Preface

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H E is, in so many ways, exploring life like a proud Sarawak hornbill, free and wild, wandering aimlessly across the cloudy sky, alone, because the other birds cannot fly like him. Now, he finds her beneath his wings, the truth about what she is to him is glaring – she is the first to have come this close. S H E tells him: If being hurt by you is to complete my life, so be it. It wouldn't hurt so much because I have already felt your kindness and passion even when we're world apart, even when we are only connected by a thin slice of faith. I know I don't need anybody else now. Just you is enough. If I wasn't entirely honest with you before, I am now. So, I give you, ME..

TALE OF A KAYAN PRINCE


Preface
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My name is Fanny. I work as air stewardess with Malaysia Airlines for many years now. 15 years ago I met a man, a type of person you do not wish to meet in your lifetime. He is a notorious man. He is badass. When I say notorious it is not an impression; it is information. Forget his age is only 25, start counting upward, before anyone could get the correct proportion of his notoriety. When I say badass emphasis must be given to word bad; forget the ass because he is not.

TALE 1: A CRUSADER. He had a score to settle with the Chinese because these settlers had victimized native folks in Baram River, stole from their land and raped the womenfolk. He’s a gifted combatant, a Lakin. He punished the Chinese.

TALE 2: A KING. By merit of his Maren lineage he was a Kayan prince, heir to a throne long forsaken. He wanted to lead the people to war against Malaya because the Malayans had conquered Upper Baram, homeland of the riverine natives.

TALE 3: A DEVIL. He hated religion, because the Paulines had converted his people from a band of mighty warriors to become slaves in modern Malaysia. He also had a score to settle with his father, a Christian missionary, over some unfinished business.

TALE 4: A MISFIT OF SCIENCE. He wanted to become a pilot. But he was colour-blind. Amazingly, he altered the law of colours and made Science worked for him. He invented an invisible colour. Green Man became a successful cheat at Poker table.

TALE 5: The handsome man, tall and strong, was looking for answers as to why he was unique, why he was young but his spirit wanted to feel old struggles. I found him one night in a seaside in Miri when the night was as bright as a big crescent moon in the sky. Together, we looked in a place he had not discovered – our heart. The answer he was looking for had slowly materialised. I loved this man. Pisces & Aries. But we could not be together. This is our story.

PRELUDE - Gah Benuang
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NOTE TO EDITOR 

Christhoper Kelawing claimed this novel as solely his creation, to be published under name Christhoper Kelawing, or any name the publisher deems suitable. No part of this story shall be published anywhere without prior consultation with the writer.      This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or deceased, events or locales is entirely coincidental.      The background information upon which the story is narrated is researched from factual historical or biblical information. However, the presentation of this information in this story is heavily exaggerated or altered for the purpose of creating a story line that fits a biased theme of the story which is Tale of a Kayan Prince.     

1. The fiction novel is about 450-page long, consisting about 100,000 words. Divided into five chapters, each chapter had the ability to stand on its own, until main character Fanny pieced the individual chapters into one flowing narration. Prologue and Chapter 5 are one story; the other Chapters are inserted in between. 
2. Main highlight is not Jack; it is Penan tribe. The issue is modern versus tradition. The objective is to showcase Sarawak indigenous people and how they cope with the issue. Another goal is to reinstate the glamour of Maren. 
3. Plagiarism. The whole text and style of writing are solely the author’s creation. The information, however, are learnt and rewritten from various sources. This-and-That. It is a word used several times in the story, as to make unique Jack’s style of speaking. 
4. The use of underline is to mean the word is repeated several times in other parts of the story. Underlined text has important purposes. Italics and several other conventional symbols are also used. 
5. Timeline is given as to convenient the editors about the year the story is taking place, for grammar purposes. All events took place before we have Internet and mobile phones, in this part of the world. 
6. English word ‘Would’ in past tense context. My sincere apology I am not very well-versed in this regard. Please expect errors. 
7. Illustration photos (5) are given together alongside this manuscript as to help the editors getting the picture what I was trying to describe. I am also good with sketches, fairly good. Let me know if you need some sketches to go with the fiction novel.

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