Hi. My name is Keong Lye Choon.
This is not my first blog. I started many blogs in the past and for many reasons, things just did not work out (eventually). There were blogs that went on for years and some that lasted months at most. What started out as a hobbies evolved into many things...some purely for the passion and surprisingly some into monetary rewards. I sold things through the blogs and got paid for advertisements as well. There were blogs that led to many new friends as well. Friend that I went on to know very well, and some that even end up running businesses together. But like all things in life, change is unavoidable. Life circumstances change, interests collides and eventually steered me into other paths. This would probably my last blog and it will probably be just about what I do, think and feel like writing. Before I start on what is now and the future, here are some of my more 'active' blogs from the past.
My Rainforest Adventures
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| A waterfall near to KL |
This was my first ever blog. It ran on WordPress and it was a steep learning curve for me. Wife got me into it. At that time, I never thought I would ever blog. Blogging seemed too 'yuppy' for me back then. Plus...I did not think I would ever enjoy it. I was actively travelling, camping, went searching for waterfalls, kayaking and all sort of other adventure stuff. As a kid, I grew up in a small town in Kedah. There were pristine rivers and lots of jungle to explore. I got hooked to fishing (thanks to dad) and the jungle behind the house seems like the best place to get lost (and skip homework!). Exploring the jungles behind the house seems like an epic adventure back then. Looking back, I doubt if I have even gone 100m away from the comforting view of the house.
One of the biggest bonus from this blog is getting emails and eventually meeting friends who share the same interest. People like nature guide John, JC, Pak Abu, waterfall guru Jan, JungleCrafty's Paul and the tremendous number of Parang enthusiasts worldwide. You see, when I started travelling, they were mostly in Peninsula Malaysia. Then John started venturing to Sarawak and I tagged along. To say I fell in love with Parangs in Sarawak is spot on. My blog started to record not only my travels and adventures but also the parangs that I get to see, touch and in many cases buy from its owner. Now that led to yet another blog.
Sepuh Crafts
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| One of the parangs on Sepuh Crafts |
Sepuh Crafts was mostly about parangs, fire pistons and bushcraft. Pak Abu got me fascinated with bushcraft. Back then, Ray Mears was all the craze (still is I suppose). He was using parang (candong) he called a machete on
one of his shows. Thanks to Mr Ray Mears, this parang is now cult-like. To this day people still search high and low for that greatest candong. Manufacturers and makers all over the world came up with their own version of the parang. They gave it all sort of names and used all sort of fancy steel under the disguise of 'improvement'. The whole world is crazy about parangs. All good and well. As long as you know very well that it originated from Borneo.
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