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EDITOR’S NOTE It’s a brand new year and a new beginning. Energy levels are high and the body, mind and spirit are all geared up to face new challenges. Career goals and personal ambitions are important to keep us focused on achieving what we want in life. But don’t forget about the most important thing – you. Take time to be good to yourself, to your neighbours and to society. Eat healthy, sleep well and do something that will make a difference in your life and those around you. This issue will look at ways to be good to planet earth. Get to know some of the products and people who are working towards making our planet a healthier place to live in.

Get some tips on how you can do your part to support this cause.

More celebrations are just round the corner with the ushering in of the Year of the Snake. I hope the Chinese New Year will also bring positive changes to your life, family and career.

Happy New Year 2013 and have a fantastic year ahead!

The Editor

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page Introduction 3 Where to visit & shop 4 Living green 6,9,10 Theraphy & Reflexology 12 Travel Guide 17 Where to dine & be entertained 21 Contest Giveaway 24 Where to stay 27

the team Photography John Kong Advertising Sales William Chiang Graphic Design Nursineh Tamsir

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7 shopping mall • K.K.I. Airport • Starbuck Coffee • Coffee Bean • Fook Yen Coffee Gaya St-K. Capital • Old Town Coffee Gaya St-K. Capital • Sabahtourism office • Malaysian tourism • Listed hotels • Lintas sqr bar • Waterfront Bar Outlet • Burger King-KK • SGCC • 12,000 houses & shop-lot around K.K. district • 7 outlets in Sandakan town • 6 outlets in Tawau • Legality Disclaimer.

Borneo 360 Guide is published by Ebiz Travel Network S/B, The contents of this Guide book may not be printed or reproduce without prior written permission. Althought Borneo 360 guide have taken all reasonable care in preparing this book, we make no warranty about the accuracy or completeness of its content and to the maximum extend permitted, disclaim all liability arising from its use.

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Composting Pail-Use compose instead of synthetic fertilizer which can be easily done by outing all food scraps such as banana peels and eggshells into a perforated metal composting pail.

Fit aerators and taps- attach an aerator to

existing modern water taps. The aerator introduces air into the water stream to maintain pressure, giving you a fuller flow of less water.

Go for Bamboo Floors- Bamboo is

considered a more sustainable floor material because it takes only a few years for bamboo to mature, compare with hardwoods which take 50 to 100 years to grow.

Making your home eco friendly isn’t a reality to far away.

Want to do your part for the planet and trim the utility bills? here are some make over tips that will make your home more energy- efficient.

are known to be one of the biggest energy hogs. Referring to the energy star website.

Energy star qualified appliances uses 10 to 50% less energy, and if one in ten home used energy Energy star rated appliances, it could be electrical equipment- efficient equivalent to planting 1.7 get rid of old electrical appliances million new acres of trees. especially refrigerator, which

Roof Insulation

-insulation is not only necessary in the cold weather according to Malaysian Insulation manufacturer group, studies show that insulation can reduce temperature 3°C to 5°C°.

Insulation materials make from fiberglass, rocks and mineral woods minimise the rate of heat transfer thus negating the needs of air conditioning.

Avoid paints with high level of VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds), Paint

releases low level of toxic emission into the air for years after applications. The sources of these toxin is a varieties of VOCs .So avoid buying paints that content VOCs.

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WISHES EVERYONE A HAPPY

& MAY THE RESOLUTIONS BE WITH YOU!

Here’s what the announcers have to say about resolutions…

I think rather than setting resolutions for myself, it’s better to come up with a “I-will-not-do-this-anymore-list”!

Because it’s just going to be another typical new year’s resolution that usually ends up not done or fulfilled right? It’s better to kick off some old habits or improve whatever that needs to be improved in my life. If it makes sense to you, you should do one too! 2012 was a blast and 2013 will be perfect for you and me!

FARHAN

RICA I am really bad with New Year’s resolution!

Every time I come up with one, it usually lasts for the first week only. So my 2013 resolution? To make sure I stick to my resolution Thanks for making my 2012 super duper awesome! Looking forward to colouring 2013 like a psychedelic rainbow with you! Happy New Year!

Cheryl

My New Year’s resolution: To skydive! I've never done that before & would love to! Don't be afraid to try new things. 2012 was an awesome year, as sweet as the candies in all the candy shops I hope 2013 will be just as awesome as the previous years!

Happy 2013!!

CASSIE What are resolutions for?

They’re meant to be broken, because what’s more fun than breaking the ‘rules’? So make a list if you have to, much respect if you can stick to it. I just want to stay alive and be happy in 2013… Happy New Year!

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familiar with, the ones that we grew up with or what our friends told us was the best thing since ur daily lives are controlled sliced bread. Of course there are by doing often mundane variances to these scenarios but things. We wake up in the you get my drift. We are creatures morning, go to work, come home of habit and we don’t really like to from work, sleep and start all over change. again the next day. We go to our favourite stores to buy products But there are times when we do we’ve been using for years. We have to make a change. We have like to stick to brands we are to realise that our actions impact

not only ourselves but the environment around us. It has been said that Mother Earth can survive without humans but can humans survive without Mother Earth. So what do we do about this? Do we become green warriors? Champions of the earth?A superhero? Navigating this complicated route to being a consummate eco-friend is daunting.

So let’s start with something simple

We all eat everyday. Some eat to live. Some live to eat.

Whichever category you fall in, here are some tips to keep in mind.

Food

Say ‘NO’ to shark’s fin.

This has been around for a while so kudos to those who have made changes to exclude this from their diet and wedding dinner menu. But the killings have not stopped.

Neither has the buying so it pays to be reminded of this regularly.

Other fish need your love too.

Bluefin tuna favoured by sushi chefs around the world is being overfished to near extinction.

Raising Bluefin tuna on giant fish farms may not be the solution as the seas are then depleted of young Bluefin caught to fill up these farms. This literally wipes out a whole generation of Bluefin in the wild and no repopulation of the species. Keep fish in your diet – just not this fish.

Look before you eat.

Opt for natural or organic foods.

Support food producers that use renewable energy resources and recyclable materials.

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When you shop: Be fair.

Fair Trade is an organised social movement that promotes fair wages, alleviates global poverty and ensure companies negotiate with growers and producers for fair price. Buy products that have this stamp and your money will go a long way to help someone in need.

*Indochine Natural is a company that produces handmade natural body care and home products produced under Fair Trade conditions. They provide opportunities for women and disadvantaged producers to empower them with local production and capacity development. Check out their eco-friendly products at http://indochinenatural.com Biodegradable products.

Be kind to the earth and minimise pollution by choosing the products we use wisely. From household items to skincare, there’s always a choice between the good and the bad. Look for brands that comply with eco-friendly production codes.

Price tags for these products can be very friendly on the pocket too.

Check this out: ► Orange Power carpet and upholstery cleaner : RM15 ► Earth Choice glass surface and window cleaner : RM15 ► Bio-Home multi-purpose cleaner : RM14.80

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► TLC toilet bowl cleaner :RM6.80 Skincare and other beauty products using environmentally-friendly ingredients that contain no harmful chemicals, harsh detergents, artificial fragrances and animal derivatives are becoming increasingly popular with consumers. Here’s our top producers and product picks: ► ASAP Skin Product lip balm : RM160 ► Origins Mega Mushroom Skin Collection uses a combination of key ingredients from mushrooms and contains no parabens or harmful chemicals. Products start from RM135. ► Body Shop is a committed environmental campaigner with numerous NGO works in urban and rural areas.

Recently they launched a limited edition line of Lily Cole cosmetics which contains no animal products.

Rags to riches. Save money and go for vintage clothing. Some second-hand stores stock up on good quality clothes that still have some life in them. And if you don’t tell, who is to know.

Buy local. Local products have come a long way in terms of style, quality and sustainable production. *Pestle & Mortar is a local

company that produces a line of apparel and accessories inspired by all things Malaysian. Check out their designs at http://pestlemortarclothing.com

*TashaJudithDESIGNS offers a selection of handmade jewellery, one-of-a-kind designs using vintage beads and crafts.

Go to: www.facebook. com/ TashaJudithDESIGNS and find something you like.

10 PLANT A NOTION "Going green" doesn't have to be a daunting task that means sweeping life changes. Simple things can make a difference.

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SHOPPING GUIDE You can now find environmentfriendly products in almost every category from household items to cosmetics, appliances and apparel.

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Make it meaningful for the whole family and plant a tree every year for each member.

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TAKE A SHORTER SHOWER Every two minutes you save on your shower can conserve more than ten gallons of water. If everyone in the country saved just one gallon from their daily shower, over the course of the year it would equal twice the amount of freshwater withdrawn from the Great Lakes every day.

5 *QUICK TIP. Look out for Madam Chin at the weekend Gaya Street Fair and stock up on home-made natural bath soap and pure coconut oil. She hone her craft under a reknown European bath soap maker and now produces varieties using 100% natural ingredients including brown rice, kunyit (turmeric), tea tree and coconut. Each kilogram of soap takes up to 3 months to make.

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PLANT A TREE It's good for the air, the land, can shade your house and save on cooling (plant on the west side of your home), and they can also improve the value of your property.

RECYCLE GLASS Recycled glass reduces related air pollution by 20 percent and related water pollution by 50 percent. If it isn't recycled it can take a million years to decompose.

SHOWER WITH YOUR PARTNER Sneak in a shower with your loved one to start the day with some zest that doesn't come in a bar. Not only have you made a wise choice for the environment, but you may notice some other added...um...benefits.

RECYCLE OLD CELL PHONES The average cell phone lasts around 18 months, which means 130 million phones will be retired each year. If they go into landfills, the phones and their batteries introduce toxic substances into our environment.

There are plenty of reputable programs where you can recycle your phone, many which benefit noble causes.

RECYCLE NEWSPAPER There are 63 million newspapers printed each day . Of these, 44 million, or about 69%, of them will be thrown away. Recycling just the Sunday papers would save more than half a million trees every week.

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BATCH ERRANDS Feel like you spend your whole week trying to catch up with the errands? Take a few moments once a week to make a list of all the errands that need to get done, and see if you can batch them into one trip. Not only will you be saving gasoline, but you might find yourself with much better time-management skills.

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GO VEGETARIAN ONCE A WEEK One less meat-based meal a week helps the planet and your diet. For example: It requires 2,500 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef. You will also also save some trees.

For each hamburger that originated from animals raised on rainforest land, approximately 55 square feet of forest have been destroyed.

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TURN OFF LIGHTS Always turn off incandescent bulbs when you leave a room. Fluorescent bulbs are more affected by the number of times it is switched on and off, so turn them off when you leave a room for 15 minutes or more. You'll save energy on the bulb itself, but also on cooling costs, as lights contribute heat to a room.

RECYCLE ALUMINUM AND GLASS Twenty recycled aluminium cans can be made with the energy it takes to manufacture one brand new one.

Every ton of glass recycled saves the equivalent of nine gallons of fuel oil needed to make glass from virgin materials.

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Hot Concerts Across Asia The best time to visit Singapore for concert is in the month of March, where the performers line up for their concerts for those music lovers.

February 27, Norah Jones need no introduction as she return to the region with concert at the star theatre. For more concert details visit sistic.com.sg March 04, Santana the Guitar Legend will perform at Singapore indoor stadium.

Limited seats are available.

Ticket are from RM250 onwards. For more details please visit sistic.com.sg

March 8-17, Singapore The

mosaic Music Festival, consist of varieties of music gender and culture performances. mosaicmusicfestival.com

March 21-22, Singapore Biggest Guest and the living Legend Paul Simon, Bonnie Rait, Jimmy Cliff Reggae and Led Zeppelin Robert Plant will grace this year The Timber Rock & Roots Festival, two night outdoor festival at fort Canning Park.

Sabah

The opening of Sabah Art Galley feature a new design building resemble local back pack (Wakit).

This exhibition features new local talent artist from 18 January onwards. The location is beside Sabah Archieve, Jln Penampang Mile 1.

KK City Run 2013

Date : 03 March 2013 The City Run is held in conjunction with the City's 13th anniversary celebration.

Some 10,000 city folks are expected to participate in this year's run, which offers attractive prizes and a fun lucky draw.

Sabah Adventure Challenge Date : 29 - 31 March 2013 One of the most exhilarating adventure races in Sabah covering 150km in and around the famed Crocker Range.

Competitors of this multi-sport event will also be competing with 100 ultra-runners who will be covering 100km of the same route over the course of 2 days in a race from dawn to dusk.

Contact 0138811757.

KK Food Festival

Date : 01 - 30 April 2013 The annual Kota Kinabalu Food Festival (KKFoodFest) returns for its third year after making its successful debut in 2011. This delectable celebration of all things to do with winning and

dining is set to take place from the 1st to the 30th of April.

Unlike a conventional food exhibition, which takes place in a single venue for just one day.

The KK Food Fest stretches over four weeks in multiple locations. The event essentially happens in all the participating restaurants at once. This concept allows people to experience more of various dining option available in our city.

Major Events: Opening Bazaar - 6 & 7 April 2013 @ Suria Sabah Shopping Malaysia

Regatta Lepa

Date : 19 - 21 April 2013 A colourful festival that pays homage to the lepa, a traditional single-mast sailing boat of the Bajaus of Semporna. Tawau, Sabah.

Witness the crowning of the most beautiful lepa, Lepa Beauty Pageant, cultural performances, fireworks display and much more.

Tel 232121 Sri Pelancongan Sabah.

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Hot pick

This is the product of Mc Laren Formula 1 Engineer race car ignoring the financial crisis while painstakingly shoe horning F1 technology such as KERS and DRS into a road car. This is to be applauded.

Will it ever reach the Malaysian buyer considering our road speed limits and not forgetting our road condition? http://www.mclarenautomotive.com

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Car MCLaren P1 (due 2013) RM 4 Million

Hot pick

Windows Phone 8x By

HTC

Microsoft is keen to convince us that it’s the cool alternative again, so keen that it’s spending the annual GDP of Bhutan on doing so. It’s made a seductive start by making HTC 4.3in, 720p, 1.5 Hz Due-core 8x it’s official flagship of windows Phone 8. With Slender edges, Matte finish and hand friendly profile.

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UPPERSTAR

If you looking for a place to chill and unwind after a hectic day at work, affordable place to lunch or dinner, cozy and fine dining, you have to visit Upperstar CafĂŠ & Bar. Upperstar started with a humble beginning with just one outlet situated opposite to Burger King at Segama.

With tremendous support and demands, good services, delicious Western and Asian cuisines and affordable prices, Upperstar CafĂŠ & Bar has expanded their outlets into 4 areas within Kota Kinabalu; Damai Plaza, Lintas Plaza and Suria Sabah Shopping Mall with different concepts and environments. Tel: 088233636 Grill food is the main selection at Upperstar, patrons can choose from Sirloin Steak (RM 20.95), Lamb Chop (RM 15.95), Chicken Chop (RM 12.95), Fish and Chip (RM 12.95) and Grill Salmon (RM 19.95). There are also pasta like Spaghetti Bolognaise (RM 7.95) and Spaghetti Cabonara (RM 7.95), Pizza at RM15.95

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The Retro Club

food & BEER TA L K Nowadays is hard to eat in peace, someone somewhere will always criticise your choice. We are not saying give up meat and eat grass instead-heck, we enjoy our bacon and steak and chops.

But learn a little wheres our food comes from, how it impact our environment and perhaps our conscience. Our advice? Take a little give a little.

Restoran Koki Bandung,

This Restaurant serves the West Java Indonesia Sunda food, also name masakan jawa and Padang style. the menu consist of Lamb Penyet (squash fried), Ayam (chicken) Pukul, Tenggiri Penyet, Salmon Penyet and Satay Jamrut Sipitang (the owner name in it ), Satay Penyet -the meat is skewed by using lemon grass and serve with chilli dark soya and fried beancurd. It has generated strong following since February 2012. It should be a must for die hard Indonesian foodies. Open from 11 am till 10 pm. Add: 108Blk M, Alammesra Plaza Permai.

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The Retro Club is your one stop destination for all your retro music needs. They only play songs and videos released prior to 1999 to bring back those nostalgic feelings from your high school, college and single days. With emphasis on the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s; The Retro Club is guaranteed not to disappoint!, The ground floor restaurant bar serve the all American and New Orleans mix Mexican style food, Happy hours from noon lunch till 9pm. Live band performance and DJ’s spinning every night. Open since December2012, add: 45 Times Square, Coastal road. K.K. Sandwiches, open menu dessert.

Located at corner lot G44, Asia city complex , facing main road .

Open from noon lunch till late, happy hour noon till evening.

Tuesday cocktails night.

2013 Great Happy Hours Hang-Out

We have introduced so many outlets for the best value Happy Hours hang out for 2013. These review criteria are base on prices, location, ambiance and patrons comment’s. Some of the lists are worth your visit.

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Lintas Square Karaoke Bar / Desserts Cafe

This is just amazing cluster of 11 Karaoke Bar / Milk Tea & desserts café that compete mainly on prices of beer and karaoke sound system quality. Beer per bucket of 2 large bottle starts from RM24.70 during happy hours. With the addition of 3 desserts house Zengqi, Black Ball, Frenz café and the new well designed Farrari restaurant.

Party play 1 and 2

Happy hour whole day till 9pm, Pint of Carlsberg RM15++, Guinness RM22++, new menu introduces to every patrons who dine in.

Carlsberg ,Royal stout and Asahi festive promotions,

The brand is offering tremendous festive gift through month of Chinese New Year by offering gift and cash red Ang Pow from playing cards (6 liners cover) to RM1,188 & RM11,188 (bottle cap liner cny1,cny2). To participate you need to purchase a big bottle of Carlsberg, Royal Stout or ASAHI. Each bottle cap inner liner content a lucky alpha-numeric number cny or cny1,2,3 to exchange for cash or beer or playing cards. Cheers for that!

Redeem cash toll free no tel:1800 88 1847

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Or submit your answer to collin@ibiz.com.my or denverwjakil@gmail.com and stand a chance to win a Body shop scents of the world fragrance 50ml worth RM 83 or a Greyson Chance Autograph CD. Winner will be announce in our Facebok page and by email .

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BB Café @ Gaya street

Whats In: great location, open air with live band performing from 9pm onwards, Happy Hours start from 2pm till 9pm, Bucket of SKOL beers RM13. Nett, O’conner Dark Stout a pin RM18.

Mix of local and foreigned tourists frequent this joint. The bar is clustered in a square junction with Rainforest Café & Rainforest Lodge, Sugarbun and Pizza Hut.

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Davidz Bar & Grill

Davidz Bar & Grill The Restaurant Amazing Food dishes is up there at the level among good food that is worth sharing and shout about. Aussie Chef blend Asian and European Fusion that fuel your taste bud asking for more. A Good strong Menu for complete Dining and Beverage. Double Cheese tortilla, Cottage pie, Chicken or Steak Burger , Ballentine chicken, Grill Steak, Lamb marinate in wine source and Roast Beef

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