Where money doesn’t talk (not much, anyway)
By Cynthia Hoo
June 2014 FOOTPRINTS
Cleaning a drain or chopping wood may not be that much fun, but a gotong-royong spirit does help to build a community that’s nicer to live in.Stacking wood that has been chopped, gotong-royong style.As usual, the key was left in the ignition of the motorcycle parked by the side of a lonely road. We had just arrived at Long Ubau, one of the nine villages collectively known as Ba Kelalan in the mountains of north Sarawak.We did not plan to...
Cynthia Hoo
is a journalist who's trying to learn more about the small corners of Malaysia and its people.
