RWMF2014 and REDEEMS

Rainforest World Music Festival is back.
At our own backyard, Sarawak Cultural Village, Santubong.
This is the 17th year! It is a unique festival that bring together world musicians all over the world - continents and indigenous musicians.

Last year RWMF with bloggers of Sarawak Bloggers...... chubby nyer aku!!!

I went for the first time last year with other blogger fellows of Sarawak Blogger.  We were given 3 days passes and to instagram, tweet and blog about about the festival. This year I give it a pass but I will be going for this great event with my colleagues on Saturday.

We shall shake our bon bon during the workshop at Dewan Lagenda, then continue with the newly introduced 'drum circle' from 5 - 6pm.  The concert will be in the evening, from 7.30 till midnight. Yes... this year am gonna stay for the concert that Saturday nite.

The crowd during the concert at night.

Let loose and enjoy ourselves!

Today, another local event is also taking place:

9TH GAWAI CARNIVAL REDEEMS 2014

DATE: 20 - 24 JUNE 2014

VENUE: REDEEMS CENTRE, 

KAMPUNG APAR SINGAI BAU, SARAWAK

The Gawai Carnival Redeems 2014 will be the 9th consecutive year of Gawai Festival being organized by REDDEM (Association of Research & Developemnt Movement of Singai Sarawak). The objectives are to showcase the authentic Dayak Bidayuh culture, traditions, food, arts and crafts in a rural setting among others.

Will check on this event tonight for a short while.

SELFIES no more. Let's take an USIE now!!

What is 'Usie'?

A group selfie; a picture one takes with themselves and many others in the photo. One takes an usie to be silly with friends and have fun taking random pictures of themselves.

Guys, let’s take an usie!! 

‘Usies’ are of the opinion that two is better than one. An “usie” is a group selfie, where someone takes a picture of themselves with other people in the shot…[O]ne person in the picture has to be taking the photo, so the pictures still have that selfie signature outstretched arm.

... extracted from www.bustle.com

Bear with me when you browse the photos below.

Hahahaha..... we were having fun doing the usie.

First let me introduce the members of Songkran 2014 Travel Buddies.

             MsCyril                 MrGerald                  MrHagen                  MsTia

MsCyril and I are colleagues.  She was my sister's ex-classmate in secondary school.

She is now my traveling partner, also zumba and happy hour partner.  She is of Bidayuh and Chinese mix.

MrGerald is MrHagen traveling partner.  This trip is their fifth trip to Thailand.  The three of us did go for a trip together to KL-Genting four to five years ago.  He is of Iban and Chinese mix.

MrHagen is my ex-colleague.  He is of Bidayuh and Melanau mix.  His father was my ex-colleague too when I was working with a federal department before.  Both of us were members of the Dirty Dozen, a group of executives in our previous section, Business Development.  He is the walking yellow pages and google to us.

I am a pure Iban.

This is not usie.  Macam cover album pulak this photo.  So cute and awesome.  Puji sendiri. The group name..... ermmmm... how about "The Sexy Mamas and The Two Bachelors"?

U selfie.  I selfie. He selfies. She selfies. We usie!!

I vote the pic above as the best usie!

Now..... let's enjoy the 'USIE'

USIE makan time....

USIE random...

USIE in the temples...

USIE at the Bangkok Train System - the station, inside the train, the steps

Some nice quotes to share:

A journey is best measured in friends, not in miles - Tim Cahill

Once a year, go someplace you have never been before - Dalai Lama

Travel often: Getting lost will help you find yourself.


Our next trip will be....... Care to join us?

tHe bidayuh....oopss the IbAn PrinCEss..

isnt she pretty and adorable?
she was the narrator for the night.
all the graduating students presented a musical play entitled
'Cinderella' for their graduation ceremony.
i did not know that she would put on this costume.
this is a traditional costume for an iban lady.
cengal and her partner in crime.... this boy narrated in Mandarin

the narrator in action.... she did her job well!!!pose before going to MBKS Auditorium for the Graduation Ceremony...

below photos are showing the iban princess in the making.....

hmmm.... dikerumuni peminat.....

dah siap..... cantikkan?

her race is bidayuh becoz daddy is bidayuh
however, she does not accept the fact that she is bidayuh
coz she does not know how to speak bidayuh language.
die die insist on being an iban.... he he he he...

Spitting Image

This is my hubby’s mother punya photo. MIL le tu… She passed away when he was small. So, I never meet her. I was told that she was the most beautiful Bidayuh lady at her area at that time, and came from a respectable family.

Yang herannya kan….. Do try to compare these two photos.

Cengal and nenek nya nie…
Seiras kan? Spitting image they call it…right?
Senyumnya sama, lirikan mata yang sama, shape muka pun sama

No wonder she is very manja with her daddy… remind him of his mother