I am Sabahan - and that is that

Warrior Dance by the Muruts of Sabah's interior Tenom area performing at the closing ceremony of the 46 th Merdeka Day celebrations in Kota Kinabalu.

As much as we value our individual heritage and history, the barriers built by colour, race and ethnicity are immaterial.

THOUGH I was born in Kota Kinabalu, most of my formative years were spent living away from Malaysia. Life and circumstance brought me back to my hometown some eight years ago, and the differences in lifestyle, culture and pace were a shock to my system. Seriously, there wasn’t even a Starbucks in town at the time.