monster rock cutting machine.

A gutsy Mum verses a monster rock cutting machine.

hebe

Hebe /ˈhiːbiː/[1] is a genus of plants native to New Zealand, Rapa in French Polynesia, the Falkland Islands, and South America. It includes about 90 species and is the largest plant genus in New Zealand. Thanks Wayne.

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‎Ann Chin‎ to All Flow

House of Museums Malacca 老行业博物馆

When I was writing my books especially those with a Historical theme, I remember a Chinese Proverb my Dad and I shared.

"The past remembered is a good guide for the future."
Today, 29th September happens to be two years anniversary of my World War Two book.

I told my new Facebook friend that I will write something for him. David Tih Seong Pin is the curator and the story teller. I had been to Melaka (The new name for Malacca) many times and like how they have preserved History.

House of Museums Malacca 老行业博物馆

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Melaka 75200

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History Museum

photo from HOM.

Loyang or or Sayong"

Tom Balan 'In Saban, it is called "LAYONG or a or Sayong" - traditional Orang Ulu warrior's gear'
This is Tom Balan, I asked if I could share his LAYONG. Tom is a Saban and is related to my cousin's wife. That makes us distantly related via marriage.

The Sabans are a hill tribe in the mountains of Sarawak in Borneo.

Mum's duster.

Mother's duster.

Mother was a very creative and hands-on person. When the synthetic raffia string came to the market, she got me to crochet a tube. Then she encased it in a long bamboo pole.  I hooked on lengths of raffia string. When I hooked on about 18 inches, she hammered nails into a  small piece of plank  and the end result was a metal brush. Together we brushed the strings and the end result was a brush like the photo. Nobody taught her how to do it, she just did it.

She used it to sweep spider cobs on the ceiling. We had moved into our brand new house. She didn't want us to dirty or ruin it. This brush was only for the ceiling. It was made or particle board and she was worried we would poke a hole in it.

40 years on, Mum had died 25 years. I saw this brush at the resource room at school. I remember the brush mum and I made. I had a warm feeling, I wonder if anyone else made such a brush.

Kate Sheppard

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/time-reflect-anniversary-womens-suffrage-in-nz-today

It was 124 years ago today that NZ became the first self-governing country in the world to give women the vote. Remember to exercise that right this election!

"Kate Sheppard and the other suffragists fought for years to give women this right and did this country proud." Since New Zealand was the first country to introduce universal suffrage in 1893,^[4] Sheppard's work has had a considerable impact on women's suffrage movements in several other countries. She also appears on the New Zealand ten-dollar note.

My friend was there and her eyewitness account was Kate led the women to lie down on the road, and the police couldn't do anything.

http://abcwednesday.com

http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.co.nz/

is copying a great form of flattery or cheap cheat?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11911196

is copying a great form of flattery or cheap cheat?

Northland artist sues campervan company

26 Aug, 2017 5:00am

Mr Hansen, who lives in Tutukaka, filed a claim against Escape Rentals Limited, a New Zealand campervan hire company, alleging it copied five of his artworks and spray painted them on rental vans.

The claim alleges this is copyright infringement, a breach of Mr Hansen's moral rights and a breach of the Fair Trading Act.