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Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Plants at the foot of Mount Singai
Descending Mount Singai yesterday afternoon I stumbled upon some plants at its foot. They may be common to some people but their beauty was quite appealing that I was irresistibly enticed to take their photos.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Hill Padi Planting @ Nugal in Brayang
'Nugal', literally means making or creating a hole or holes on the ground or soil using a piece of stick called 'tugal'.. But in the language of the hill padi planters it means making holes on the ground of the already-burnt farmland that would be filled with padi seeds. In other words it simply means hill padi planting. The menfolks would create holes with the tugal at an approximately regular distance or interval of one and half foot per hole as seen in the pictures below whilst the womenfolks would put the seeds into the holes or termed as 'menih'.
The container for putting the padi seeds is called "seluk". For long time keeping and sentimental reason, tugal stick is usually made from tapang tree or other hardwood. But many a time, like our modern disposable folks and spoons or chopsticks, tugal stick is just simply made from any available wood found nearby [like the one in the picture here]. Once the nugal season is over, the user is also done with the disposable tugal.
The container for putting the padi seeds is called "seluk". For long time keeping and sentimental reason, tugal stick is usually made from tapang tree or other hardwood. But many a time, like our modern disposable folks and spoons or chopsticks, tugal stick is just simply made from any available wood found nearby [like the one in the picture here]. Once the nugal season is over, the user is also done with the disposable tugal.
Putting seeds into the holes [menih]
Menih
Punching holes on the ground [nugal]
Nugal
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Hibiscus: same name different appearances
These photos prove me wrong. I never knew there exist so many types of hibiscus. A friend of mine told me there are a few hundred types of hibiscus around the word. All photos were taken on 30 October 2010.
Bomb Found in Lutong
An undetonated bomb, believed to be remain of WWII, was found on 9 October 2010 near SMK Lutong by a certain individual while doing some excavation work. The following day Police Bomb Disposal Unit from Bukit Aman detonated the bomb. I arrived at the scene @ 5PM and took the following photographs that speak for themselves.
The Police Vehicle Transporting the bomb
Man-dug hole for detonating the bomb
Police on duty Aftermath the detonation
The Bomb after detonation
Picking the detonated bomb from the hole
And into the Police Land Rover it went
Blue Lake and the Junk Regatta
Some of the crews on duty
The sailing boats [junks] race
View of Blue Lake and the surrounding hills
The blowpipe shooting contest
The Mighty Rajang
The 350-mile mighty Rajang River, the longest in Malaysia, is the sole hope of the people in the Rajang River Basin. What took place on 7 October this year, that has been loosely termed as 'logjam', has worried every folk who depends on the Rajang for transportation, water supply and other activities associated with the river. The logjam blocked the Rajang waterway for a distance of about 50 kilometers, right down from the mouth of the Baleh River by massive drifting logs previously felled by timber logging companies in the upper part of the Baleh River. Besides the felled logs there were debris too. Baleh is one of the main tributaries of the Rajang joining the main river just a few kilometers above Kapit town. It has been reported in the local newspapers that some senior civil servants and senior politicians attributed the logjam to the act of God. I was made to understand the Baleh Dayak will perform the "Miring Ceremony" [literally means offering sacrifice] to appease the Gods for what some local senior politicians termed as 'unprecedented phenomenon'.
Harmony with yourself nature will offer it
With a group of five amateur photographers I visited this place, somewhere in Pueh, Sematan on 11 November 2010. Set at slow speed I took this photo with Canon EOS 400D Digital at around 2:00PM
Nature in its pristine form
I visited this place on 17 October this year. This stream is the tributary of the Krian River located at the upper part of the river. The water is clean, crystal clear, beautiful and ideal for picnic.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Lun Bawang hat
This paraphernalia is usually used by the Lun Bawang @ Murut women folks to protect them from rain or the scorching sun. Today it's more for decorative or ornamental purposes. This one was given as a memento to me by the family of YB Henry Sum Agong during my visit to Lawas.
Kuih Lapis Sarawak
Many of my friends from Peninsular Malaysia are crazy about this cake. In fact they have plenty in Malacca but it is Kuih Lapis Sarawak that has the commercial name.
Do Re Mi
The inseparable Three: Do Re Mi. Shining example of loyal friends. But it also reminds me of Brutus and Julius Caesar.
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