Dear Friends,
Been busy lately and no update my blog for quite sometimes. Here are some very yum food to welcome you guys to The Little Hong Kong, Sandakan. Will update more Sandakan foods, place and news to you guys about Sandakan. Stay with me.
September 30, 2011
September 3, 2011
Eagle Story -Truly Motivational.
The Story of the eagle…
The eagle has the longest life-span among birds. It can live up to 70 years, but to reach this age, the eagle must make a hard decision. In its 40, its’ long and flexible talons can no longer grab prey which serves as food. Its’ long and sharp beak become bent. Its’ old-aged and heavy wings, due to their thick feathers, become stuck to its’ chest and make it difficult to fly.
Then, the eagle is left with only two options; die or go through a painful process of change which lasts 150 days. The process requires that the eagle fly to a mountain top and sit on its’ nest. There the eagle knocks its’ beak against a rock until it plucks it out. After plucking it out, the eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back and then it will pluck out its’ talons. When its’ new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking its’ old-aged feathers. And after 150 days, the eagle takes its’ famous flight of rebirth and lives for … 30 more years.
Why is change needed?
1.) Many times, in order to survive we have to start a change process.
2.) We sometimes need to get rid of old memories, habits and other past traditions.
3.) Only freed from past burdens, can we take advantage of the present.
Our lives are not determined by what happends to us but by how we react to what happens. Not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results. Let’s change to make a change~!
When it rains, most birds head for shelter; the eagle is the only bird that, in order to avoid the rain, starts flying above the cloud. …
Thanks, Cedric
August 20, 2011
I’m Willing…
Missing thoughts is a very obscure thing,
like shadow ~ taking shape of whatever.
Silently and breathlessly resurface at the bottom of heart,
In a blink of an eye ~ shrouded me in loneliness.
I weakly fight against, especially at night.
Think of you till breathless.
Hate that I can’t immediately sprint towards you.
Loudly tell you ~
willing for you, I’m willing for you,
I’m willing to forget my name for you.
Even if just an extra second in your embrace,
No regrets losing the world.
I’m willing for you, I’m willing for you,
I’m willing to be left at the end of the world for you.
As long as you sincerely reciprocate with love, anything (i’m) willing,
Anything (i’m) willing for you.
July 31, 2011
Monitor Lizard
Water monitors are large
In Sabah, there are 3 species of monitor lizards, the largest and most numerous being the Water Monitor Lizard (Varanus Salvator). It grows up to 3m long and 25 kg in weight. It is the second largest monitor lizard after the Komodo Dragon (Varanus Komodoensis), found in the island of Komodo in Indonesia.
Adult water monitors are light to dark brown to almost black in color. Juveniles often have a distinctive pattern of light yellow spots.
Monitor lizard facts
~ The other 2 species of monitor lizards in Sabah are Dumeril’s Monitor (Varanus Dumerilii) and the rough-neck monitor (Varanus Rudicollis),
~ Adult monitors dig burrows to use as sleeping dens,
~ Monitors lizards are famous for raiding poultry farms for live chickens and eggs. They are also Monitors also excavate turtle and crocodile nests for eggs.
~ Female monitors lay about 20 eggs at a time in burrows near riverbanks.
There are 61 species
Yes, there are about 61 species of monitor lizards around the world. All belong to the family Varanidae with one genus Varanus.
Water monitors are perhaps the most common species of monitor lizards in Asia. They can found from Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, Southeast Asia to the various islands of Indonesia.
They don’t chew their food!
Water monitors are carnivorous and hunt for live prey such as crabs, insects, birds, fishes, amphibians and rodents. Although they all have sharp teeth, water monitors don’t chew their food: they swallow their prey whole!
They can run fast & climb trees too!
Water monitor lizards are highly mobile. They swim well and have even been seen swimming far out at sea. They can remain underwater for up to half an hour!
They run fast for their size as they have powerful leg muscles. In fact, they are faster than most of us can run!
They also climb well, to search for food as well as to escape predators, using their strong curved claws. The young usually stay in trees for safety. If comered up a tree, they will jump into the safety of a stream or river.
May 10, 2011
Sandakan Food Time~
Hi friends,
It’s food time in Sandakan. I’ve not been update my blog for quite sometimes. Will do it more often when i have time.
Enjoy~
May 9, 2011
Swiftlets
These birds’ nests are edible!
Swiftlets are best known to Sabahans as the birds whose edible nests are the source of brids’ nest soup.
Although Sabah has 4 species of swiftlets that build nests on limestone and sandstone cave walls, only 2 species produce to commercially valuable birds’ nests. They are the white-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus) and the black-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus). It is easier to tell them apart by the type of nests they build than when they are flying.
World’s most expensive soup?
The price of unprocessed nests is about RM1,000/kg of black nests and RM5,000/kg for white nests! In Hong Kong, processed black and white nests can fetch up to US$2,000/kg and US$4,000/kg respectively. A bowl of authentic bird’s nest soup there can cost US$60 (RM220) or more!
The best and most expensive birds’ nests are the white nests. It is made solely from saliva cement mixed with very few feathers. The black-nest swiftlet builds its nest out of saliva cement mixed with many feathers.
Bird’s nest is a multi-million dollar business in Asia. Each year, Indonesia exports 80-100 tonnes of these nests to Hong Kong while Malaysia export 10 tonnes of its finest nests. Chinese communities in North America eat more than 30 tonnes annually.
Cave swiftlets are like bats.
Like bats, Aerodramus cave swiftlet use echolocation to search for food and to fly in dark caves. Echolocation (biosoner) is way to ‘see’ by hearing. A swiftlet makes clicking noises and listens to the echoes returning at different times and loudness levels. These differences are used by the swiftlet to ‘see’ its surroundings.
Unlike a bat’s echolocation, the clicking noises made by Aerodramus swiftlets are within the human range of hearing (3-10 kHz).
Swiftlet facts
~ Aerodramus swiftlets weigh about 14 grams and are 10 cm long. They can live for 15-20 yrs,
~ The best quality processed black nest is “taohu yen”after the town of Tawau in Sabah where birds’ nests are actively traded.
~ You can witness the harvesting of black birds’ nest in the Gomantong Caves in the Lower Kinabatangan Floodplain in March or April, and then in August or September. It is estimated that there are about one million swiftlets in the Gomantong caves!
February 9, 2011
January 23, 2011
Nice Resort in Sandakan~
Wonderful place with wonderful environment.
Looking for a relaxation place for a stay and away from city life for 3 days 2 nights for this coming chinese new year? This place is recommended, and welcome to Sandakan aka Little Hong Kong, Nature City, Land Below the Wind, North Borneo.
For locals, you are free to travel there to have a drink with your love one or among friends 
Also, a fine place for a wine and cigar session as well.
Enjoy yourself in Sandakan the nature City.
January 2, 2011
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:
The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.
Crunchy numbers
A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 5,300 times in 2010. That’s about 13 full 747s.
In 2010, there were 50 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 63 posts. There were 367 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 373mb. That’s about 1 pictures per day.
The busiest day of the year was October 22nd with 106 views. The most popular post that day was Note 2210~.
Where did they come from?
The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, en.wordpress.com, sdkfood.blogspot.com, mail.yahoo.com, and google.com.my.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for sandakan food blog, sandakan food, batu sapi, sandakan, and food in sandakan.
Attractions in 2010
These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.
1
Note 2210~ October 2010
3 comments and 1 Like on WordPress.com,
2
Sandakan’s Attractions October 2009
21 comments
3
Food in Sandakan – Part 1 December 2009
4
Sandakan Food~ March 2010
5 comments
5
More Sandakan Photos November 2009
9 comments
December 24, 2010
Food of Sandakan~
It been sometimes you guys din’t see my update.
First of all, thank you so much for those friends who still continue to visit my blog or those who accidently visit my blog also.
Here are another photos of Sandakan local foods. Hope you all like it~
November 15, 2010
Food Food Food~
Food time again~
A day will not complete without food in your stomach. For those who are on diet, no worries, you still can eat. Eat quality in stead of quantity
November 6, 2010
Sandakan Puu Jih Shih~
Puu Jih Shih Buddhist Temple is a Buddhist temple in Sandakan, Sabah. It is located on a hill about 4 km to the west of Sandakan town centre. From here, there’s a panoramic vista of Sandakan Bay below compared with the other Chinese and Buddhist temples in Sandakan, Puu Jih Shih is pretty new, having come into the picture only in 1987 at a cost of RM5 million.
Puu Jih Shih is extravagant, and is likely built to awe. It is built in a grand scale, with giant undulating dragons, golden Buddha statues and more.
October 25, 2010
Sandakan Borneo Bird Festival – 16th Oct 2010
Some photos taken on the yearly event at Rainforest Discovery Centre, Sandakan on 16th Oct 2010. Car park was full and visitors was crowded such as photographs, teachers, students, foreigners, trackers, and many more on that 3 days event.
Plants at RDC
Tropical Giant Trees, Tower and Rainforest
October 23, 2010
First Year
Dear all,
I still remember the strong force I had when I first started off with this blog and that was the love, passion and hope I have for my little hometown- Sandakan. It was Oct 2009 when I had my first entry introducing Sandakan in my personal blog. Throughout the year, I’ve been constantly taking pictures and keep introducing places and Food in Sandakan. In such a short year, to date I have 4,880 views, 58 posts and 135 comments in my blog from the site stats.
Yes, I have to say that it’s not something very spectacular. I’m not even a famous blogger but each and every entries I’ve posted, I’ve put 100% of effort, research and dedication to it. Some of you might think I’ve nothing else to do or perhaps I’ve too much of free time. As well as some of you might also have this thought of me, trying to show my capability of being the Ambassador without being officially recognized. If anyone of you may have such perception on me, my apologies that I wasn’t able to express myself very well in words. Well, I’m not trying to clarify or score any impression points now but would just like to express a few words of mine.
To those who have been following my posts, I believe you know how much I love my hometown. I called it HOME, where I find this is the best shelter I’ve ever had and therefore, this little blog of mine was created. I just wanted to share what I’ve experienced in Sandakan and of course also to guide those who are interested to find out more about this place. For your information, I’m not receiving any fees for advertising these places. Neither getting paid nor expecting any return at this period of time. This is purely because I love my hometown – Sandakan. I want to see this place to be well known and to bring back some of the hometown memories to the Sandakians who are now not physically in Sandakan. Nevertheless, of course I do wish to have real readers who appreciate this little assignment of mine.
Ok, to keep it real simple, I would like to thanks everyone for dropping by, leaving comments and spending time to read my blog. I truly appreciate the time you all have spent especially to my supportive readers. Without your support, it won’t be a smooth sailing year for me and my blog. You guys are always welcome to visit my blog as many times as you want and raise any queries if you have any. I’ll be extremely glad to show you around of this beautiful place. Ahh, and also, leaving comments or feedback are welcome too. Always feel free to express your opinions and I’ll try my best to keep my blog up to date although this is not a promise yet. It will be a challenging year ahead for me and I will definitely keep you guys posted whenever possible.
Special thanks to my budd, Mr. Jacky Liu who has never stopped supporting me since I’ve started this blog. He has witnessed the growth of the blog. Thanks budd, no words can express my gratitude but you know the word from the bottom of my heart.
Another special thanks to Ms. Rachel Chung for the help in wordings in my entries. Mainly your participation in the editing part. Although they are not 100% the exact words but nearly close to what I wanted to say, thanks for reading my mind and heart effortlessly.
The following person I’m going to thanks stands a very important place in my heart. She has never left me no matter how despair I am. Never in before and never in future. She loves me with all her heart, without expecting anything in return. Always love me for who I am, who I wanted to be and who I’ll be. I’ll never be able to do that much without her love and care. The unconditional love given & the never-give-up spirit, they will be forever stored in my heart. Thanks my Mum.., for providing a safe home and to shower me continuously with the love in no matter good or bad times. No one loves me like you do and you are truly simply the best and irreplaceable. I love you Mum.
Thanks & Sincere,
Cedric Chai
October 22, 2010
Note 2210~
Dearest My Family, Buddies and all my Friends,
My Special day falls on 2210. Every year i’ll get so exciting when the month of October approaching, but, this year 2010 is a very challenging year for me. I’m not exciting and i don’t feel special at all.
But, i received a lot of bless wishes from a lot of peoples. No matter how hard time and how challenging in life, i still have you.
Special thanks for my love family, buddies and all my friends. You make my day again.
Love,
Cedric Chai
October 19, 2010
Croc farm and other Wildlifes in Sandakan.
Interested in venturing some giant Crocs in Sandakan? Feeding, performance and other wildlifes, come and discover 
Danger Croc 1
Swimming Mouse
Feeding time
Lazy Deer
Performance Croc
Ostrich
A gang of crocs waiting for food.
Peacock
Danger croc 2, successfully killed 4 human being before arrested.
October 6, 2010
Estuarine Crocodile
The estuarine crocodile is the largest reptile.
There are about 14 species of crocodiles worldwide, of which the estuarine crocodile (crocodylus porosus) is the largest. Also known as the saltwater crocodile, it is found in freshwater swamps, rivers, inter-tidal zones and estuaries throughout Southeast Asia and northern Australasia.
A healthy adult male saltwater crocodile is typically 4.8m – 5 m (15.8ft – 16.6 ft) long, weigh around 770kg (1697 lb). However, this species is capable of growing to sizes up to 9 m (30 feet)!
It’s a very powerful predator!
The estuarine crocodile is an ambush predator capable killing large animals like water buffaloes, although relatively small prey still make up the majority of the diet of adult. In Sabah, it can take monkeys, wild boar, birds, domestic livestock, pets, water buffalo and also humans. Younger crocodiles eat smaller animals like insects, amphibians, crustaceans, small reptiles and fish.
Generally it seems lethargic, a trait which helps it survive months at a time without food. It typically loiters in the water or basks in the sun through much of the day, usually preferring to hunt at night.
Estuarine crocodiles can digest mostly everything from their prey, including bones, feathers and horns!
It does not have sex chromosomes.
Crocodile embryos do not have sex chromosomes. This means that the gender or sex of a crocodile is not determined genetically.
Instead, sex is determined by temperature, with males produced at 31.6 C. and females produced at slightly lower and higher temperatures. The average incubation period is around 80 days.
Saltwater crocodiles nest in mounds, raising their eggs above the ground water table. However, many nests are lost to flooding each year. When the eggs are submerged, oxygen cannot reach the embryos and they die within a few hours.
On average, at least 80% of all eggs die during incubation, and less than one percent of all hatchlings will reach maturity. Major predators of the hatchlings include birds and fish, but major cause of death is cannibalism by other adult crocodiles.
Crocodiles have new teeth all the time!
All Crocodilians have replacement teeth all their life (though not in ‘extreme’ old-age). Each tooth is hollow, and the new one is growing inside the old. In this way, a new tooth is ready once the old is lost.
Juvenie crocodile replace teeth with larger ones at a rate as high as 1 new tooth per socket every month. After reaching adult size in a few years, however, tooth replacement rates can slow to two years and even longer. Very old crocodiles may reach an almost toothless state, after teeth have been broken and replacement slowed or stopped.
The result of this is that a single crocodile can go through at least 3,000 teeth in its lifetime!
There are lesser in numbers now.
Estuarine crocodiles are severely depleted in numbers throughout the vast majority of their range. Sightings in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam are becoming extremely rare and the species may even be extinct in one or more of these countries.
However, the species is also the least likely of crocodilians to become globally extinct due to its wide distribution and almost pre-colonial population sizes in Northern Australia and New Guinea. In India, this crocodile is extremely in rare in most areas but is very common in the north eastern part of the country (mainly Orissa and the Sunderbans).
The population is scattered in Indonesia and Malaysia with some areas harbouring large populations (lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Santuary, for example). The estuarine crocodile is also present in very limited portions of the South Pacific, with an average population in the Solomon islands, a very small & soon-to-be-extinct population in Vanuatu Is. (official population = 3) and a decent but at-risk population in Palau Is. (possible rebounding).
September 22, 2010
中秋节快乐~
Hi Friends,
The Mid-Autumn Festival, in Chinese, 中秋節 is a popular festival celebrated by Chinese here in Sandakan.
So peoples around the world, let’s gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, eat moon cakes and pomelos under the moon together oh yes, please carry along your lanterns as well
Would also like to take this opportunity to wish my family, friends and peoples around the world Happy Mid-Autumn Festival and 家好月圓慶中秋, 中秋节快乐! Good health and all wishes come true.
September 21, 2010
Great Place to Relax – Sandakan!
Another nice place to relax in Sandakan. A nature land, fresh air, birds watching, peace of mind, a glass of red wine, and a stick of cigar.. enough for you to enjoy your holiday? If not, then, pour yourself out, jump in the Jacuzzi pond, steam bath and a glass of dry martini!
So, what are you guys waiting for?? Shall we???
Nice? Interested? Let me know, i’ll tour you there..
September 7, 2010
Management Lessons by Humour~
Hi Readers & Friends,
Just for fun to update some joke of the day and hope you will enjoy reading it. I personally like Lesson 3 what about you? Have a good day~
Lesson 1: Lion, the Manager
One day a Lion was sitting outside his cave, lying lazily in the sun. Along comes a fox, out on a walk.
Fox: “Do you know the time, because my watch is broken”
Lion: “Oh, I can easily fix the watch for you”
Fox: “Hmm… But it’s a very complicated mechanism, and your big claws will only destroy it even more”
Lion: “Oh no, give it to me, and it will be fixed”
Fox: “That’s ridiculous! Any fool knows that lazy lions with great claws cannot fix complicated watches”
Lion: “Sure they do, give it to me and it will be fixed”
The lion disappears into his cave, and after a while he comes back with the watch which is running perfectly. The fox is impressed, and the lion continues to lie lazily in the sun, looking very pleased with himself.
Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the lazy lion in the sun.
Wolf: “Can I come and watch TV tonight with you, because mine is broken”
Lion: “Oh, I can easily fix your TV for you”
Wolf: “You don’t expect me to believe such rubbish, do you? There is no way that a lazy lion with big claws can fix a complicated TV”
Lion: “No problem. Do you want to try it?”
The lion goes into his cave, and after a while comes back with a perfectly fixed TV. The wolf goes away happily and amazed.
Inside the Cave:
In one corner are half a dozen small and intelligent looking rabbits who are busily doing very complicated work with very detailed instruments. In the other corner lies a huge lion looking very pleased with himself.
Moral:
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY A MANAGER IS FAMOUS, LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY SOMEONE UNDESERVED IS PROMOTED; LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.
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Lesson 2: Who is your Boss?
One day rabbit was sitting outside his burrow,typing something in a typewriter. Along came a fox.
Fox: “What are you working on?”
Rabbit: “My thesis.”
Fox: “Hmm… What is it about?”
Rabbit: “Oh, I’m writing about how rabbits eat foxes.”
Fox: “That’s ridiculous ! Any fool knows that rabbits don’t eat foxes!
Rabbit: “Come with me and I’ll show you!”
They both disappear into the rabbit’s burrow. After few minutes, gnawing on a fox bone, the rabbit returns to his typewriter and resumes typing.
Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the hardworking rabbit.
Wolf: “What’s that you are writing?”
Rabbit: “I’m doing a thesis on how rabbits eat wolves.”
Wolf:”That’s ridiculous ! Any fool knows that rabbits don’t eat wolves!”
Rabbit: “No problem. Do you want to see how?”
The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow and again the rabbit returns by himself, after a few minutes, and goes back to typing.
Finally a bear comes along and asks, “What are you doing?
Rabbit: “I’m doing a thesis on how rabbits eat bears.”
Bear: “That’s ridiculous ! Any fool knows that rabbits don’t eat bears!”
Rabbit: “Come into my home and I’ll show you”
Inside the Burrow :
As they enter the burrow, the rabbit introduces the bear to the lion.
Moral:
IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW SILLY YOUR THESIS TOPIC IS; WHAT MATTERS IS WHOM YOU HAVE AS A SUPERVISOR.
IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW BAD YOUR PERFORMANCE IS; WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER YOUR BOSS LIKES YOU OR NOT
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Lesson 3: Cat and bird
A bird was flying south to escape the cold.
On the way It was so cold, the bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field .
While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it .
The dung was warm and the bird lay there all warm and happy started to sing aloud..
A cat heard the bird singing and following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung
Moral:
1) Not everyone who drops shit on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
3) And when you’re in deep shit, keep your mouth shut!
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Lesson 4 : Ass is the Boss
When the body was first made, all the parts wanted to become the Boss.
The Brain said, “I should be Boss because I control the whole body’s responses and functions.”
The feet said, “We should be Boss as we carry the brain about and get him to where he wants to go.”
And so it went on and on with the heart, the lungs and the eyes until finally the asshole spoke up.
All the parts laughed at the idea of the asshole being the Boss. So the asshole went on strike, blocked itself up and refused to work.
Within a short time the eyes became crossed, the hands clenched, the Feet twitched, the heart and lungs began to panic and the brain fevered.
Eventually they all decided that asshole should be the Boss, so the motion was passed.
All the other parts did all the work while the Boss just sat and passed out the shit!
Moral:
YOU DON’T NEED BRAINS TO BE A BOSS – ANY ASSHOLE WILL DO.
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Lesson 5: Lady with a Bath Towel
Thrisha just finished her shower and her husband entered the bath room. Door bell rings.
Thrisha quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.
When she opens the door, there stands Bob,the next door neighbor.
Bob asked “Where is your hubby?” She told “He is taking bath”.
Bob says, “I’ll give you $800 to drop that towel.” After thinking for a moment, Thrisha drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob.
After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 dollars and leaves. Thrisha wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs.
When her husband comes out of bathroom, he asked, “Who was that?” “It was Bob the next door neighbor,” Trisha replies. “Great!”the husband says, “Did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?”
Moral:
YOU CAN PREVENT CERTAIN AVOIDABLE EXPOSURE, IF YOU SHARE CRITICAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CREDIT AND RISK IN TIME WITH YOUR STAKEHOLDERS,
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Lesson 6: Priest and a Nun
A priest was driving along and saw a nun on the side of the road. He stopped and offered her a lift, which she accepted. She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to open and reveal a lovely leg. The priest got excited and he stealthily slid his hand up her leg. The nun looked at him and said, “Remember Psalm 129?” The priest removed his hand and apologized profusely.
On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to retrieve a bible and looked up Psalm 129. It Said, “Go forth and seek further up, you will find glory.”
Moral:
ALWAYS BE WELL INFORMED IN YOUR JOB, OR YOU MIGHT MISS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
