, Dong-wook portrays Lee Yeon as this cynical character who looks like a bad boy who is ruthless to his enemies but only sweet to his girlfriend.

Watch the trailer here.

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KajoPicks: 10 South Korean dramas to watch if you are a fan of Lee Joon-gi

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When we talk about the role that introduced us to South Korean actor Lee Joon-gi, we have to talk about his role in The King and the Clown (2005).

In the movie, he plays the role of historical figure Gong-gil. It is an adaptation of a stage play, ‘Yi’ about a Joseon dynasty king named Yeonsangun and the court clown who mocks him.

Thanks for his performance in the film, Lee won a number of awards including the Best Newcomer at the Korean Film Awards. He was only 24 years old when he was cast for this role that led him to fame.

The film also led the Korean public to know him as the icon for all pretty boys.

However, Lee has proven over and over again since ‘The King and the Clown’ that he is more than just a ‘pretty boy’.

From historical to modern dramas, Lee is one of the top South Korean actors that K-drama fans always watch out for.

Here are 10 South Korean dramas to watch if you are a fan of Lee Joon-gi:

1.Time Between Dog and Wolf (2007)

This series played a significant role in Lee’s career as it was his first leading role in a drama.

He plays the role of Lee Soo-hyun, an NIS agent with a violent temper.

He infiltrates an organised crime syndicate as an undercover agent where he assumes the name Kay.

As a gangster, he goes on rampages to gain the trust of his fellow gang members.

In an interview, Lee revealed how he tried to break away from the image he received from acting in The King and the Clown (2005).

He said, “It’s an urgent matter for an actor to break away from a lingering image formed by a previous role. You don’t want to be typecast into specific roles. That’s probably the most difficult part about being an actor. After appearing in a great role in King and the Clown, I’ve been deliberately taking on different roles to reshape my image. And that has somehow been holding me back in my career and creating a mental barrier. In this miniseries, I’m just going to concentrate on playing my character like I did in the King and the Clown and try to block out all the extraneous stuff.”

This was also the drama that became Lee’s turning point in his career as viewers began to see him as an action star.

2.Iljimae (2008)

From Time Between Dog and Wolf (2007), Lee moved on to play a masked Robin Hood-esque character in this period action drama.

He plays the title role of Iljimae. The series is loosely based on the comic strip of the same name published in the newspaper the Daily Sports between 1975 and 1977.

The comic is written by Ko Woo-young who based it on a Chinese folklore from the Ming dynasty.

Lee’s character is a lazy gangster by day and a masked thief who protects the citizens at night.

Lee’s acting in the drama earned him the Top Excellence Award at the 2008 SBS Drama Awards.

3.Arang and the Magistrate (2012)

The first acting project they participate in after being discharged from mandatory military service is a huge deal for any famous South Korean actors.

Since their fans are not able to see them in any projects for at least 18 months, many anticipate their favourite actors’ first acting gig.

For Lee, his first project after being discharged was Arang and the Magistrate (2012).

In this series, he is a nobleman named Kim Eun-oh who has the special ability to hear, see and touch spirits but chooses to ignore them.

He comes across A-rang (Shin Min-ah) who lost all her memories, including how she died.

She begs for Eun-oh, the new magistrate to help her in finding the truth about her death.

The series was not only successful but it became the most expensive drama to be sold to Japan by MBC.

Moreover, Lee won the Outstanding Korean Drama Actor award at the Seoul International Drama Awards for his role in the drama.

4.Two Weeks (2013)

After he finished playing a magistrate in a historical drama, Lee moved on to a series set during the modern day.

Here, he plays the role of Jang Tae-san. He is abandoned by his father at a young age and his mother took her own life.

To survive, he becomes a small-time gangster.

Tae-san meets and falls in love with a college student Seo In-hye.

When Tae-san finds out that In-hye is pregnant with his child, Tae-san decides to leave the gangster organisation.

However, Tae-san’s gang boss threatens to kill In-hye if he does not become his fall guy for an assault charge and go to prison in his place.

In order to protect In-hye, Tae-san breaks up with her, asks her to get an abortion and then goes off to prison.

Eight years later, In-hye comes to him telling him that she had the baby after all.

But now their daughter Soo-jin has been diagnosed with leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant.

She asks Tae-san to go a test to see if he is a matching donor because she herself is not.

As it turns out, he is a match and the surgery is scheduled to take place in two weeks.

Unfortunately for Tae-san, a lot of things can happen in two weeks such as getting caught in a political conspiracy and falsely being accused of murder.

It was the first time Lee played the role of a father in dramas and the viewers were happy with his performance.

In an interview Lee revealed his response to that, “On the day when the first episode was aired, I was at the top of a mountain for outdoor filming and sometimes checked the news. When I read a review ‘Lee Joon-gi’s fatherhood acting is perfect.’ I was so happy and my heart was about to burst.”

5.Gunman in Joseon (2014)

Don’t we love watching Lee Joon-gi playing a bad boy? In this series, Lee is a highly skilled swordsman named Park Yoon-kang.

However, he has no ambition and likes to waste his life drinking and flirting at the gisaeng house.

Things change for him when his estranged father Park Jin-han is killed in a conspiracy and falsely branded a traitor.

Subsequently, all of his children, including Yoon-kang, are also punished.

With the help of the girl he loves, Soo-in, Yoon-kang manages to escape on a boat.

Unfortunately, he is shot and falls into the water.

Everyone presumes he is dead. Little do they know Yoon-kang is rescued by a group of men heading to Japan.

Three years later, Yoon-kang returns to Joseon to avenge the death of his family under the assumed name Hasegawa Hanjo.

This time, he has traded his sword for a rifle.

Thanks for his role in Gunman in Joseon (2014), Lee won the Outstanding Korean Drama Actor for a second time at the Seoul International Drama Awards.

The series gained a lot of viewership internationally especially in China where it reached 200 million views in a month on Tencent QQ’s video streaming platform.

6.The Scholar Who Walks the Night (2015)

This series is based on the manhwa of the same name written by Jo Joo-hee and illustrated by Han Seung-hee.

It stars Lee Joon-gi, Lee Yu-bo, Shim Chang-min, Lee Soo-hyuk and Kim So-eun.

The drama is a historical-fantasy story in which Lee takes up the role of Kim Sung-yeol.

He is a loyal and courageous scholar who is close friend of Crown Prince Jonghyun.

Following the deaths of his family and friend, Sung-yeol turns into a vengeful vampire.

He has spent 120 years as a guardian vampire who is responsible for getting rid of any vampire who breaks the rule.

His special role allows him to go out in sunlight as long as he wears his special black robe.

Sung-yeol is hunting Gwi (Lee Soo-hyuk), the vampire who is responsible for killing his family and lover.

In order to do that, he needs to find the memorandum of his best friend, the late Crown Prince Jonghyun.

Inside the document, there is the secret to killing Gwi.

Through this acting project, Lee won the Top 10 Stars Award at the 34th MBC Drama Awards.

7.Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)

How about a Korean historical drama with a dose of time-travel?

As if Lee was not popular enough before this drama, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo actually brought more fame to him as his name consistently topped the real-time and weekly portal sites search ranking.

In the drama, he plays the role of the fourth prince Wang So.

He is initially known as the black sheep of his family, constantly feared and misunderstood by the people around him.

His character begins to change when he make acquaintance with Hae Soo.

Meanwhile, Hae Soo is a 25-year-old woman named Go Ha-jin from the 21st century.

She is accidentally transported back in time during a total solar eclipse to the Goryeo Dynasty.

The drama is one of the most expensive Korean dramas ever sold pricing at $400,000 per episode.

If you feel the storyline sounds familiar, that is because it is based on the Chinese novel Bu Bu Jing Xin.

Before this K-drama adaptation, there was a Chinese TV adaptation that went on air in 2011.

However, the Chinese drama version has a sequel in which the time traveling protagonist returns to her own time.

Although the original author never wrote a sequel, the fact there is a second season in the Chinese drama adaptation let K-drama fans hope that there will be a continuation of Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016).

8.Criminal Minds (2017)

This police procedural action drama is based on the American television series Criminal Minds.

It follows a group of highly trained profilers in the National Criminal Investigation (NCI) team on their job of solving cases.

Lee is Kim Hyun-joon in this series, the equivalent of Derek Morgan portrayed by Shemar Moore.

No, we don’t get to see Lee saying ‘Baby girl’ in this drama but we do get to see him in action chasing after criminals.

In the Korean version of the drama, Hyun-joon is a second-generation police officer.

He is initially a SWAT officer specialising in EOD.

However after watching one of his subordinates die when a bomb their team was defusing, exploded, he was transferred to the Violent Crimes Unit as an investigator.

At the recommendation of Kang Ki-hyung who is the the leader of NCI team, Hyun-joon becomes a profiler.

9.Lawless Lawyer (2018)

After playing a profiler, Lee returns to the small screen as a lawyer in the Lawless Lawyer (2018).

It is Lee’s first time acting in a legal drama.

Still, it is not a role for Lee if it doesn’t involve some action and fight scenes.

In the drama, he plays the role of Bong Sang-pil. He is a former gangster turned lawyer who takes advantage of loopholes in the law and his fist to earn an excellent win rate.

The story sets in the fictional city of Kisung where corruption and crime rate is high.

Even though he is a lawyer, he is not afraid to use his old gang connection and his fighting skills to solve a case.

His goal in life is to avenge the death of his mother and to fight against the corrupt judge Cha Moon-sok and her associates.

To date, the drama is one of the highest-rated Korean dramas in cable television history.

10.Flower of Evil (2020)

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In this series, Lee reunites with his former co-star from Criminal Minds Moon Chae-won.

The story revolves around a couple in which the husband has a dark past while the wife is the police officer who is tracking down his past identity.

Cha Ji-won (Moon) is a detective and married with a daughter with Baek Hee-sung (Lee).

On the outside, Hee-sung is the ideal husband and devoted father.

He has a metal working studio where he works as a craftsman.

After taking on one particular cruel case, Ji-won begins to hunt down a psychopath criminal.

Her hunt leads her to the man who has been building a family with her all along.

Again, Lee’s portrayal of a double-faced character in the drama impressed viewers.

Plus, his chemistry with Moon as married couple has also gathered a lot of buzz.

We expect to see in the first half of 2022 in SBS drama Again My Life. It is based on a web novel of the same title published on KaKao Page which was also released as a webtoon.

What is your favourite K-drama starring Lee Joon-gi? Let us know in the comment.

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10 types of donburi you should try to make at home

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Raise your hand if you are one of those who always order a hearty bowl of donburi each time you dine at a Japanese restaurant.

Also known as Japanese rice bowl dish, a donburi consists of meat, fish, vegetables or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice.

The best thing about donburi is you can make one with ingredients that are already available in your fridge.

Enjoy your donburi with a bowl of miso soup and simple salad, and now you have a balanced meal.

This dish is perfect for those living alone or if you only need to make a meal for one.

If you are looking to spice up your dinner table, here are 10 types of donburi you can try to make at home:

1.Gyudon

10 types of donburi you should try to make at home
Gyudon. Image by Pixabay.com

A gyudon is made up of a bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in sauce.

The sauce is usually made from dashi (fish and seaweed stock), soy sauce and mirin (sweet rice wine).

It is believed that the dish came from gyunabe, a beef hot pot found in the Kanto region of eastern Japan.

People started to pour their beef hot pot over their rice and eventually it became recipe on its own.

Here is a little fun fact about gyudon; in the aftermath of the Great Kanto Earthquake 1923, the dish was one of the food items readily available for Tokyo residents who were devastated by the disaster.

During this time, gyudon gained its popularity among the Japanese regardless of their status.

Before the earthquake, the dish was widely known as food for the working class.

Read how to make it here, here and here.

2.Oyakodon

10 types of donburi you should try to make at home
Oyakodon. Image by Pixabay.

The term oyakodon is literally translated as ‘parent and child donburi’. It is because it contains both chicken and egg.

Together with other ingredients such as sliced scallion and onions, the dish is simmered together with sauce made with soy sauce and stock.

It is unconfirmed on how the dish came about but the term ‘oyakodon’ was first mention in a newspaper advertisement dated back in 1884.

Read how to make it here, here and here.

3.Katsudon

10 types of donburi you should try to make at home
Katsudon. Photo by Unsplash.

If you are a fan of tonkatsu, this is the donburi for you. A tonkatsu is a breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet.

According to historical records, a tonkatsu came about during the Meiji Era of Japan during the late 19th century.

The early version of the recipe was beef until the pork version of it was invented in 1899 at a Tokyo restaurant called Rengatei.

A katsudon is made with tonkatsu simmered in the sauce, caramelised onions and eggs before topping it on a bowl of rice.

Read how to make it here, here and here.

4.Karedon

Another dish that came about during the Meiji era (1868-1912) was Japanese curry.

At the time, the British was ruling the Indian subcontinent. Anglo-Indian officers of the Royal navy then brought over curry powder from India to Japan.

A karedon is consists of thickened curry flavoured dashi poured over a bowl of ice.

It is derived from curry udon.

With instant Japanese curry easily available these days, a karedon is just too easy to make at home.

5.Tamagodon

Once you master the art of making donburi sauce, it opens so many opportunities in making Japanese dishes.

The simplest donburi to make is tamagodan.

It is basically a scrambled egg mixed with sweet donburi sauce on rice.

Read how to make it here, here and here.

6.Tenshindon

A simple scrambled egg is too simple for you? Level your egg dish up by making a crab meat omelette.

After putting it on top of hot rice, then you will have a tenshindon or tenshinhan.

This dish is named after Tianjin city in Northern China.

Read how to make it here, here and here.

7.Chukadon

For a more balanced meal, try to make chukadon.

It is consists of a bowl of rice with stir-fried vegetables, onions, mushrooms and meat on top.

The name chukadon literally means Chinese-style rice bowl.

For its history, it is believed the dish came from a Chinese-style restaurant in Tokyo back in the 1930s.

The stir-fry food is actually called happosai in Japanese which most people believed is inspired by Cantonese ‘Eight Treasure’ dish.

Read how to make it here, here and here.

8.Butadon

Originally created by a restaurant owner in Hokkaido in the 1930s, a butadon is a one-bowl wonder made from stir-fired pork seasoned with soy sauce over steamed rice.

It is now not only a popular dish in Hokkaido but all over Japan.

The key of the dish is its thickly sliced pork cooked in a caramelised sweet and savoury sauce.

Read how to make it here, here and here.

9.Tendon

10 types of donburi you should try to make at home
Tempura donburi. Image by Pixabay.

Are you a fan of tempura? With tempura flour so easily available in supermarkets these days, you can turn your favourite vegetables into tempura at home now.

Serve your tempura over steamed rice and drizzle them with tentsuyu dipping sauce, then voila!

A tentsuyu (tempura sauce) is a simple sauce made from dashi, sake, mirin, sugar and soy sauce.

Now you have yourself a bowl of tendon or tempura donburi.

Read how to make it here, here and here.

10.Karaagedon

10 types of donburi you should try to make at home
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Karaage is Japanese style fried chicken, made with marinated chicken and coated with starch or flour before deep frying them until they golden brown.

This process is different from making tempura which is not marinated and uses a batter for its coating.

The preferred part of chicken when comes to making karaage is the thigh but the breast will do too.

As for the sauce, mix soy sauce and roasted sesame oil together and add Japanese chili oil if you want it to be spicy.

Once you have your karaage, put it over steam rice and finish the dish of by drizzling Japanese mayo and the sauce.

For that extra green colour in your donburi, never forget to garnish it with green onion slices.

Read how to make it here, here, here.

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What happened in January according to Sarawak history?

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Did you know that the name January comes from the Roman god, Janus? He is always depicted with two heads with one head looking back on the year before and the other looking forward to the brand new year.

Let us look back into Sarawak history and see what happened in the month of January:

Jan 22, 1851: Consecration of St Thomas’s Church Kuching

What happened in January according to Sarawak history?
Bishop Daniel Wilson

The first Anglican missionary, Reverend Francis Thomas McDougall first arrived in Sarawak in 1848.

He came here on the invitation of the first White Rajah of Sarawak James Brooke.

Brooke gave the missionary a hill covered in dense jungle to build a church upon.

McDougall started the construction of a wooden church to accommodate up to 250 people.

On Jan 22, 1851, the Bishop of Calcutta, Daniel Wilson consecrated the church in honour of St Thomas the Apostle.

What happened in January according to Sarawak history?
Bishop Francis McDougall

Jan 4, 1856: Sarikei was burned down by the Ibans from Julau

The Ibans from Julau resisted the Brooke government and on Jan 4, 1856, the so-called rebels burnt down Sarikei bazaar.

In response, James Brooke set up a fort in Sarikei in the same month to suppress the upriver Iban people.

It was built to serve Brooke allies led by locals Abang Ali and Abang Asop.

Jan 19, 1864: Britain recognises Sarawak as an independent state

As part of Britain’s recognition of Sarawak as an independent state, the British appointed George Thorne Ricketts as the first consul.

Ricketts was a former soldier who served with the British army in India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1849 until his retirement from the army in 1858.

Prior taking up the job as a consul in Sarawak in 1864, Ricketts worked in the consulate at Monastir (now Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia) and as the acting consul-general at Belgrade, Serbia.

He worked in Sarawak for two years before he was transferred to Manila in 1866.

Jan 3, 1876: Second Gambier and Pepper Proclamation issued

Chinese farmers had been planting pepper and gambier in west Sarawak way before 1870s.

To further encourage these agricultural activities, Charles Brooke issued a proclamation regarding the gambier and pepper plantation in January 1876.

The proclamation offered gambier and pepper planters 99 years leaseholds at nominal rentals.

The second White Rajah also waived export duty and on pepper and gambier for the following twelve years for those who brought their own capital to Sarawak.

Jan 13, 1884: Belaga Fort completed

On Jan 13, 1884, the Belaga Fort was officially declared completed by the Brooke government.

It was later named Fort Vyner after the third White Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke.

Jan 20, 1884: The Great Fire of Kuching

On Jan 20, 1884 at 1:05 am, a big fire started from the intersection between Attap Street (present day Carpenter Street) and China Street.

The fire continued to spread and consumed much of the shophouses.

Only at 6am, the fire was put out by rain.

In the end, a total of 160 shophouses were burnt.

Jan 3, 1885: Cession of Trusan to Sarawak

Trusan river was the first district within the Fifth Division to be acquired by the Brooke in early 1885.

Reportedly, 20 Sarawak produce collectors went to Trusan to buy some jungle produce a year earlier. They were killed by the Murut people there.

The Sarawak government complained to the Sultan of Brunei but the sultan said he could not do anything about it.

Instead, the Sultan ordered the holder of tulin (hereditary private property) rights in Trusan to surrender the area for an annual payment of $4,500.

Then in 1885, the Trusan river basin was officially ceded to Sarawak.

Jan 1, 1897: Dog licensing introduced in Kuching

Also in January 1897, Sarawak dollar was worth one shilling and eleven pence.

January 1899: Cambridge expedition to Torres Straits visits Limbang and Baram

What happened in January according to Sarawak history?
A portrait sketch of Charles Hose. Credit: Public Domain.

A small group of Cambridge scholars led by the anthropologist Alfred Cort Haddon arrived in Sarawak as guests of Charles Hose, the then resident of the Baram district.

During their expedition, they took hundreds of photos of the people and places of the Baram, Limbang, Brunei and Kuching.

They even caught the famous Marudi peace-making ceremony 1899 in photos.

It is reported these rare photos of Sarawak have remained in storage at the University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

What happened in January according to Sarawak history?
Alfred Cort Haddon

January, 1901: Arrival of the first Foochow immigrants in Sibu

In May 1900, Christian scholar Wong Nai Siong acted as the harbour master to signed a resettlement contract with the Brooke government.

By September that year, he began recruiting villagers to immigrate to Sibu.

Then on Dec 23, 1900, the first batch of 91 Foochow immigrants departed for Sibu.

They arrive in January 1901. However, some of them changed their minds during the journey leaving only 72 people arrived in Sibu.

January, 1905: The cession of Lawas

Charles Brooke signed an agreement with British North Borneo Company (BNBC) which saw the official handover of Lawas river to the Brooke government in exchange of 5000 pounds and several administrative areas around Brunei Bay to BNBC.

BNBC had obtained the administrative rights of the Lawas river from Brunei Sultanate on Sept 7, 1901 in order to stop the smuggling of weapons against the BNBC government in North Borneo.

Jan 13, 1928: Simanggang bazaar destroyed by fire

Simanggang bazaar was destroyed by fire on Jan 13, 1928. Then, a new bazaar consisting of 48 shops was completed in December 1929.

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10 popular K-dramas that turn 10 years old in 2022

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Can you believe that it has been 10 years since 2012?

A decade has passed since the media reported that the world has supposed to be destroyed on Dec 21, 2012 as per ancient Maya prophecy.

Yet, here we are 10 years later. We are not the only ones turning 10 years older. Our favourite songs and films that came out in 2012 are also turning 10 years old this year.

Here are 10 popular South Korean dramas that are turning 10 years old in 2022:

1.Moon Embracing the Sun

One of the biggest hit K-dramas in 2012 is none other than Moon Embracing the Sun (2012).

The series recorded a peak rating of 42.2%. It even won multiple awards including Best Drama and Best Actor awards in the television category at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards as well as Drama of the Year at 2012 MBC Drama Awards.

The historical-fantasy drama is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Jung Eun-gwol.

It tells of a love story between a fictional king of the Joseon Dynasty and a female shaman.

Kim Soo-hyun plays King Lee Hwon while Han Ga-in acts as Shaman Wol.

Basically, the king falls in love with a girl as a young boy and about to marry her. When they about to marry, she mysteriously dies.

However in reality, the girl loses her memory and becomes a shaman.

What is the latest news on the cast?

After the drama ended, Han took a six-year break from acting. She returned to the small screen in 2018 in a series called Mistress. It is based on a UK series of the same name.

Meanwhile, the Kim’s career really took off thanks to the drama. His popularity skyrocketed and after the drama, he set a new record in product endorsements for being the face of 17 products simultaneously.

He continued to act in successful films like The Thieves (2012) and Secretly, Greatly (2013) as well as hit dramas such as My Love from the Star (2013), It’s Okay to Not be Okay (2020).

2.Bridal Mask

Based on the popular Korean manhwa by Huh Young-man, the story follows a man named Lee Kang-to (Joo Won).

As the story is set in Seoul during the 1930s Japanese colonial era, Lee is a Korean police commissioned by the Japanese to betray his own people.

Due to this, Lee is hated by his fellow countrymen including the patriotic Korean woman Oh Mok-dan.

Oh loves Gaksital (The Bridal Mask), a masked vigilante who fights for Korean independence.

What Oh does not know is that Lee and Gaksital are in fact the same person.

The series won the Drama of the Year award at the 13th Republic of Korea National Assembly Awards.

What is the latest news on the cast?

In March 2021, Netflix announced that Joo Won would be starring in Netflix original film ‘Carter’.

Joo will be playing the lead role, a secret agent who wakes up to find that he has lost all of his memories.

His last appearance in a television series is in Alice (2020), a sci-fi drama about time-travel.

Jin’s last job on TV drama was also in 2020 when she appeared in a romantic series about reincarnation, Born Again.

She recently also confirmed her role in an upcoming drama called ‘Bad Memory Eraser’.

3.The Rooftop Prince

Tell me that you didn’t cry watching the final episode of this drama. The Rooftop Prince is a rom-com drama and one of the reasons we laughed and cried in 2012.

It follows the story of Crown Prince Lee Gak (Park Yoochun) who finds himself time-travelling from Joseon dynasty to the 21st century.

He is accompanied by scholar Song Man-bo (Lee Tae-ri), personal bodyguard Woo Yong-sool (Jung Suk-won) and palace eunuch Do Chi-san (Choi Woo-shik).

They find themselves on the rooftop of Park-ha’s (Han Ji-min) apartment. Due to his exact same appearance, a wealthy president of a large company mistakes Lee Gak for her grandson Yong Tae-yong.

At the same time, Lee Gak realises that the events that are going on in the 21st century correlate with what had happened 300 years earlier.

What is the latest news on the cast?

After a series of scandals from drug use allegations to sexual assault accusations by four different women, Park’s career took a plunge.

His last performance on a TV drama was in 2015’s A Girl Who Sees Smells.

A true disappointment for a talented actor who had achieved a so-called ‘Grand Slam’ for having won trophies from each of South Korea’s three major television channels, SBS, MBC and KBS.

As for Han, she remains active in the acting industry since The Rooftop Prince (2012) by appearing in at least one project every year.

Some of her prominent roles in TV dramas include Hyde Jekyll, Me (2015), Familiar Wife (2018) and One Spring Night (2019).

She also acted in some successful films such as The Fatal Encounter (2014), The Age of Shadows (2016) and Miss Baek (2018).

What happened to our favourite trio in Lee Gak’s entourage?

Jung Suk-won continues to take up supporting roles in dramas, the most famous one being Netflix’s zombie apocalypse drama Kingdom (2019-2021).

The same thing goes to Lee Tae-ri who later became known for his supporting roles in The Beauty Inside (2018), Extraordinary You (2019), True Beauty (2020) and as Imoogi in Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020).

As for the youngest of the group Choi Woo-shik who plays Do Chi-san in the drama, he turned out to have a successful career.

He starred in critically acclaimed films such as Train to Busan (2016) and Parasite (2019) with the latter winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes and the Academy Awards for Best Picture.

4.Faith

Speaking of an inter-period romance, here is another one coming out from 2012.

Faith (2012) tells the story about the modern-day plastic surgeon who is kidnapped and brought back in time to the Goryeo period, 700 years in the past.

Yoo Eun-soo (Kim Hee-sun) is a 33-year-old plastic surgeon in the year 2012. One day, she is kidnapped by a strange man who takes her back to the Goryeo period.

There, she is believed to be the apprentice of the famous Chinese surgeon Hwata sent from heaven.

The man who kidnaps her is General Choi Young played by Lee Min-ho.

He is a bodyguard to King Gongmin who is instructed to find someone to save the queen’s life.

The general promises the doctor that he will return her to her world once she saves the queen.

However, the doctor is caught in a political struggle in the royal court.

The drama was a highly anticipated because it is Kim’s first comeback after she took a break from the entertainment industry to concentrate on her family.

Meanwhile, it is the first time Lee acted in a historical drama.

Although the drama was highly rated, it turned out to be a commercial failure due to its high budget.

What is the latest news on the cast?

Both Kim and Lee continue to act in a series of successful project respectively.

Lee in particular participated in dramas such as The Heirs (2013), Legend of the Blue Sea (2016) and The King: Eternal Monarch (2020).

He is set to appear in an upcoming TV drama Pachinko which we expect to air on Apple TV+ in 2022.

In the same time, Kim has acted in Angry Mom (2015), The Lady in Dignity (2017) and Room No.9 (2018).

As for Kim, expect her to return on screen as a grim reaper in the fantasy drama Tomorrow. It is scheduled to air in the first half of 2022.

5.The Innocent Man

This melodrama is about a man who is no longer the ‘innocent’ man. Kang Ma-ru (Song Joong-ki) is a promising medical student who is in love with his neighbour Han Jae-hee (Park Si-yeon).

Unfortunately, she breaks his heart by becoming the mistress of a rich CEO in order to escape from poverty.

Six years later, Ma-ru is now an arrogant playboy who works as bartender/gigolo.

He approaches Seo Eun-gi, a rich heiress in a scheme to take revenge on his ex Jae-hee.

What is the latest news on the cast?

Song once described 2012 as a phenomenal year of his career. The Innocent Man (2012) was his first leading drama role in television.

It is also the year he played the titular character in fantasy romance film A Werewolf Boy which was premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.

From there on, he has landed leading roles in Descendants of the Sun (2016), Arthdal Chronicles (2019) and Vincenzo (2021).

In 2022, we expect to see Song in the criminal thriller film Bogota alongside Lee Hee-joon and Kwon Hae-hyo as well as a drama adaptation of the web novel The Youngest Son of a Conglomerate.

Moon too continued to enjoy a smooth acting career since The Innocent Man (2012).

The TV drama that she took on a role includes Good Doctor (2013), Criminal Minds (2017) and Flower of Evil (2020) were all successful.

As for Park who played the ex Jae-hee in the drama, she got herself into some legal trouble.

In 2013, she was sentenced to eight months in prison for illegal use of propofol. Then in early 2021, Park was booked for driving under influence.

Her last TV drama appearance was a cameo in 2020’s series Birthcare Center.

6.Arang and the Magistrate

Starring Lee Joon-gi, Shin Min-ah and Yeon Woo-jin, this period horror-romance drama is based on the folklore of Arang.

According to legend, Arang was the beautiful daughter of the magistrate of Miryang who was raped and killed by her stalker.

Since this incident, each newly appointed magistrate died on their first night on the job in Miryang.

Then came a young, brave magistrate who made contact with Arang on his first night in Miryang.

The magistrate found out that his predecessors all died of shock upon seeing the ghost of Arang.

Arang sought justice from him and on the next day, the magistrate punished the man who was responsible for Arang’s death.

Thanks to this, Arang could finally rest in peace.

The series put a lot more twist on this original folklore. The magistrate in the series is a nobleman named Kim Eun-oh (Lee Joon-gi).

Arang (Shin Min-ah), in the meantime, is a ghost who lost all her memories.

At first when Arang ask for Eun-oh’s help to find her memories, he rejects her request.

However, he changes his mind after seeing that Arang has the hairpin that he gave his mother before she goes missing.

Eun-oh believes that by helping Arang he could find his mother.

The drama marked Lee’s first comeback acting project after being discharged from military service in February 2012.

The rights to the drama was sold to Japan for a record-breaking 200 million won per episode which amounts to 4 billion won for the 20-episode series.

What is the latest news on the cast?

Both Lee and Shin won the Best Couple Award at the MBC Drama Awards 2012.

Thankfully, the fictional couple is still active in the entertainment industry.

Shin’s last acting gig in a drama is in Hometown-Cha-Cha-Cha (2021) where she played the role of a dentist who moved from the city to open a clinic in the seaside village.

The series went on to become one of the highest rated television series on Korean cable television history.

She is also set to appear in an upcoming Netflix drama Our Blues that is set to premiere sometime this year.

Meanwhile, Lee has been appearing on the TV screen almost every year since 2012.

He has starred in Gunman in Joseon (2014), The Scholar Who Walks the Night (2015), Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016), Criminal Minds (2017), Lawless Lawyer (2018), Flower of Evil (2020) and an upcoming drama Again My Life (2022).

7. A Gentleman’s Dignity

The story told through this particular drama is unlike your usual K-drama.

It tells the story of four men in their forties who have been friends since they were eighteen.

Kim Do-jin (Jang Dong-gun) is an architect who is suffering from memory loss problem when in stress.

So he records everything in his daily life with a voice recorder pen.

Im Tae-san (Kim Soo-ro) is Do-jin’s partner at his architectural firm while Choi Yoon (Kim Min-jong) is a lawyer who is still mourning from his wife death.

The last member of the group is Lee Jung-rok (Lee Jong-hyuk) is the cafe owner. Despite being married to a rich woman, he still constantly flirts with other women.

The drama follows these four men and their love lives as they still preserving their friendships while they are in 40s.

What is the latest news on the cast?

All of these four senior actors are still in the industry.

However, Lee Jong-hyun who plays Kim Do-jin’s son in the series, might never be in the limelight again.

He was involved in the Burning Sun Scandal in which he took part in a one-to-one chatroom with Jung Joon-young.

Jung was convicted of secretly filming and sharing the videos of himself having sex with women to his friends.

One of his friends was Lee and he reportedly responded to the video with “inappropriate sexual conversations and making disparaging remarks about the women filmed”.

8.Queen In-hyun’s Man

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It follows the story of obscure actress named Choi Hee-jin (Yoo In-na) who falls in love with Kim Bung-do (Ji Hyun-woo), a time-travelling scholar from the Joseon Dynasty.

Back in his time, he is a scholar who supports the reinstatement of Queen In-hyun who was deposed due to scheming by royal concubine Lady Jang.

When he time travels to 2012, he comes across Hee-jin who is cast as Queen In-hyun in a TV drama and falls in love with her.

What is the latest news on the cast?

At the press conference for the last episode of Queen and I on June 7, 2012, Ji made the public shocked by announcing his love for Yoo.

Yoo then confirmed their relationship on her radio show a week later.

Unfortunately, their romantic relationship did not last long as in 2014 they announced they had broken up.

As for their careers, Ji has starred in drama series such as Angry Mom (2015), Wanted (2016), Bad Thief, Good Thief (2017) and Young Lady and Gentleman (2021).

And we all know Yoo from Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016), Touch Your Heart (2019) and Snowdrop (2022).

9.To the Beautiful You

Here is the teen drama that rocked our year in 2012.

Based on the popular manga series Hanazakari no Kimitachi e written by Hisaya Nakajo, this Korean series is the fourth television adaptation of the manga.

It follows the story of Goo Jae-hee (Sulli), a Korean girl who lives in the US. She is attracted to high jump athlete Kang Tae-joon (Choi Min-ho) and idolises him.

Her fascination over Tae-joon even leads her to disguises herself as a boy in order to enter the same all-boys high school with him.

What is the latest news on the cast?

Sadly, Sulli was found dead in her house on Oct 14, 2019. To the Beautiful You (2012) is her last leading role in a television drama.

In the meantime, Min-ho is still active taking roles in series such as Medical Top Team (2013), My First Time (2015) and Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016).

He also remains active in his singing career as part of K-pop group Shinee.

On the other hand, some of the supporting actors in the drama have been landing leading roles over the years.

Kang Ha-neul, Kim Ji-won, Nam Ji-hyun and Kim Woo-bin are now no longer taking supporting roles in dramas but playing the main characters instead.

10.Love Rain

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Love Rain (2012) was the most expensive Korean drama presold to Japan in 2012.

It tells the story over a two generations with Jang Geun-suk and Im Yoon-ah playing dual roles.

When Seo In-ha (Jang) and Kim Yoon-hee (Im) meet for the first time in university during the 70s, it is love at first sight for In-ha.

It takes time for the pair to be together but in the end circumstances push them to take different paths in life.

Moving on in 2012, In-ha is now happily married to one of Yoon-hee’s former best friends.

He has never forgotten Yoon-hee after all this time. When he runs into her after so many years, the two reconcile and try to make up for the lost time.

Well, this is not a K-drama if it does not come with a dramatic plot twist.

In the meantime, In-ha’s son Seo Joon (also played by Jang) bumps into Yoon-hee’s daughter Jung Ha-na (also played by Im) by chance.

Unlike their parents, it is hate at first sight for the duo.

The more they argue, the more they find themselves falling in love with each other.

Unaware that their children are dating each other, In-ha and Yoon-hee announce that they are getting married.

What is the latest news on the cast?

Some of Jang’s works after Love Rain (2012) are Pretty Man (2013), The Royal Gambler (2016) and Switch (2018).

Meanwhile, Im has landed many leading roles such as in Prime Minister and I (2013), The K2 (2016) and The King in Love (2017).

Im is set to appear in a legal drama titled Big Mouse alongside Lee Jong-suk in the first half of 2022.

Some of the supporting actors in Love Rain also seen their careers improved after the drama.

Seo In-guk, for instance, who had his acting debut through Love Rain is now a leading actor in K-dramas.

In-guk landed his leading role later in 2012, in hit drama Reply 1987 as a teenage boy in unrequited love with his childhood best friend.

The role catapulted his career into mainstream popularity and he continued to take part in dramas like Hello Monster (2015), The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018) and Doom at Your Service (2021).

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10 viral TikTok recipes that you should try at least once

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One of many ways the younger generation spent time during this Covid-19 pandemic was by spending time on TikTok.

This video-sharing focus social networking service from China is home to viral dance, comedy and cooking clips.

Thanks to TikTok, countless recipes have gone trendy as users keep on trying and sharing their takes of the recipes.

Out of these dozens of recipes, here are 10 viral TikTok recipes worth trying:

10 viral TikTok recipes that you should try at least once
Dalgona coffee.

1.Dalgona Coffee

No mention of viral TikTok recipes is complete without a word about dalgona coffee.

It is a beverage made by whipping equal parts instant coffee powder, sugar and hot water until it becomes creamy before adding it to hot or cold milk.

On how it became famous is all thanks to the lockdowns that came with the pandemic.

People started to publish videos of them whipping the coffee on social media like TikTok, bringing about this beverage’s overnight fame.

Read how to make it here.

2.Baked Feta Pasta

Are you a fan of the tangy, salty, acidic taste of feta cheese? If yes, this is the pasta recipe for you.

It is so simple to make.

Throw in a block of feta, tomatoes and olive oil together in a baking dish and bake it in the oven until softened.

Later, mix it all together with pasta and fresh basil.

There are many variations of this TikTok viral recipe you can find online.

Some call for red pepper flakes and others add in roasted garlic for the extra oomph of flavour.

Read how to make it here.

3.Nature’s Cereal

In February 2021, a TikTok user @naturesfood shared a recipe that he called “nature’s cereal”.

It is basically coconut water poured over a mixture of fruits such as blueberries, strawberries and blackberries served in a bowl and eaten with a spoon like cereal.

Then it wasn’t until American singer Lizzo posted a video of herself enjoying a bowl of nature’s cereal that the recipe went viral.

Those who have tried it said the meal is an energy boost and it also helps with digestion as well as any kind of constipation issues

Read how to make it here.

4.Pancake Cereal

10 viral TikTok recipes that you should try at least once
Pancake cereal.

Speaking of cereal, here is another viral TikTok recipe that pretty easy to make.

Take your pancake batter, instead of making a regular size pancake, use a squeeze bottle, syringe or plastic bag with the corner cut off.

Pour the batter into your choice of tool, then dispense small blobs of batter into a greased pan.

Cook these tiny pancakes into perfection. Put them into a bowl and enjoy your pancake cereal with the choice of your topping.

Read how to make it here.

5.Tortilla Wrap Hack

Rather than a new recipe, this is a fun food hack. It is basically a new method to make tortilla wrap at home.

Simply take a tortilla, cut a slit into the centre and then cover each of the four quarters of the tortilla with a different spread of ingredient.

After that, take the cut edge of the tortilla and fold it into four quarters.

The final step is to place the folded tortilla wrap in a preheated pan until it is roasted on both sides.

Read how to make it here.

Another variation of this recipe is to use seaweed instead of tortilla.

As for the fillings, use ingredients that are usually used making kimbap.

For protein, you can use luncheon meat, canned tuna, fried egg or tofu into the kimbap.

Meanwhile for veggies, use any green leafy vegetables such as lettuce or thinly slices of cucumber or carrot.

Since the seaweed is thin and easily wet, remember to squeeze out the water from any wet ingredients and do not overload your ingredients.

Read how to make it here.

6.Pesto Eggs

One of many easy viral TikTok recipes to try is pesto eggs.

We heard that Chris Evans is also a fan of this fish.

Just drops a few spoonfuls of basil pesto in a hot pan and then cracks your eggs into the pesto.

You can make scrambled egg or a sunny-side-up egg with this recipe.

Eat it like that or have it on a toast; your choice.

Read how to make it here.

7.Accordion Potatoes

Step aside Tornado Potatoes, we have a new cool kid in town and it is called Accordion Potatoes.

You guess it; the potato almost looked like an accordion at the end of this recipe. Almost.

It is actually pretty easy to make.

First of all, peel the potatoes and cut the ends off to square them up. 

Then, cut the potato lengthwise into slices to create rectangles.

After that, place the potato rectangles on your cutting board.

Do not forget to place a skewer on each side of the rectangle.

When cutting vertical slices halfway through on one side, the skewers help you not cut all the way through.

Finally bake it and enjoy it with your favourite toppings.

Read how to make it here.

8.Sushi Bake

This viral TikTok recipe is perfect for sushi lovers out there.

For the uninitiated, sushi bake is basically a deconstructed version of California roll made into a casserole.

The trend started some times in 2020.

To make one, spread the seasoned rice into a casserole dish and sprinkle with furikake.

In a large bowl, mix imitation crab meat with Kewpie mayo and cream cheese.

Then, spread the crab meat on top of the rice and sprinkle with furikake again.

Pop the sushi bake into the oven and bake it until it starts to brown.

For extra flavour, drizzle the bake sushi with extra Kewpie mayo.

Serve it with Korean seaweed snack and sliced cucumber.

Read how to make it here, here and here.

9.Cloud Bread

Perhaps one of the prettiest foods that went viral on TikTok is none other than cloud bread.

And they look like edible colourful clouds.

To make one, all you need is egg whites, sugar, cornstarch and some food colourings if you want to make your cloud bread to be colourful.

Whip your egg whites until it frothy and pale, add in the sugar until it dissolves and finally the cornstarch.

Basically, use the same technique as you making a meringue. Shape the mixture into a cloud before baking it until it turns golden.

Read how to make it here.

10.Salmon Rice Bowl

TikTok gave birth to many social media influencers and one of them is Emily Mariko.

She is known for her recipe videos filled with ASMR sounds of chopping, washing and cooking.

Mariko’s most viral video this year is when she shares a rendition of Salmon Rice Bowl.

Start by flaking the salmon and spread it on your plate. Add in rice, dash it with soy sauce, sriracha and Kewpie mayo on top.

Then, mix all the ingredients together.

To make it fancier, you can always add it other ingredients such as kimchi.

Read how to make it here.

Which viral TikTok recipe have you tried, let us know in the comment box.

All images are stock photos by Pexels.com

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Descriptions of some races and towns in Sarawak according to Harry de Windt

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Sarawakians might not be familiar with Captain Harry de Windt but his sister should be more familiar.

His sister Margaret was the wife of second White Rajah Charles Brooke.

Best known as a travel writer and explorer, de Windt at one point did work as the aide-de-camp for his brother in-law when he was only 16.

As for his writing career, de Windt’s first book On the Equator (1882) featured his travel stories in Sarawak, Dutch East Indies and Spain.

He shared his own perspectives and views of the people and the places he visited such as Santubong, Batang Sadong, Sibu, Kanowit and Kapit in 1880.

Descriptions of some races and towns in Sarawak according to Harry de Windt
Harry de Windt pictured in his From Paris to New York by Land (Copyright expired-Public Domain).

Here is how Harry de Windt described some of the towns and races he encountered in his book On the Equator (1882):

1.Kuching

Descriptions of some races and towns in Sarawak according to Harry de Windt
The Astana from the book On the Equator.

“Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, although smaller than Pontianak and other Dutch settlements on the coast of Borneo, is generally acknowledged to be the first town in Borneo so far as civilisation and comfort are concerned, and is renowned for its Bazaar, which is the best-built and cleanest in the island. There are two good roads extending at right angles from the town to a distance of seven miles each, at which point they are united by a third. These form a pleasant drive or ride, an amusement unknown in most Bornean townships, where the jungle and undergrowth are usually so dense as to defy any attempts at walking, to say nothing of riding or driving.
The number of Europeans in Kuching, although limited, and consisting of but some twenty in all (five of whom are ladies), form a pleasant little coterie, and there is a marked absence of the scandal and squabbling which generally seems inseparable from any place wherein a limited number of our countrymen and women are assembled. The occasional presence of an English or Dutch man-of-war, also, breaks the monotony of life, and enlivens matters considerably.

The Club, a comfortable stone building, was founded by the Government a few years ago, and contains bedrooms for the use of out-station officers when on a visit to Kuching. A lawn-tennis ground and bowling alley are attached to it, and serve to kill the time, which, however, rarely hung heavily on our hands in this cheerful little place.
Riding and driving are but still in their infancy, and Kuching boasted of only some dozen horses and four carriages—including a sporting little tandem of Deli (Sumatra) ponies, owned by the Resident. The Deli pony is a rare-shaped little animal, standing from 13 hands to 13.2, with immense strength, and very fast. They would be worth their weight in gold in Europe, and an enterprising Dutch merchant lately shipped a cargo of them to Amsterdam from Singapore, via the Suez Canal, with what result I never ascertained. A new road was being cut when we were there from Kuching to Penrisen, a mountain some thirty miles off, which, when completed, may bring a few more horses here; but Borneo (except far north) can never become a riding or driving country.”

The Club de Windt referred to here is The Sarawak Club which was established in 1876, four years before the writer arrived in Kuching.

2.Sibu town


“Sibu is a clean-looking Malay town of some 30,000 inhabitants. All Malays living here are exempt from taxation on condition that they are liable to be called out by Government in the event of any disturbance among the up-river tribes. The Fort and Bazaar stand on an island in the centre of the river, which is here about one and a half miles broad, and are connected with the town on the right bank by a wooden bridge. “Fort Brooke,” as it is styled, is built in a pentagon of solid bilian (belian) planks, about 12 feet high; a sloping wooden roof reaching down to within 2½ feet of the plank wall. This interval is guarded by a strong trellis-work, so that when the fort door is shut the building is rendered perfectly secure against any native attack. The Resident’s and fortmen’s quarters are reached by a ladder inside the fort about eight feet high, while the ground floor is used as a kitchen, rice-store, &c. Fort Brooke is garrisoned by sixteen Malays, and armed with six nine-pounders. All forts in Sarawak are built of the same materials and on the same model as the above, excepting that at Kuching, which is of stone, and much larger.”


Fort Brooke was built in 1862, and believed to be located at present day Jalan Channel.
Unfortunately, the fort was demolished in 1936.

3.The Iban People

“The Sea Dyaks are so called from their inhabiting the sea-coast east of the Sadong district, as far as the Rejang river, though some are to be occasionally met with far inland. These, who are the most numerous of any Dyaks, are at the same time the bravest and most warlike, and in former days were greatly addicted to piracy and head hunting. They are of a dark copper colour, and although not tall men are wonderfully strong and well-built, and will endure a great amount of fatigue. They are also endowed with great courage, and are very skilful in the use of weapons, especially the Parang ilang and spear. This tribe has been found by missionaries to possess some small amount of religion, inasmuch as they believe in the existence of a Supreme Being, Batara (petara), who made this earth and now governs it. They believe, also, in good and evil spirits, who dwell in the jungles and mountains. Sickness, death, and every kind of misfortune, are attributed to the latter, while Batara is the accredited author of every blessing.”

Descriptions of some races and towns in Sarawak according to Harry de Windt
Batang Sadong from de Windt’s book.

4.The Kanowit People

“The Kanowits are a small tribe, numbering about 500, and are quite distinct and totally unlike any other race in Borneo. They have not unpleasant features, are of lighter complexion than the Dyaks, and, though not so warlike, are fine, strongly-built men. Nearly all were tattooed from head to foot with most intricate patterns, and others representing birds, beasts, fishes, &c., while round the face and throat the marks were made in imitation of a beard, an ornament which none of the tribes yet met with in Borneo possess.

“These (Kanowit) women were fair specimens, as we were afterwards informed, of the tribe, and were, like the men, tattooed from head to foot. But for the disgusting habit (which I shall mention anon) of blackening their teeth and disfiguring the lobes of their ears, they would not have been bad-looking. They wore a light brown petticoat of cloth woven by themselves, and reaching from the waist to just above the knee. Their hair was not left to fall loose, but tied tightly into a knot at the back of their heads, very much as it is worn in Europe at the present time. A few brass rings round their waists and arms completed their attire. Strangely enough, the Kanowit women are, as a rule, darker than the men.”

Today, the Kanowit people are mostly known as the Melanau Kanowit or Rejang people.

5.The Ukit People

“The Ukits are generally supposed to be the wildest specimens of the human race yet et with in Borneo. This tribe (which is the only one living at the head of Rejang not tattooed) has been occasionally but seldom seen in these regions by Europeans, as they shrink from all intercourse with mankind, and fly at the approach of any but their own race. They are described as being of a much lighter colour than the Poonans, possess no dwellings, and are totally unclothed..”


6.The Kayan People

“The Kayans, on the other hand, are the finest and most civilised aboriginal race in the island. Their men, who are of a splendid physique and considerably taller than any other tribe in Sarawak, are of a light copper colour. Their dress is nearly identical with the Kanowits, excepting that they wear many more ornaments, but no turbans. Their long, coarse, black hair streamed in some cases far below the waist, and they were not a little proud of this appendage, which was cut square over the forehead. The Kayans were not at all given to joking like the Kanowits, but all wore an appearance of suspicion and distrust on their faces, which even the genial influence of square face (“Hollands”) failed to banish, but which originated perhaps more from shyness than ill-temper. Their women wore more clothes than any other tribe, being clothed in a long and flowing “sarong,” a species of petticoat, reaching from the waist to the feet, and a white linen jacket.”

So what do you think about de Windt’s descriptions on Sarawak towns or its people? Let us know in the comment box.

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