Swine Flu......damn it!!!

Sorry for using the swearing word early in the morning..... Yeah! Several years ago some friends planned on going for a trip to Europe & the day after they had discussed about the trip,there was the bombings in London. The plan was cancelled. To the present day,just as we're about to pay for the trip to Europe + 5 days extension stay in London which about 6 of us have had planned 2 months ago to go/make,then comes the Swine Flu. So how?
A concerned friend asked whether we were going ahead with our trip & even went on to say that it wouldn't be nice to be photographed wearing masks. I have not given the answer to the question a thought,yet. See,how it goes! I could write the first lyrics of the song "Leaving on the jet plane"..yes,all my bags (actually one bag) are packed,I'm ready to go! I have the pound sterlings & Euros nicely placed in an imitation LV purse given/bought by a kind friend who throughout her trip in Bangkok was thinking of me. I would transfer some of the notes to another purse given by Mang which she bought in Istanbul recently. (Her daughter brought it over last week when she came here.) Oh ya! Another kind friend even 'lent' me her sterling pounds when she saw I had difficulty getting the currency in Miri. "Ni,bisi aku sterling pounds ti nuan ka ngena dulu..kasih meda nuan begigia ke pounds nya..tang aku enggai di pulai ke nuan duit ringgit. I want it in sterling pounds,ni nemu aku ka kin ila," ko towkay neo Agnes.
(A friend 'lent' to me her sterling pounds when she saw I had difficulty getting the currency in Miri ). I must get hold of another friend,Jacky..I want to borrow her purse so that I won't spend much money at all. Jacky just got back from HCMC & she brought USD$100 only & came back with US$37/-. Masih ada balance. So I must insist she lends to me her purse ambi enda rua...(so that I won't over spend)
Ha..ha..ha..
If everything goes according to plan,6 of us shall be going to Rome first,on 30th May by Thai Airways. It shall be a Roman/Italian gawai.. my second trip to Italy,1st trip to Austria,3rd trip to Switzerland,Germany,Belgium,Holland,France & England. I'm surrendering my plan to God. A 50th birthday treat for myself & after that no more long distance travelling for me. I call it quits!!
Adios..Bye-bye..stay put in Miri.
I'll continue another day.....

Part 3

Bala ibu-ibu agi mengancam...

IEG head table ba tu...

Orang Gensurai bisi datai ngabang...

Lenny Jemat ba mija Syarikat Bersaudara

OKK Saudagar James Sidi meri Education Incentive Award ngagai anak dara Mendun & Ental.

Benika & Cecelia bisi ngau bediri dia.

anak dara Atit,Juliana Esah,Sandra & Jacqueline Mawar

Betty Nobel Anding, Elsa & friend & Hazel.

Mrs. Nawi Nanta,Rebecca Nanta,Margaret Yambong & Diana...

Bila Larut malam..kara kuca kara kuca........

Steady.'teh!!!

Lovely Iban maidens doing the Ngajat

Margaret Bennet & bala kawan

Mrs. Tony Badak & friends.

Karina,Kristen & Gulang


Agi maioh gambar..uploading the photos seem to take forever..ti kelalu mit enda ga ulih di peda..

Part 2

SIDS Miri Pra Gawai Dinner @ Grand Palace Hotel 1st May 2009

Mr. & Mrs. Martin Entamin & Chris & Margaret doing the slow dance.actually fast dance.

Tu Uchuku aka Gwen claiming her prize.

Julia Juwen doing the catwalk....

Sandra Richard of Sandy Maid Services giving out her hamper...

An enterprisng lady, Sandra runs a Maid Service Agency & her other business is doing home deco handicrafts.

Tipu! Tipu! Tadi uchu iya bulih prize,diatu iya pulak claim prize.

We picked 6 sweet looking ladies on stage & gave them their well deserved prizes.

Helen Sunta,Kumang Gawai taun ni ? enda ingat nerima prize ari Organising Chairlady...

Marilyn Chalok nyadi Ratu Kebaya SIDS 2009.

Best dressed man for the night,Mr. Billy Usit of Remang/Gourmet Offshore Catering & Supplies.(asai ke munyi nya..ti salah anang nganu 'tie.) He sponsored the keyboardist,Apong & a hamper & song sponsorship.

Okay,everybody..fill up your glasses with the tuak/ai pengayu...

Mary Bajang,the juruhebah yang betugas,Cr. Kijan,Julia Jugak,Sebugey,Katherine,Karina,Cecelia & Nuja.

Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai...uuuuuuhhhhhhhaaaaaa!!!!Sebugey (that's me) giving a toast for Good Health,Long Life,Prosperity & all good wishes in the days,weeks & months to come.

UUUUhhhhhhaaaaaa!!!!!!

Ada untung? Itu burung pok ada cakap "pok pok pok"?

Nuja,Jetli,Sidi & Organisng Chairlady,Cecelia Payan Dagak.

Jetli with the misai & James Sidi watching the ladies counting the money.

Macam mana? Ada untung?Kalau tidak ada untung boleh minta dari Datruk K-Jetli yang bermisai atau pun dari Saudagar James Sidi...

!!! Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai Chelap Lindap Nguan Menua...A pra Gawai dinner was held last night at Han Palace,Grand Palace Hotel,Miri. Surprisingly the turnout was very good. We managed to fill the 27 tables. Even though Gawai Dayak is officially celebrated on 1st June or rather on 31st May beginning with the family dinner,SIDS, Miri ,as always except last year,without fail,would have our Pra Gawai ahead of anybody or any organisation. The programme went as accordingly planned & prayed for....We give Thanks to God for overseeing our work that night!

Three of our members children received incentive awards for their excellent results in last year's public examinations. Ferguson Nobel Anding received RM100/- from SIDS Advisor,Puan Karina Sijun while

For punters only!!

Lapa enda maioh agi meli? Lapa lapa lapa? why?wHy? Why?
Anang tuchum wai ipar,apai maie. Also,apai Seripah,mak aling,sue,tina!!!

May Day ! May Day!

Apoooo!!!!tengah malam tu kitai betukar bulan..bulan 5. Ti aku nemu leka pantun Bulan ka aku nulis ditu. Amat enda berasai ari.
It is with great sadness that the news we,Sarawkians in particular,received yesterday evening about the passing of the beloved wife of the Chief Minister of Sarawak. Politics aside, I had the chance to see her several years ago at the Waterfront Cafe,Hilton Hotel when her daughter inlaw + cucu & her were having Hi Tea. I was coming down the stairs and was about to enter the cafe & I stopped when I realised who that 'sweet smiling lady' was. She gave me the sweetest smile possible. My mum has fond memories of the time spent together with her while they were accompanying their husbands on official functions. May she rest in peace.

Do you all realise this??When Gawai /Hari Raya/Chinese New Year is approaching,one would hear some longhouse or house belonging to the particular race celebrating the festival would have their house/longhouses burnt/burned? Ti maia ka begawai,bala rumah kitai Iban ga berita bisi angus tau ke tinggang penusah. Ti maia Hari Raya tau ke Taun Baru Cina,rumah bala tu ga angus. amat angat meh menua.!!!!

Nama agi cerita aku ke pagi tu? What else to blog about???
I have to go for now..my kopi friends are calling me to have kopi with them.


Gosh! It's 1st of May tomorrow...time is fast & furious! SIDS Miri will be having a Pra Gawai dinner tomorrow at Han's Palace,Grand Palace Hotel..then on 16th May there is the Divisional Gawai night at Eastwood Valley golf & Country Club. On the same night,there is the other gawai celebration at Kpg Lusut. Gawai..Gawai.. Oh I love the month of May. Oh ya,there is also the Mother's Day dinner on 9th May at Mega Hotel organised by the Zone 3 Anglican Women Fellowship in aid of the Bishop's House Restoration Fund. Also,on 16th of May, the 1st wedding Invitation for the year 2009, a church wedding & reception for Remy,2nd daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Sawan to be held also at Eastwood Valley.

I remember last year,friends were envious of me because I got invited to quite a number of weddings & engagement dinners. So for 2009,this is my 1st invitation & I hope many more engagement dinners & weddings to follow after this one. I heard one at the end of June,another in July. oh..oh..I cannot wait to see friends becoming parents inlaws or grandparents.

Facebook

Hi..hi..hi...
Somebody was commenting that there's nothing "NEW" on Sebugey when she visited my blog. Ya,it's true..I do not know what to blog about. I have been busy 'Facebook-ing' most times for the past few days poking fun at the friends I meet in Cyberspace even though some of them are just a stone-throw away from where I live.
The amazing thing about Facebook is that a friend who used to go to the same college as I did in Oxford managed to track or find me in FB. His name is Mior Ahmad Ramdzan,an architect by profession who lives in Ipoh. The last time I saw Mior was in the summer of 1979 when all of us made our different ways to our respective destinations in life. So Mior the Mr. Nice Guy, contacted the other friends who used to study in Oxford and now I have quite a number of them added to my list of friends in FB. It's SO GOOD to be able to 'reconnect' with them with the usual Frequently Asked Questions like "How are you? Berapa orang anak? Isteri? Kerja kat mana? Pernah datang ke Miri?Bila nak pergi KL? Where is so & so..?"
Mior,if you are reading this...Thank You my good friend for your friendship! I cannot recall when Sim & I first talked to you. We always smiled at each other each time you guys boarded the red double decker bus NO. 501/ 502 from Crown Street heading to Oxpens Road. It could be along the corridors of the college or the cafeteria, or on our way to the city centre when Sim & I got to know you & we had problem pronouncing your name & you kept repeating it until we got it said & pronounced correctly. Ha..ha..
I have got to go.......