Personal & corporate Grooming for SIDS members

Mary Bajang welcomes those of us present at Maxcel Management Centre,Pelita Commercial Centre, for a Personal & Corporate Grooming Session with the principal of the centre, Ms. Florince Christy. This is one of the many programmes that SIDS,Miri has planned for the year 2008.

Here,Ms. Florince Christy starts with commenting on each one of us present and how each one of us can project a different image if we care to make an effort to look good. Buk anang meri colour kelalu kuning..blonde..ti kitai kelalu chelum. Kitai mesti meda ni maia ari kitai ke enggau urang function. Ti baka bedau lama tu tadi,maia BN meri victory hi-tea ba Eastwood Valley,aku meda bala indu nyau kebelik baju dikena,emas nyau datai ba siku (pemaioh mas tudah),nyau baka Xmas tree decoration ( sounds like somebody I know describing her mum a few xmases ago) utai di kena,ko iya. Enda iboh maioh ngena gelang& marik..berpatutan lah..makeup maia siang ari lain ga ari make up malam.

Nyaga Image:

Kitai mesti nyaga image kitai. Iya madah kitai indu ti ngirup arak/beer anang tak kelalu nyau sampai ke bekeruk kin kitu enggau urang lelaki bai ke udah palau.

Nya meh ngagai bala kitai ke indai urang,bini urang,kitai ke bisi anak bujang & dara,arap ke mereti enggai ke bala anak enggau laki malu meda perangai kitai.

Attentive endar bala ladies..kami ka meh bajik,manah gamal,ko keda. Tu ke terubah iya Cath muka tudung buk iya udah bekau tudah tuai ke rarah buk kena chemo. Selamat gerai ngagai nuan,Cath.

Ti ulih kitai ngena concealer nutup kulit mua kitai ke bisi chelum baka ba baruh mata,ba sida isi ke bisi kedut-kedut,kitai engkah foundation mimit. Kitai mesti cleanse mua kitai,enda iboh ngena product ke mar. Udah kitai cleanse,kitai ngena toner ngambi nutup pores mua kitai, ko make up artist kami ke malam nya,Baby.

Ah...tu mua Juneng udah bekau di 'make over' Baby. Manah endar lipstick ba mulut June...bisi ari geram Achik meda bibir mulut nya lagi,ko bala beduan tudah June.

Ti mua kitai besai, kitai ulih shade mua kitai ngambi enda peda besai.Kitai ulih ngena bulu mata palsu,ngambi urang merati ke kitai..meda mata kitai. Anang ga baka bulu mata Glo,kelalu lebat enda ulih enchelak mata iya bai kelalu berat pelaba ke aku.

Ti kita merati ke gamal aku diatu,bisi lain peda kita,ko cik puan Florince Christy. Aku ngena bulu mata palsu. (Amat cantik ga iya diatu,tang sigi ke cantik ga cik puan tu.) Mula mula suba,berjam-jam aku ngelekat ke bula mata palsu,bisi maia iya singgit di pasang,bisi maia iya labuh,but now it takes a few minutes to put on the false eye lashes,ko iya. Practice makes perfect.

Chef & trainee chef at Maxcel Management Centre getting the food ready for us.

Table Manners session: First, start with the salad & the soup. Anang beguai lalu attack the main dishes. Belubah ke makai. Anang kelalu maioh ngauk lauk..peda peda bala ke agi bedau makai tau ke enggai ke enda alah,lalu nampi/nampoi..sayau lauk di basau.

Nya meh anang maioh ngambi lauk..jaga badan.

Nyamai soup tu,ko Cath.

Ya..salad enggau soup di mamam dulu.

Indai Mit nganti bala sebedau makai.

Sempat posing sebedau makai.

Florince, Putih & Margaret Bennet

Putih, Muk & Margaret.

Ajik, Caroline & Jenny Stephen (menantu mary Bajang)

Florince madah ke table setting western style. Ti kitai makai western food,kitai ngena sudu ke di ujung sekali dulu. Piring mit ke on your left is your plate and the glass on your right is your glass, anang salah ngambi gelas pangan. Lengan anang manggai ba meja. Ti makai soup,sudu ke depan dulu nya baru maut ke belakang, tepu ba mulut/nyawa.

Ko Muk: Anang inggar maia nyirut soup;sepu belalai ti soup angat enggai ke dilah betu.

Peda mulut enggai ke pera-pera bai nyirut ke soup.

Anang nyungkit tinga enggau garpu/fork

Belalai maia nyungkit tinga enggau tooth pick/lindong enggau jari sepiak.

Anang enteraik pama udah tembu makai. Anang guai bejako ti lauk agi dalam mulut. Tutup mulut maia ngunyah lauk.

Macam mana business "smoking' fish,wai? Aku diatu enda kuat makai,lelak 'smoking' ikan ninting ari. ( Tudah Margaret tu towkay neo nyual 'smoked fish" or ikan salai.). Nya meh gamal tudah tuai nyau sun burnt laban selalu ke Batu Satu meli ikan ke di salai. Puji Tuhan, bisi ga urang meli salai aku,ko iya. Nyamai 'smoked fish' iya,ko Puan Karina. Aku selalu meli.

Mary, Baby,Nuja & 2 girls from Maxcel's.

Doria,Cherinie, Mary,Baby & Nuja

Muk, Mary & Jenny Stephen. Nya iya mak mertua dengan menantu. Ko Mary: Tu meh menantu aku..manah endar iya ngintu aku ba spital maia aku ke sakit kayap. Enda keji ke aku..di unsut iya enggau cream ubat meh peguk aku,mimit nadai meh geli ke aku. Gua cayang sama gua punya menantu. Gua caya sama lu lah.

Peda nuan kuyu aku enda baka kuyu YuLan peda nuan. Amat wai,manah feng shui ti kuyu besai.

Indai Mit, Karina & Florince

Mary & Gelang

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..