Oli's & Larry's engagement party

Olivia is the youngest and only daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Peter Howell while Larry Lian's the only son of Mdm Awing. Mr. Peter Howel is a political secretary to the Chief minister of Sarawak.

Here, the newly engaged couple displaying their skill in doing the Kenyah Ngajat.

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Howell, Oli & Larry,D & Sebugey.

Ms. Marjorie Dunggat & husband. ( sorry 'wee,enda nemu nama gelaran Dutch/German seduai nuan.)

Oli, Larry & Oli' parents

SPDP members,enda nemu nama iya ke laki..iya ke indu,Indu Emun Gaya aka Nancy Embal & Betty Peter Pan.

Another SPDP strong supporter,Benika & hubby.

Patrick Ngumbang aka Ming & his wife,Sylvia Man.

D,SD Noel Brooke & wife, Evelyn Brooke & Mrs. Florence Enau ( another proud grandma/nana who always has an album of her uchu/grandson,Creek's photos with her each time she attends a gathering.. Hi,you guys,wanna see some photos of Creek? ya..ok. Where are Suzanne & family residing? In Tennesse,ko tudah Florence. Suzanne's expecting a girl & I'll be going there end of May to visit my siblings and Suzanne & fmly,ko iya.)

Jill & ex classmates & their partners

Oli's ex classmates

Ms. Florence Julian Jolly, Ms. Sylvia Dunggat & anak dara & laki Marjorie

Peter Howell, Doria Gulang,Mrs. Norie Leonard Martin Uning( Peter's sister) & another of Peter's sister.(enda nemu nama)

Pretty Oli & handsome Larry

Oli & Larry exchanging rings

Larry's mum,Larry,Oli & Peter& Gulang

Oli,being the youngest and getting hitched earlier than her two older brothers has to give them some tokens for 'overtaking' them.

The guy on the left is Catechist Philip from St. Joseph's Cathedral,Miri. He's been giving them lessons on 'How to behave..the Roman Catholic' way. Well,you know,the Ovulation Method.... here you see poor Oli & Larry having to declare that they would behave themselves. In short,no sex before marriage,lah.

Cutting of the engagement cake

Baxter & Lis betanda..Mrs. Lengidai belagu.

Nyadong ai tunang...

SPDP Women's Wing berpoco-poco

Akademi Fantasia 6 Fever

It's Akademi Fantasia season again. I still remember how crazy I was when AF first started a few years ago. I never missed the mid noon and nightly reporting about them but lately,the last season, my interest almost diminished because I just couldn't stand Tompel's son and A Daud's daughter. Their comments and criticisms were just too much. Since they are actor/actress,I wonder how many box office films have they ever made. Maybe they want to be like Simon C,whatever. Another reason for the lack of interest in AF is that S--i--h. Don't you think that she's 'too over..ter over' sangat. If she wants to be funny,don't be stupid. I hope somebody tells her that.The repeat of AF's 2nd concert last night is still showing on channel 104. I started watching just as Stanly was finishing his song and also the other reason why I wanted to watch was because I was told that Cordelia,Nand & Endun were watching the concert at the hall and they were sitting 2 rows behind Ning Baizura. Yep..saw them. The camera focused on them a few times.
I hope to gather some interest in the coming AF concerts so that I can support poor STANLY because Cordelia wrote: He represents St. Thomas'....Kuching & Sarawak. So readers, AFUNDI STANLY. For the benefit of those who do not know Stanly,here goes...His name is Stanley Maringai David Impi,25 yrs old and is among 12 contestants competing in a reality tv show. He's the first Iban to be selected to join AF and inorder to stay at the academy til the end of the season,he needs the support of all of us and hopefully, he will be able to win..win BIG.
So AFUNDI STANLY...start sms-ing now.

Happy Birthday to Debbie
God Bless

Malaysian Cheese

Ikan lumik @RM5/- per kilo.

Yes, it's bubok season again but not that many bubok yet. ( Bubok/bubuk is that small fine shrimps that the locals make into belacan or 'Malaysian Cheese' as Joe calls it. He could not stand the smell.) The price still stands at RM5/- per kilo this morning when I went to Batu Satu,Kuala Baram Road. Talking about the smell of the bubok,...gosh..the smell is overpowering. Everything that comes in contact with the bubuk air is bound to smell like belacan. The car,the clothings that you hang to dry when they are near where you pound/dry the bubuk and you yourself or the whole house. I remember last year somebody we know made belacan and even though he already took his bath, he smelled of belacan. you guess right,he put his washing out to dry near to where he dried the bubuk. (anang ketawa nuan Naie ti nuan macha tu.) Another time some ladies went for a dinner,dressed to kill but smelled of belacan and swore that they did not touch any belachan that day but of course this belachan aroma reached out to them...to their hair.

No photos

For those of you who are hoping to see your mum's/Ini's face in my postings, I'm sorry to let you know that I did bring the camera but I forgot to take the card from the card reader. Habis cerita..no gambar..no photos.

Easter Sunday

We went for the Easter Service at St. Faith's and I thought we were early;others were even at the church much earlier. It was good to hear Fr. Ugas's voice again after his last sermon at St. Columba's a few years ago before he left for St. Margaret's,Seria. A lot of familiar faces were seen as they lined up to receive Holy Communion and needless to say,they were happy to see me.
Breakfast was somewhere at Ban Hock Rd and again the place was packed with relatives and friends who just came out from the church.
Since it's the 40th day after Gen's passing,a prayer cum thanksgiving do was held at the house and again friends and relatives from church came. Fr. Ronnie led us in the prayers. Fr. Ugas & family came as well. They seem to be settling in alright by the look on their faces.
Oh ya..forgot to mention that I went to Serikin twice ( saturday & sunday). The Indon vendors are not what they used to be..they 'jual mahal'..very difficult to bargain with them. It's "Take it or leave it' attitude. They no longer go after you when you walk out the door. They are spoilt by the West M'sians,according to some regulars to Serikin. The West M'sians really go all out to buy when they are in Cat City for courses or seminars.
End of story..I want to go for a walk at Bulatan Park....

Congratulations!!!

To Oli & Larry who would be getting engaged on Saturday,29th March,2008.......May God Bless the two of you always.