Blog Posts on point of origin

April Fool’s Day by ybbs outdoors on Mar 31, 2011Originally (in America) April was month One of the year, the happy time when snow disappears and leaves burst out on shrub and tree. Burrowing animals reappears after their long winter’s nap, birds return from the South, and bees begin to gather ne...

Legends of Chocolate Hills by ybbs outdoors on Mar 23, 2011Legend 1 – The first legend tells of two feuding giants who in battling with each other hurled stones, rocks, boulders and sand trying to destroy their foe. This fighting lasted days and exhausted the two giants. During their exhaustion they forgot...

The History of Mount Kinabalu Climbing by ybbs outdoors on Oct 19, 2010In 1851, Sir Hugh Low, then the Colonial Secretary for the British crown colony of Labuan, credited as the first person to climb the mountain, took nine days to reach the summit plateau, travelling in a group of 42 people. Low and John Whitehead,...

Singapore: Freemason’s Hall by ybbs outdoors on Sep 26, 2010This building was completed and consecrated in 1886, designed by Architect Donald McLeod Craik. For many years, the locals called the building rumah hantu, meaning "haunted house" in Malay, as few knew of what happened in this exclusive clubhous...

Independence Day (U.S.A.) by ybbs outdoors on Jul 3, 2010“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.” On July 4, 1776, the members of t...

“To the Strongest” by ybbs outdoors on Jun 12, 2010Alexander the Great lived about three hundred years before Christ. He conquered the ancient world from Greece to India. His fame as a general spread far and wide. He was 32 years old and had great plans for the future. However, his ideas were neve...

April Fool’s Day by ybbs outdoors on Mar 31, 2010The story is told about an April fool’s joke played in London 150 years ago. During the last week of March, invitations were sent to many of the city’s prominent citizens. It read: “Tower of London. Admit bearer and friend to view the annual ce...

“I Shall Return” -McArthur by ybbs outdoors on Mar 11, 2010On this day year 1942, the war in the Pacific wasn’t going well for the Allied troops. American general Douglas MacArthur received orders to abandon the Philippines to the invading Japanese Army. Before leaving the islands, General MacArthur promis...

Valentine’s Day History by ybbs outdoors on Feb 13, 2010Cupid, according to ancient myths, went around shooting arrows at people to make them fall in love. His mother became very jealous of a beautiful young princess named Psyche and ordered him to make Psyche fall in love with someone horribly ugly. When...

Mt. Makiling Everyday #3 (the legend of maria makiling 2) by ybbs outdoors on Jan 7, 2010Another story is about three suitors who intensely battled for the heart of Makiling. One was a Spanish soldier, another, a Spanish-Filipino mestizo and the third, a Filipino farmer named Juan. In the end the Filipino won the heart of Maria Makiling...