Ngelalu ke pengabang

Dayung Natalia Arderiasonia Wilrode,Kpg Stass,Bau.

enda ingat no. brapa siko tu.

Francesca mering Wan,Long Terawan,Tutoh Apoh,Baram bulih tempat ke 2 ba pekit Keligit.

Oh gadis yang ayu...... girl standing 2nd left is Helong( anak Ree & Stanley) lookalike,ko kami duai Peing.

Jalin Terence Temenggong & wife ( to be) Lydia Alexander Isut.

Jalin: Aunty,bisi di rumah nuan pagila?

Muk: Pagi nadai,engka aku sembiang..lemai bisi aku.

Jalin: Aku ka meri nuan kad kahwin aku.

Selamat Melah Pinang, jang & endu.

Sapa indu dara tu? Ti kita ka nemu,iya nya Debra anak Sandy ( see pix of her dad at Justine & Shirley's wedding) Cantik kan?

kaban Fr. Ramdan Mejem,Fr. Ramdan & D.

Fr. Ramdan did us the honour baca doa and left soon after to attend his welcoming party & Fr. Kenny's farewell party at the parish hall of St. Columba's. Poor him,he did not even eat but rushed back to the parish hall.

Cikgu Mathew Benson,Mrs. Bob Ganing Asan,Mr. Bob Ganing Asan with son in between.

His son bulih 5A for UPSR. Puji Tuhan.

2 iko agi indu dara bajik,Shirley Junin & Angel Ranggau. Cantik kan?

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Ngumbang & children. Anak dara iya bulih 5a for her UPSR. Puji Tuhan.

Bala lemambang mansang bebiau..Patrick,Angking & D.

Nya ia kitai ka...Tyrone Connie bulih 2nd placing ba pekit keling.

Bala kumang dalam pelajar

The cikgus..Happy Teachers' Day.

Ukai nama aku balat tinggi ari seduai tu..laban aku bediri ba tangga segigi tinggi ari seduai.

Balat mua Muk di pukau make up artist enggau pupur amoi.

Ms. Peing Tajang aka Mrs. Rickie Ribuh with Muk waiting for the arrival of VIPs.

Datuk K-Jetli & Bong Lahong begambar enggau Keligit Gawai 2008. Begambar aja pama meh neh

Bajik-bajik bala orang ulu.

Nama kurang bala anak Iban..sama-sama bajik.

Bajik-bajik bala anak Iban ngena ngepan Iban.

Bala dayung-dayung Bidayuh,hebat-hebat sekali.

One of the Keligit contestants.

Da..da..da..da..daa.....it's finally over ..the gawai celeb. Gosh! Well, as with any function no matter how well planned the event was there was bound to be some kind of 'waiting'. Apart from waiting for the guest of honour to come about 2 hours later the programme took off smoothly from then onwards. The food when we did the food tasting was yummy but last night's food was enda nyamai and the portion was small. I wouldn't be surprised if people had cooked maggi mee after the function.

There was a last minute rush for tickets;parents of children who received the incentive awards and people who wanted to have a good time this year, scrambled for tickets. A lot left disappointed because the place just couldn't take anymore tables & chairs.

DP Tan Sri Dtk Chan gave away the prizes to the Keling while Datin Winnie Sagan gave away the prizes for all the kumang categories. The stage was small,so you can imagine about 30 people standing on that platform,not much room to move your butts,so to speak.We did our best..thanks to all who were involved especially the Kumang/Keling sub committee & sympathisers. We finished at 12.45,I think,but I reached home @1.30am waiting for the Kumang Iban to finish posing on my pua kumbu which was placed over the 'throne'.

Camera rosak and gawai past.

My poor camera bought several years ago has decided to go on a strike just when I badly need it to snap photos during the gawai night. So folks there might not be any photo for you to see if I cannot get hold of a camera soon but of course there is still the one where I have to load a roll of film in but I cannot upload the images. You have to go to Uchukeling's blog for photos...hopefully.
I went to E-mart yesterday and I bought a VCD of gawai songs of yesteryears. I remember I used to look forward to gawai when my late dad was still alive. Around this time my mum and cousins would be busy getting bottles and bottles of tuak ready for my dad to take to the golf club because he would sponsor the gawai tournaments come gawai. On gawai day itself the satay men would come to kipas the satay and 5000 to 6000 sticks of satay would disappear in no time besides the other dishes that were available. People came even before the caterer brought the food.There were some people we had never seen in our lives who turned up for the open house but it was a good thing. I do not know about now whether open house is such a good idea especially where trusting strangers is a no..no... It's okay if the people that come are people we know.
Back to gawai past,my parents' house came alive with decors of pua kumbu that my cousins and the many anak angkat that they had. My aki and my dad took turns to beat the gongs when midnight approached before drinking the 'ai pengayu' which is tuak. Relatives were called to betaboh(beat the gongs) and to do the ngajat just to entertain my dad's friends on gawai day itself.
I had always looked forward to gawais,so many good memories,fun and merry making but not any more now.. If only I could turn back the clock, I would like it to be when my dad was still alive,so were my grandparents,some late cousins who stayed with us during our younger days and that all of us were still young .
....will continue....

Typhoon Ramasun

It's the 'tail' of Typhoon Ramasun from the Philippines that brought the freak storm to Miri & not the 'tail' of Cyclone Nargis. Last night according to the weather report it was supposed to make its way again around 7pm but it was only reduced to some mild winds. Thank you,Lord. We have to keep praying to ward off the typhoon as it is expected to last until Saturday.

Ribut..Biau Balai..freak storm

Apoooo!!!!ti enda salah aku kira ke pukul lapan setengah di malam maia meda berita ba tv,dia deh aku meda sida curtains berdancing di kebu ke ribut. Nya ga baka munyi ribut,nyau baka bunyi baka ke di peda kitai ba wayang antu. Bunyi sida spandek roofing rumah jiran kami endang munyi ke malu tin. Sekeda lighting points ba rumah bisi padam. It lasted about an hour but it sure was destructive. I have taken a few snaps of my neighbours repairing their roofs.

Di pelaba ke aku kami di Miri kena iko cyclone nargis. Apai jill madah kada enda tu ke the end of the world,ko iya.

Happy Birthday yang ke .......

A belated Happy Birthday greeting to you,wai Indai Maie.

Wishing you blue skies and everything nice.

God Bless.

The Crowd

Some more keligits The crowd

Briefing for the finalists for Kumang Iban. Tu enda aku berani madah siko ni ulih digelar Kumang Iban Gawai 2008 enggai aku di cekak bala indai sida. Believe me,bala organising committee pekit kumang/keligit tu bisi diri experience some form of 'occupational hazard' maia ngatur tu...taja gamal baka ke a 'tame' affair. Nasib misai Datuk K-Jetli enda gugur laban nya.

Bala Keligit...siko ni dia peda mata kita ulih di gelar Keligit Gawai 2008?Peda mata aku iya ke ........................................................................................................................................................

Wait & see. Ti kita ka enggau meda,tiket agi bisi ba aku rega RM40/- siko

Capt Bernard,President DBNA,Miri, singing a Bidayuh & English number..."I Know what you did last Gawai." REALLY????? Jimat-jimat kitai Gawai taun tu,anang kelalu manchal & jegit maia Gawai enggai ke ditemu Capt Bernard pengawa kitai.

Peace Be With You. Mary & Rickie Andrewson

Kumang/Keligit Elimination Round Gawai 2008

Ajik mantai ke manok sabong...ni ke enggai masang manok sabong taun tu deh,Ajik.

Ba iya,lelak-lelak pengawa tu..beranjung enggau berambi ke sida,ko Ajik.