Love endures all things...........

Muk, Rose Peter,Lily Dosson & Rosalind Kandau

Pak Bundan, Pak Agus & D

Lina Caniddy, Janet Lim,Jane Kiai & unknown. Mana suami-suami ibu-ibu?

Paderi,Saudagar Robert Ingging & wife,Jo-Anne & dad,saudagar Nelson Kedit of Syarikat Bersaudara,Lutong.

Jill Hillary Impin & Vernon Carroll

Enda nema nama bala tu...sorry ya.

Mrs. Kadir Ngumbang,Mrs. Jemat Baga,Mrs. Simpok,Simpok & Mr. Kadir Ngumbang

Caroline Charlie Emban & niece.

Cik Puan Angela Bugak with husband,Malacchi Ningkan & Moses Ningkan

Unknown,Henrietta Jinggut & husband,Mathews Charlie Emban. Not to be outdone by me, Mathews focused the camera on me.

Javelyn John Juttie,son & husband,Wendell Crocker & Pandang Semat.

Irene's husband,Irene Ijau,Renee Bailey & Betty Bailey

Ah Kim & husband & anak Mark Luna..sorry enda ingat ke nama.

Bala cousins Debbie

Rembak & anak,Mr. & Mrs. Gawing

Daisy Nanta,Mr. & Mrs. Noel Brooke

Sandy,Mr. & Mrs. George Luat

Pemancha Wilson Siang Lim & wife, Mdm. Agnesia Senaun,Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Senaun

Deacon Alfred Damu & wife,Shirley & unknown

Kate,unknown,Girl & husband

Theresa watching Stephen's steps as they walked to the table.

Stephen holding on to Theresa's shoulders

Christopher Jupong, a perfect picture of happiness registers on his face,wearing a 3 piece suit...very good poco-poco dancer...ngena lagu "dani pagi Andayna..."

Lily Dosson & Rosalind Kandau

Kapan datang dari Bandung,'bu? Awet muda apa yang ibu-ibu pakai?

Paul Murphy Ningkan,brother of Theresa Jutie singing "there's a place in the sun..."

The MC for the night, Edwin Samat 'begged' the newly wedded couple to 'kiss'. Here you can see poor Justine in a dilema...to kiss or not to kiss? Well, he did plant a 1 min kiss on his wife's cheek...did it twice...I mean,kissed her twice on her cheeks.

Ms. Magdalene Turki delivering and stressing some points on good marriage according to the Bible, though she's still single,she joked.

Revd Stanley Bunseng saying "Grace"

Amy Chambai, the wedding planner handing the mike to her dad,Mr. Chambai.

Theresa,Stephen,Justine,Shirley,Helen,Jupong & Amy.

Lily,Justine,Shirley & Bundan.


LOVE ENDURES ALL THINGS.......

..that sums up the feelings that Justin & Shirley have for each other as yesterday morning,relatives & friends saw them walking down the long aisle of Good Shepherd Church,Lutong..to say, "I DO."
Yes, there was another wedding dinner last nite at Imperial Ballroom, Mega Hotel where Justin, the son of Mr. Christopher Jupong & his wife Helen Mu, married his sweetheart, Shirley,the daughter of Mr. Stephen Chang & his wife,Theresa Jutie. The ballroom was packed by relatives and friends. I hadn't seen Stephen Chang for quite a while and despite having suffered a stroke,he managed to pull it through doing what a parent of a bride's supposed to do. He did his job well,though at times struggling to keep both feet on the ground during the wedding dinner. I wish him well..still hasn't lost his sense of humour. As for Jupong,the father of the groom, he's ever the pleasant Mr. Nice Guy ever since I knew him back in the 70s when we used to see him & his cousin walking to the Lutong Cinema most weekends when they came down from Seria. He is always full of smiles and he led a group of men to dance the poco-poco.

If there hadn't been the presence of the newly wedded couple, the function could well be mistaken for one of the dinners organised by Good Shepherd,Lutong. Why do I say it? The kaki tangan /al -wakil al-wakil made up of church members, the mc,Edwin Samat except there's an extra mc in the form of Cynthia, the poc0-poco dances by the Women Fellowship led by Mrs. Esther Rakesh & the Men Fellowship dancing the poco-poco led by Jupong & the crowds,apart from the relatives from Kuching. A presentation of the Shuffle by Bryan..with his friends. A few singers were called to the stage including Lily Dosson, Josephine Augstine,Phyllis Muda,Esther Rakesh & Ranggau.

What else do you want to know?? As usual,after a few snaps,my camera batteries mati,so no more photos for you. That's all for now,folks.

udah makai ba Mr. Ho's,ko tanya Del?

Del,a fellow jogger had been asking us whether we had tried the food at Mr. Ho's,of which we replied we hadn't done so. Yesterday I decided to try it out and off the 3 of us went,Endu & Janet. As we were about to enter,we heard a heavily Filipino accented waiter asking,"How many of you,ma'am?" Just 3 of us,I replied. apparently he's not the only Filipino around,several of them there. I guess the proprietor has to get English speaking people to wait on tables and at least for the locals some form of tertiary education. Saw a church member,Arikino,who happens to be an assistant manager there. The food was something I have always liked..bread & butter pudding ( highly recommended),sandwiches decked with bacons & ham. The following day, the whole family went there for lunch. we had sausages,crispy pork ala filipino & sandwiches. The prices of food are coffee house prices..they do have nasi lemak,curry mee & some other desserts. . They also have quite a cellar housing some of the most expensive wines & champagne bottles that I had ever seen in my life. No wonder Arikino was seen gently stacking the bottles as if his life was at the hands of the bottles. Break one bottle & it's considered sold. The prices start from RM250/- & above.

Over the weekend,it was packed as the place is not really big...but if you like to be seen dining at Mr. Ho's eating his fine foods,there are plenty of seats outside where the chances of you being seen by friends is greatly likely.

Botol baruh katil.......

Kala kita meda tau ke ngasai maia anak kawan ke bisi kahwin,maioh macam ai bisa ke di pansut?. Keda nya botol arak ke enda kala dipeda,bisi udah nyau enda ulih di bacha label bai ke pengelama udah di simpan & taruh baroh katil enggau ba cabinet ti baka enggi sida Indai Yok,endang meruan di kunchi enggai ke di ambi tikus.
Maia kami ke rami melah pinang malam ari enam tu tadi, tak manah-manah enggau benama label botol arak ke dibantai apai-indai pengantin lelaki. Peda aku ukai entu botol ke di lalai ke sida baroh katil,munyi ko sida Indai Hon. Tak baru-baru gamal botol..baka sida Otard,Jim Beam,Jack Daniels,Green Label enggau sida Blue label. Ngagai bala ke rindu ngirup Label 5,sorry lah..nadai ayan botol nya malam nya. Nya meh pengaga bala apai-indai ke ngerami anak ke melah pinang,bekikis bulu betis.
Maia ke ngumpul botol nya nyau betaun-taun tang maia ke ngirup ( maioh agi di ayah) tak sekelip mata peda bala tukang nyibur arak nyau gari kemi palau udah di pangkong botol. Kumbai enda nemu nganu.

Ngabas bubu tuak.....

Some of you may think that it is a bit too early to be thinking of Gawai but actually it is rather 'late' already especially for those housewives who should be brewing tuak for consumption come Gawai,at least for the 'ngirup ai pengayu' bit. Years ago as far as I could remember, around this time if not early,before the 'arrival' of smuggled beers & alcohols,brewing tuak seemed to be the thing to do in April in order to get wine clear tuak not the cloudy kind of tuak. My mum and her friends often exchanged greetings like" Udah manduk tuak/ngaga tuak kita wai?" or "dini alai meli ragi or beras pulut ke manah?" when they met at the Lutong Bazaar,years ago. Just this morning, my mum said that she's spoken to my cousin to 'nyangkong' ngaga tuak,of which my cousin said she udah bisi nyangkong. That brings my thoughts to the fact that it won't be long if Ibans rely too much on beers,Peter Vella,Stanley or sida Chivas,Label 5, brewing & drinking tuak would be a dying art. My sister-inlaw, for 2 years running, her tuak were 'undrinkable'..masam. First, she blamed it on the container then on the yeast/ragi. hopefully her tuak this year would be drinkable otherwise the tuak would have to be 'imported' from Ulu Bayor,not that the people there adore tuak..they prefer 'langkau' to tuak..more kick,according to the hardcore drinkers.
Did you know that there are a few things that one should do when making tuak?
1. All things,utensils,containers,periuk for cooking the glutinous rice have to be 'sterilised' by hot water and ginger.
2. You are not supposed to eat anything sourish,salty,smelly otherwise the tuak would turn sour & smelly.
3. Water must be properly boiled.
4. You cannot 'kentut'/fart when making tuak otherwise the tuak would not jadi tuak. Ha..ha..ha..bau bangar.
5.Pray that the tuak will turn alright..must not have bad thoughts about anything. Before taking the first sip of the tuak, 'throw' some tuak to the 'environment'...you know what I mean.
These are some of the 'taboos'
inorder to brew good 'ai pengayu'. UUUHHHHAAAA.hic..hic..nama tuak tu masam?....cheh..

Cornelius & Camelia's wedding reception

Dr. Nuing singing,"Ku sayau ke nuan sulu,enggau pengabis ati ku.."

Joe,Edward Anding & D

"For this reason a man will leave his father & mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."..Ephesians 5:31

Cornelius is the eldest son of Mr. Jagah Empading & his wife,Cr. Remie Kanang of Saratok & Betong, while Camelia is the daughter of Mr. Takut Lubol & Mdm Tambong Lukul of Btg Anap,Tatau.

Julia & Linggie,laki Ajik,D & SD Noel Brooke.

Henry,Ina & Shirley

Benika & husband

Ellison Ludan seems to be advising,"Anang ninga ke khabar angin,"

while "feeling wonderful tonight."

"You by my side,that's how I see us..your folks & mine,happy & smiling,"

& "Selamat Pengantin Baru." by Annie Margaret Setu.

"Rambau dara enggau bujang" & your "Cheating Heart" by Peter Howell Jilan

Margaret Bennet berlagu..enda nemu nama lagu iya..some dangdut numbers.

Sehati-sejiwa..kawan karib. Merah sama merah

Joe & Doria

D & muk.

Darie & Ngadan

Apalagi..poco-poco..bujang lelinggai.

Steady Cherinie,Itie,Benika & Storie

Cikgu poco-poco, Phyllis & Mendun


P.S Ngagai Kate,Rembak,Nangkai,..nasib batteri camera aku dah flat,enti enda...maioh gambar kita ke 'dancing-dancing slow dance' ku ambi. ha..ha..ha..aku nemu seduai girl tetap macha blog aku tu. Selamat lah....

Apong, the keyboardist & Nelson Kelony Kanang,brother of Cr. Remie belagu.

Semeja....Benika,Coria,Anita,D

Suami naik berang kerana isteri berpoco-poco....

Rumah Tangga hampir retak gara-gara tarian poco-poco:
This piece of news appeared on the front page of Utusan Borneo dated 9th April,2008.
Thank the good Lord that this did not happen in (/) but this incident happened in Lubok Antu area.The antu somewhere from the lubok might have got into her husband. He was very angry with his wife for neglecting her role as a wife and mother,mostly spending time practising the poco-poco to the extent that his wife forgot to cook rice. Sabarlah apai Dom.
Ngagai bala members Band Temaga Sebugey,anang enda berapi dulu ke sida apai Dom sebedau nurun belajar betaboh tau ke ngajat. Lauk pandu nyamai-nyamai ke,wai. Anang muka tin sardine.