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Hello and welcome to my page! I'm Pangalau.
Namesake
[edit]My username is inspired by Pangalay, both because I found it culturally meaningful and because it sounded cool. Pangalay is a traditional fingernail dance of the Tausūg people from the Sulu Archipelago and the eastern coast Bajau of Sabah. Often performed at weddings and festive occasions, the dance has a male counterpart called Pangasik, while a duet performed by both a male and female dancer is known as Pangiluk. Rooted in pre-Islamic and Buddhist concepts of celestial beings, Pangalay also shares stylistic and cultural ties with other classical Southeast Asian dance traditions.
Objective
[edit]I began to edit Wikipedia by making minor corrections to local articles that I was interested in and that inspired further research. I believe everyone should have access to accurate information, and to validate that belief, I started spending more time to researching and improving articles. My field of interest grew because I felt a necessity to improve the quality of material I read as I was reading and to improve my knowledge about the subject matter myself internally. My areas of interest include biographies, international affairs, wildlife, and nature.
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To-do list
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| Women in Malaysian politics | |||
| Azalina Othman Said | 1st female Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat |  |
24 October 2025 |
| Hannah Yeoh | Youngest and 1st female state speaker | |
18 August 2025 |
| Nancy Shukri | Representing Borneo |  |
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| Nurul Izzah Anwar | Women's participation in politics | |
19 October 2025 |
| Wan Azizah Wan Ismail | 1st female Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia | |
20 August 2025 |
| Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat | 1st female Chief Justice of Malaysia | |
26 July 2025 |
| Women in Malaysian arts | |||
| Ani Zonneveld | 1st Malaysian to win a Grammy |  |
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| Zeti Akhtar Aziz | 1st female governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia | |
2 November 2025 |
| Yvonne Chia | 1st female CEO in the banking industry |  |
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| Tom Calma | Chancellor of the University of Canberra from 2014 to 2023 | |
4 August 2026 |
| Margaret Reynolds | Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women from 1988 to 1990 |  |
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| Wayne Swan | Deputy Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013 | |
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| Robert Tickner | Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 1990 to 1996 |  |
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Notable articles
[edit]See here for other articles, as only the most noteworthy articles are highlighted here (alphabetically);
 On 22 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat (pictured), Malaysia's first female chief justice, was dubbed "the only man in the Federal Court"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. On 10 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chermin Island, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Chermin Island (pictured), at the mouth of the Brunei River, became Abdul Hakkul Mubin's administrative seat during the Bruneian civil war? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chermin Island. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Chermin Island), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. On 15 October 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Brunei Shell Petroleum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Brunei Shell Petroleum, a joint-venture company, provided insights into oil discoveries that may have influenced Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III's stance on Malaysia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brunei Shell Petroleum. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Brunei Shell Petroleum), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it. On 14 June 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lynn Arnold, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lynn Arnold, the premier of South Australia from 1992 to 1993, participated in a student demonstration at the University of Saigon that was dispersed with tear gas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lynn Arnold. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lynn Arnold), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it. On 11 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jacob Hersant, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jacob Hersant was the first person charged and convicted of performing a Nazi salute in public in Victoria, Australia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jacob Hersant. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Jacob Hersant), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it. On 22 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Teresa van Lieshout, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Teresa van Lieshout fought to represent Batman? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Teresa van Lieshout. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Teresa van Lieshout), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it. On 16 September 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tom Calma, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tom Calma (pictured) co-chaired an Indigenous-led initiative to develop a national body giving Indigenous Australians a greater voice in government? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Calma. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Tom Calma), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it. On 25 September 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Parliament House, Adelaide, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the construction of South Australia's new Parliament House in Adelaide began in 1885, but its eastern half was not completed until 1939? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Parliament House, Adelaide. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Parliament House, Adelaide), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it. On 9 October 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Old Parliament House, Adelaide, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that South Australia's Old Parliament House (pictured) and the present Parliament House were jointly added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2006? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Old Parliament House, Adelaide. 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Barnstars
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Resources
[edit]- Excellent Youth Award (2020, 2023)
- Chinese Kapitan Brunei
- 50 Bruneian Women Who Shape Our Future
- Brunei obituary (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010-2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- Brunei Muara District Plan 2015
- Pengiran Anak Haji Abdul Wahab
- Abdul Rahman Abdul Karim
- Pengiran Ahmad Yusof, page 3
- Pengiran Yusof Limbang, page 16
- Pengiran Anak Safar, page 1
- Dewan Majlis, page 1
- MIB people
- Chiang, Bo-wei (May 2020). "「金門學」的可能性：一種全球地域學的地方社會研究取向" [Rethinking "Quemology": An Approach toward a Glocalogy for Local Society Studies] (PDF). History of Taiwan: Journal of National Museum of Taiwan History (in Chinese) (19). Tainan: National Museum of Taiwan History.
- Shide, Li, ed. (December 1998). 金門縣志:96年續修 (PDF) (in Chinese). Jincheng: Kinmen County Government. ISBN 978-986-02-0579-4.
Personal library
[edit]Australian
[edit]- Cosgrove, Peter (2006). My Story. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780732283841.
- Duncan, W. G. K.; Leonard, Roger Ashley (1973). The University of Adelaide, 1874–1974. Adelaide: Rigby.
- Furby, Paula; Snowden, Betty (1995). The University of Adelaide Art Collections. Adelaide: University of Adelaide.
- Magarey, Susan, ed. (2002). Dame Roma: Glimpses of a Glorious Life. Adelaide: Axiom Publishing in association with the John Bray Law Chapter of the Alumni Association of the University of Adelaide.
- Magarey, Susan; Round, Kerrie (2007). Roma the First: A Biography of Dame Roma Mitchell. Wakefield Press. ISBN 9781862547803.
- Parkinson, Tony (2025). A Step to the Right: The Life and Times of Alexander Downer. Connor Court Publishing. ISBN 9781923568105.
European
[edit]- Logue, Mark; Conradi, Peter (2019). The King's War. Quercus. ISBN 9781782065999.
- Mountbatten, Louis (1979). Mountbatten: Eighty Years in Pictures. London: Macmillan. ISBN 9780333265581.
Southeast Asian
[edit]- Barley, Nigel (2003). White Rajah: A Biography of Sir James Brooke. London: Abacus. ISBN 9780349116730.
- Mohd. Jamil Al-Sufri (2010). Royal Poet: Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien. Translated by Masni binti Haji Ali. Bandar Seri Begawan: Brunei History Centre. ISBN 9789991734736.
- Muhammad Hadi bin Muhammad Melayong (2009). Memoir Seorang Negarawan (in Malay). Bandar Seri Begawan: Pusat Sejarah Brunei, Kementerian Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan. ISBN 9991734694.
- Government of Brunei (1968). Perpuspaan Ogos 1968 (PDF) (in Malay). Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei.
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