Poems From The Jungle Boy

The Jungle Boy With A Vision Dato Mohammad Medan Bin Abdullah straddles two worlds. In one world, he is the high-flying CEO of Bintulu Port Holdings Bhd, the operator of Malaysia's sole export terminal for liquefied natural gas. A law graduate from the University of Malaya, Dato Medan started his career as a trainee legal officer in Petronas and rose to be among the main players to take the oil and gas business global. Over the years, Dato Medan has held numerous positions in notable oil and gas companies in Malaysia, the UK, and Singapore.

Then there is the world of words, music, nature of which his kampung in the Bario highlands in Sarawak, plays an influential role. The tightknit way of life in the longhouse, the idyllic days spent roaming barefooted in the jungles, and afternoons spent swimming in the river has never quit left this jungle boy despite his many years of traveling and his professional role as a business leader.

This book captures his life where the two worlds fuse fluidly and with a kind of naturalness. Here nature is cherished not just in the outdoors but in boardrooms where ideas spawn and tough decisions are made.

He hopes to share this life through this collection of poems as Maya Green.