tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post7931861464257172015..comments2024-02-26T04:58:54.276+08:00Comments on Sarawakiana: Kerosene LampsI Am Sarawakianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-48009582012737918452008-07-08T16:53:00.000+08:002008-07-08T16:53:00.000+08:00Thank you for the Bako book. It is lovely. I like ...Thank you for the Bako book. It is lovely. I like it very much...Will blog about my field trip to Bako. Exactly 40 years ago.<BR/><BR/>Can you advise me on how bakau became such an important part of piling and therefore significant in the construction industry of Sarawak?<BR/><BR/>I am putting a post up once my research is done. Please send to my gmail, if you have the time. sorry to bother you.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-63742975583528326482008-07-08T15:13:00.000+08:002008-07-08T15:13:00.000+08:00Sarawakiana,I read in thebook, "Sarawak, Long Ago"...Sarawakiana,<BR/><BR/>I read in thebook, "Sarawak, Long Ago" that Rev James Hoover was a relative of President Hoover of the United States.<BR/><BR/>GaharumanGaharumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158719417815828020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-11956017557553117702008-07-08T06:25:00.000+08:002008-07-08T06:25:00.000+08:00Gaharuman,,I am still researching on how Hoover br...Gaharuman,,<BR/>I am still researching on how Hoover brought electricity to Sibu. This is very interesting indeed.<BR/>The Brooke Government did not share Hoover's enthusiasm in upgrading the social welfare of theFoochows.<BR/>The rice milling process could only be made possible by a rice hulling machine a gift from the USA. Rev. Hoover went around wearing his three piece suit. So it shows that at that time the temperature must be lower than 26 degrees celcius.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-13767179885474240082008-07-07T17:11:00.000+08:002008-07-07T17:11:00.000+08:00My parent told me that in the past before the adve...My parent told me that in the past before the advent of street lighting (electric), there used be man who would put a lamp on poles along street.Gaharumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158719417815828020noreply@blogger.com