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On the one hand, ships carrying goods from China west would discard their cargo, load up on Indian goods and return east after the monsoons. On the other hand, ships carrying spices from India east would also discard their cargo here, wait out the monsoons and return home with a full load of Chinese goods. Many a ship found sanctuary from the storms (and pirates) at the mouth of this river! |
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Although our family has only been here for a few months, we are starting to settle in, enjoying the many local fruits and the cuisine of the area. I (Jonathon) am currently serving as a lecturer at Multimedia University -- which currently seems more like a construction site than a university -- that has been recently founded by the national telephone monopoly. It is the first of three private universities to be licenced in Malaysia. The course that I am responsible for is a compulsory course for engineering students: Field theory. |
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