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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Central Post Office 中央邮政局










Dum Spiro Spero means " While I breathe, I hope" in Latin. It was the state motto for the Kingdom of Sarawak.


Kuching Central Post Office (1931).
古晉中央郵政局 (1931年)。

16 comments:

Pedro Jiménez said...

Dum Spiro Spero, it´s surprising this motto for a very far country from Europe, I don´t know if Indonesia has been invaded or colonized by europeans, if not, it´s more surprising. Nevertheless, the world is going to an unique culture, a mix of all the cultures, all the peoples are interesting. Kind regards from Spain, Su.

Andres Vargas said...

Excelent point of view...

CP Su said...

Indonesia, our neighboring country was part of the Dutch colony...

Malaysia used to be part of the British empire ...

My state Sarawak is even complicated (some said romantic), it used to be the Kingdom of the White Rajah, the Brooke's family (1841-1946).

Click the "Kingdom of Sarawak" on my post for more details.

Thanks for the comment Pedro :)

CP Su said...

Thanks Andres :)

robert said...

Good morning,
hope you are fine, thank you for your comment.
What a coincidence, worked as a postman in Germany, feel very happy to be able to breath again...
Thank you for this entry, was also interesting to read about your part of the world.

CP Su said...

Good morning to you too Robert ... sounds like you have been through a lot ...

Rudi said...

Hi! follower 100 here ;)
Was also surprised to see this kind of architecture in Asia. Nice framed, hope you have more shots of it.

Regards,
Rudi

CP Su said...

Ha ha ha ... welcome back No. 100 >"<

The building indeed is beautiful and has lots of historical flavors ...

Sergio López said...

The second photo is fantastic!

CP Su said...

I am glad to hear that ... thanks Sergio, good to see you again :)

LILIANA G. said...

HE ESTADO MIRANDO TUS ULTIMA ENTRADAS, QUE LINDOS BARRIOS MODERNOS QUE TIENEN , LASTIMA QUE MI INGLES ES MUY BASICO.
TUS FOTOS MUY BUENAS .
UN BESO DESDE ARGENTINA

CP Su said...

Gracias Liliana ... no te preocupes por tu Inglés, si no, me tiene que preocuparse por mi español también, ja ja ja ... permitir que nuestras fotos para hacer el hablar:)

*Thanks Liliana ... don't worry about your English, if not, I have to worry about my Spanish as well, ha ha ha ... allow our pictures to do the talking :)

namaki said...

How funny !!! why is it in Latin ?

CP Su said...

The building was built in 1931 during the Brooke's era, Namaki.

The Brooke's family (The White Rajah) ruled Sarawak (now one of the 13 states of Malaysia)for over a hundred years (1841-1946).

1841–1868 ~ James Brooke
1868–1917 ~ Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke
1917–1946 ~ Charles Vyner Brooke

So there were some British influences there ...

Please hit the words "Kingdom of Sarawak" on my post for details.

Field of View said...

Beautiful captures. Thanks for sharing.

CP Su said...

Thank you and welcome to my blog.
Hope to see you again ...