The North Borneo Beauty

Allan Schoenborn wept in the witness box as he described in detail how he stabbed and smothered his three children because he feared they were being sexually abused – saying the triple killings are proof of his love.

“I did it for all the right reasons,” said Mr. Schoenborn, a bearded man with unkempt shoulder-length hair, speaking in B.C. Supreme Court. “I gave my children up to be in a better place.”

Under questioning from his lawyer, Mr. Schoenborn methodically confessed to killing Kaitlynne, 10; Max, 8; and Cordon, 5. But he said he did so over fears his wife was having affairs with various men, and that his children were poisoned or being directed into a life of prostitution.

His appearance comes as the defence this week said it will focus solely on the mental health of Mr. Schoenborn, who faces three first-degree murder charges for the deaths of his two sons and daughter in Merritt, a community of 7,000 about 270 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.

There has been no evidence beyond Mr. Schoenborn’s testimony that his children were abused. On the night of April 5, with the children in his care, he separated them. The 10-year-old was first. Mr. Schoenborn said he stabbed his daughter in the neck with a knife as she slept. “I thought this was the quickest way to give her up,” he said.

She awoke. “She said, ‘I’m sorry daddy. I’m sorry.’ ” Then he cupped his hand over her mouth and smothered her.

Mr. Schoenborn said he then smothered his five-year-old son Cordon with his hand as the boy slept and then placed a plastic bag over the head of his eight-year-old son Max to begin smothering him.

“He fought me. I told him it was daddy,” he said. “He settled down after I said that.”

Throughout, he worried about what his wife, Darcie Clarke, would think. After about 15 years together, the couple had become estranged as Mr. Schoenborn’s behaviour became increasingly erratic.

At the time of the killings, Ms. Clarke was living with the children in Merritt. A Vancouver roofer, Mr. Schoenborn would come to visit and spend time with the children. But, at the suggestion of the Ministry of Children and Family Services, the couple would not spend time together with the children because of their vicious fights.

Mindful of his wife’s reaction to finding the bodies, Mr. Schoenborn said he washed his daughter in the bathtub, wrapped her in a blanket and placed her in a bedroom.

He admitted he posed the boys as if they were napping on a couch in the living room. He wrote “Forever Young” in soy sauce on the wall as a message of consolation to his wife as well as “Gone to Neverland” in his own blood on a pillow. Ms. Clarke found the bodies the next day.

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….and ya, how could he? And saying that he has mental illness, to get away from jail? That is so unfair! …Sigh…

Next year, yea, it will be next year…Me and my friends will have our fantastic vacation at sipadan island! Oyea, i would call it fantastic in advance, because i know, it would be!

On April 23, 2000, 21 people were kidnapped by the Filipino terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, there at sipadan Island. Yea, this had been on a frontpage for few months. Luckly now, it seem that the place is safe and the beauty remind the same.

Sipadan is the only oceanic island in Malaysia, rising 600 metres (2,000 ft) from the seabed. It is located in the Celebes Sea east of the major town of Tawau and off the coast of East Malaysia on the Island of Borneo.

Malaysia’s only oceanic island, it is very small – only 12ha. in size. A 25-minute walk is all that is required to circle the island on foot. As an oceanic island, it rises about 700 metres from the sea floor, attracting diverse marine life from the blackness of the open sea. Surrounded by crystal clear waters, this crown jewel is a treasure trove of some of the most amazing marine animals.

Declared a bird sanctuary in 1933 by the Colonial Government of North Borneo and re-gazetted in 1963 by the Malaysian Government, the dense vegetation on Sipadan Island supports a large variety of tropical birds which include sea eagles, kingfishers, sunbirds, starlings and wood pigeons. Exotic crustaceans including the amazing coconut crab roam the beaches and scurry among the undergrowth.

Source : http://www.tourism.gov.my/en/destinations/item.asp?item=sipadan

This might be a chance for a life time for me, well , who knows rite..;)

It always amazing to see how beautiful the nature is. The forest, the river, the lake, the bird and so much more. If i can choose on how to live my life, i would rather having all the time to enjoy the beautiful amazing nature of earth. And well, Borneo, is where the beauties lies

There’s a beautiful blog i found while browsing thru the net, and its indeed potrays the beauty of Borneo. Amazing Borneo, by Jordan Sitorus. (Hi Jordan, you have an awesome blog there! )

Here is one of the most beautiful photo from Amazing Borneo.

It is good to actually know our root. Me myself, from the Dusun tribe in Sabah. Im proud to let others know that im a Dusun. Well, its me anyway, what’s it is there for to hide? Its a beautiful tribe, full of passion in life, and yea especially in music tho , and everything is so warm so welcoming…

Yep, browsing tru the internet,i found a very nice something-to-share…

Dusun is the collective name of a tribe or ethnic and linguistic group in the Malaysia.

The Kadazans are an ethnic group Indigenous peoples to the state of Sabah in Malaysia. They are found mainly on the west coast of Sabah, the surrounding locales, and various locations in the interior….
ethnic group, and also because of other political initiatives, a new unified term called “Kadazan-Dusun.

Kadazan-Dusun is the term assigned to the unification of the classification of two Indigenous peoples tribes in Sabah, Malaysia—the ethnic groups Kadazan and Dusun….
” was created. Collectively, they form largest ethnic group Sabah. A small minority of Dusuns can also be found in Brunei.

The ethnic group, makes up, at one time, 30% of Sabah population and are broken down into more than 30 sub-ethnic, or dialectical groups, or tribes each speaking a slightly different dialect of the Dusunic family language. They are mostly mutually understandable.

Coincidentally, Dusun is the Malay word that means “orchard” and is derived from “Orang Dusun” or “men of the orchards” as their houses are surrounded with fruit trees. A popular misconception is that the Dusun people named themselves (or were named) according to the Malay definition of the word Dusun. In actuality, even before the Malay language or British colonists had arrived in Sabah, the Dusun had long since called themselves by the name ‘Dusun’.

The Dusun traded with the coastal people by bringing their agricultural produce to exchange for salt, salted fish, and other products. The name ‘Dusun’ was popularized by the British colonial masters who borrowed the term from the Brunei Malays.

There is, however, confusion about the use of “Dusun” when the name, Kadazan, was introduced as the new identity of the Dusun people in the early 1960s. At one time there was a serious dispute between those who want the group to be called “Kadazans” (saying that “Dusun” was deragotary), and those who want to continue with the original “Dusun”. The pro-Dusuns argued that “Kadazan” originates from the word “Kakadazan” (a place of maKadazandusuns are known as the Latin artists of the East, being famous in the state for love and passion for music. Their traditional dances appear attractive and gentle full of passion for life, making the Kadazandusun culture a popular and beautiful one, and much sought by tourists to Sabah.

Even though Kadazandusuns are known for their peaceful nature, they are also well known for their bravery and defiant nature towards oppression and foreign rule. Monsopiad the legendary warrior of the Penampang district who lived in the 1700s to 1800s took 48 heads in the heat of battle before being overwhelmed. Warriors in the Marudu district (the most fearsome being Kulindod), and in Tuaran fought off attacks of enemies–Irranuns in Marudu, and Bruneians and Irranuns in Tuaran.ny shops–”Kadai” is “shop” in Kadazan), thus “Kadazan” can also be said to originate from Malay! Those Dusuns in the Penampang and Papar district now prefer to be called Kadazans.

Hi people, this is another site of mine, symbolized the spirit of Borneo inside me …**Heee** Yep, Borneo, large, big, and most of all Beautiful Borneo, aren’t we all love ‘em!

A brief about Borneo we need to know, beofre we go into more detail, discovering how beautiful it really are!

Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. Administratively, this island is divided among Indonesia (Kalimantan, population 12,000,000), Malaysia (Sarawak and Sabah, pop. 6,000,000) and Brunei (pop. 590,000).

Indonesians refer to the island as Kalimantan. However, for people outside of Indonesia, Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo.Malaysia’s region of Borneo is collectively called East Malaysia or Malaysian Borneo. Malaysians usually refer to the island by the names of either of its two Malaysian provinces.

The independent nation of Brunei occupies the remainder of the island.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borneo