The "Hanging Chicken of BDC"

There are many ways to utilise spaces. And there are also many ways to make use of a signboard!

Actually, these are very smart "food" people. You see folks, when they hang out the chicken to dry, not only is the chicken when fried is crispy, those driving by will take a glance and their tastebuds tempted to give the chicken a try or rather a bite!

So for both you and I its a "win win" situation in the end.

Poor chickens, left out to dry in the sun.

Comment made by: SDass AKA Merekah Fajar

Coconut water!

This is where I quench my thirst, nearly everyday of the week.

These guys are operating in Kota Samarahan, the road leading into the Desa Ilmu Housing Estate.

The coconut water is so refreshing every time especially during a hot and humid weather. A cup of costs RM1 only. They sell sugarcane juice as well.

The "nyiur pandan" is so tasty. I tried planting it at the backyard of our home in Desa Ilmu but it failed me.

By the way, do you guys remember the song sung by the late Nat King Cole? I'm sure you do. I could use that tune as a Theme Song to promote that nyiur pandan?

How about that?

Comment made by: SDass

Bloody in-considerate!

I hate whenever our roads are congested. There is always some "smart-alecs" trying to pull off a stunt right before your very eyes.

No wonder our accident cases are amongst the highest in the world! And that is reported.

We should respect each other's rights to be on the road. And if you "honk" at somebody, make sure you're very sure about what you just did, because you'll get that "scary monster, super creep stare" from that particular person.

And you could end up in a bad shape, if you know what I mean?

Malaysians these days are very impatient, very inconsiderate lot. Maybe they absorb then radiate the (too much) heat, just like the solar energy cells that store the energy derived from the sunlight. They store all their "heatiness" and if you cross their path, "kaboom" they go!

I hope every person reading post this will learn to tolerate one another. It is bad enough as it is, so dont add fuel to fire.

Comment By: SD

Searching for the Origin of Father's Day by Mike Krumboltz

Searchers have a question they'd like answered: Who started Father's Day? Who do they have to thank for the mandatory bonding time they're spending with dear ol' dad this weekend? Lookups on "father's day origin" and "who started father's day" inspired us to investigate. The results of our research shook us to our very core.

OK, maybe not to our core, exactly. But the story of how Father's Day came to be is still pretty interesting. A blog from a Detroit church explains that most historians credit a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd with creating the holiday. Ms. Smart Dodd was "inspired by her father, a widower and Civil War veteran named William Jackson Smart." She wanted to do something to honor his memory while paying respect to all fathers.

Clearly she was a woman with a plan. Alas, not everybody agreed with her pleas to "give it up for the papas" (our words, not hers). In fact, Ms. Smart Dodd's proposal was often mocked when it first made the rounds. Folks felt it unnecessary. And the all-male United States Congress felt that having a holiday for fathers might look like they were trying to give themselves "a pat on the back."

Additionally, many just plain didn't want the holiday. An article from Inspiration Line explains that, according to an article in The Spokesman-Review, "one group of men conventioneers laughed and said they didn't want a Father's Day. A National Fishing Day would be better, they told her."

Though many scoffed, the holiday was eventually accepted. In 1910, the first local Father’s Day was held. It wasn’t until 1924 that President Calvin Coolidge "made it a national event." Then, in 1966, President Johnson signed a proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father's Day. President Nixon made it law in 1972.

It's hard to imagine a time when the idea of Father's Day was mocked and dismissed as ridiculous. If it weren't for the tenacity of a grateful daughter, it may never have come to pass.

From: http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92699/?fp=1

"Selamat Ari Apai" & Happy Father's Day to all the lovin' dads in the world. You've been a pillar of strength in your family. I pray that Almighty God will continue to shower His blessings upon you and through His Holy Spirit acting as a guide in every steps and every moves that you make.

Comment made by: SDass

What the ...

Yesterday we followed behind a lorry ladened with earth. It was not covered and being a hot and dusty day, some of the contents were spilled on the road which makes the road more messier than it should.

Sometimes, the operators were stopped by the roadside or roadblocks either by the Police or JPJ and some of them were asked to pay a compound for the offenses made.

Some are still "thick-skulled" like the fellow I followed yesterday.

I guess he won't mind paying the fine if business is peaking up?

Posted by: SD

PENUTUP GAWAI DI DYNASTY HOTEL MIRI

Ngiling Bidai Ruaikitai.Com 27 Jun, di Dynasty Hotel, Miri
Jam : 5 Lemai – 12 Malam
Bayar : RM30.00 siku (Orang Miri) RM15.00 siku (Orang luar Miri)
Hari Penudi Nganjung Nama : 21 Jun, 2009

Enti bisi tanya pasal bayar tau PM Johnny anak Chuat & Temenggung
Gari dikena - Smart/Night Gown lalu enti ulih mesti bisi lambang Dayak (JEANS ENDA TAU DIKENA)
Diperansang mai bala kaban bukai ke ukai raban RK
Ai ke diirup kitai bela besaup mai dikena berami
Bisi 'live' band (Dipelabaka bisi mega penanyi tebilang)
Mayuh 'award' deka diberi ngagai raban/Perais anak raban/Hamper
Mayuh macham program diatur malam nya
Arapka mayuh raban baru tauka raban ari luar Miri ulih datai

Source:http://ruaikitai.com/forum/portal.php

** Arapke baka raban serta kaban mayuh datai ngulu pengawa tu ila.

Jen & myself has made plans to attend this gathering. We hope to make it this year. We would also like to invite our friends to attend this "Ngiling Tikai/Bidai" to be held at Miri's Dynasty Hotel on the 27th of June, 2009.

As you can read above, the requirements by the organisers. Let us make it more merrier this year in the spirit of Gawai, the unity of Ibans in Sarawak, regardless of where you're from. **

Posted by: Stephen Dass AKA Merekah Fajar

RELA Corps

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"RELA" is the acronym of Ikatan Relawan Rakyat Malaysia (in English: Volunteers of Malaysian People). Rela Corps is a paramilitary civil volunteer corps formed by the Malaysian government. Their main duty is to check the traveling documents and immigration permits of foreigners in Malaysian cities, including tourists, visitors and migrants to reduce the increasing rate of illegal immigrants in Malaysia. RELA has the authority to deal with situations like policemen, such as raiding suspected streets or places such as factories, restaurants and even hotels. They are also fully authorized to conduct the interrogation and even detaining people who forgot to bring their traveling documents, like passports and/or working permits. Besides that they are also tasked with security works at times. During times of war, they are absorbed into the Malaysian Army as support groups despite their law enforcing duties. They are also tasked to do SAR works if needed.

Given only basic training, this civil corps is sometimes equipped with firearms, making many cases of power abuse by this civil corps such as killing people in the street and beheading foreigners. Many cases in Malaysia the RELA volunteers, abused their power, which created trauma for foreign visitors in Malaysia, have caused RELA Corps to be listed in the Human Rights Watch.

Our neighborhood is RELA-guarded area. They called it a "neighborhood watch" force and the team is made up from those that stay within the neighborhood.

I encountered them tonite as I was on my way out for a late supper with my family.
I feel safer with those guys around. Not too long ago, my mum was "snatched' of her necklace infront of our own house. No one was around during the material time, so the "good looking" guy got away with the loot. He got lucky that day.

Somehow, they followed my mum from somewhere before pulling off the daring robbery in broad daylight.

There was one time, our next door neighbor's house was broken into by thieves but they got away with nothing. The folks were away at another house, hard luck thieves!

I have not join them till now but I intend to do so if required as part of my commitment towards a safer and a more friendlier neighborhood where everyone of us could bring up our children in a better environment.

Posted by SD

Most Dayak VCD contents not ‘TV-friendly’

Posted By rajlira On 8th June 2009 @ 00:00 In Local

KUCHING: Most Dayak music videos will have to be re-shot because their contents are not “TV-friendly” for Muzik Aktif, a 24-hour music channel of Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) on Astro.

WELL DONE: Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan who is Second Minister of Planning and Resource Management (fifth left, first row) poses for a group photograph with the finalists including first-placed winners Manaf and Nurhamimah (fourth and third right respectively). Also in the photo are Monshi (second right) and Kuching City North Datuk Bandar Abang Mohd Atei Abang Medaan (right).

The state acting broadcasting director Monshi Abdullah said because of this only few Dayak music videos could be aired on the 30-minute slot for Sarawak over Muzik Aktif or Channel 180 every fortnight.

Monshi said starting next month, the Sarawak slot would be increased to one hour from 3pm to 4pm every Sunday and that RTM is now discussing with the artistes and production companies to re-shoot the videos to suit the VCDs to the system used by Muzik Aktif and for appropriate contents.

“(The problem now is) most of the Sarawak ethnic music videos are in karaoke format and not in the format that is right for TV,” he said when met after the finals of the state-level RTM Bintang Klasik Nasional 2009 at Auditorium P Ramlee here yesterday.

He was earlier asked on the lack of Dayak music videos on Muzik Aktif, especially during the Sarawak slot. The issue was hot topic of discussions during the Gawai festival and was even discussed on Internet forums.

The slot for Sarawak and Sabah was launched by the then Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek in early April, with plans to turn it into a one-hour slot dedicated to music from ethnic races of both states in July.

At present, the slot is only for 30 minutes and features either Sabah or Sarawak on alternate weeks. But by next month, each state will have a slot solely dedicated to them if the materials are ready.

According to Monshi, RTM as the government-owned broadcasting station could not just simply air any music videos on television.

As the standard-bearer, he said it was RTM’s duty to ensure that the artistes dress decently and act appropriately on TV shows.

“RTM has a certain ethical standard which the artistes have to follow,” he said.

Once this could be achieved, he was confident that the target to have an all-Sarawak ethic music slot could be achieved.

Meanwhile, 12 contestants took part in the finals of state-level RTM Bintang Klasik National 2009, which was divided into men and women categories.

Twenty-seven-year old Abdul Manaf Seron from Kuching won the men’s category, while Samarahan lass Nurhamimah Bohan won the women’s.

Both Abdul Manaf and Nurhamimah will represent Sarawak in the national-level competition of RTM Bintang Klasik Nasional, featuring only songs from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, in August.

Article printed from The Borneo Post Online: http://www.theborneopost.com

URL to article: http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=52938

Hah! This caught my eye this morning. "Dayak VCDs NOT TV-friendly" they say? Kan Ibans like be-Karaoke?? That is why that disc format is used.

I follow closely the Clips, those by Jenny Tan, Andrewson Ngalai, Antonio Jawi and Co.

So far, I have not come across any that display "something" obscene except for some pretty "sweet young things" dancing & prancing around in their short skirts. But that is not why our VCDs are not that "user-friendly" I hope? To the ladies, I say WOW!! They are gorgeous looking "creatures."

Not trying to be sexist there, folks.

Maybe that is too hot to handle by our small community, our local folks but "sex" sells you know that for a fact .....

Not sex of the rated-kind, mind you? I don't know the criteria needed to pass FINAS test or those guidelines provided by our RTM or Information ministry. I must check it out, should be very interesting. I guess Malaysians are gullible.

Maybe we just skip showing our Iban Clips on National TV, just simply like that?
Our "girls" are not decently dressed in those Clips by not wearing a purdah, covered from head to toe?? But I watch those Arab-based TVs, their singers tak pun pakai tutup habis-habisan ... Nay, no double standard here, DON"T TIRU CARA BARAT, folks!

I'm thinking, Claudia AF7 wearing those and singing a tune by Beyonce Knowles hahaha!
Kinda cute lookin' folks, don't you think so?

So those thinking of producing VCDs or whatever, better be very sure the guidelines already given. Or else "kena gam" by the relevant authorities and your investment down the drain!

Actually, I have thought about producing one in the near future, testing water? (nguji ai, ko Iban wai)

So funny. Ibans doing not exactly x-rated stuff but quite dekat dekat,perhaps?
Who is the producer involved? And VCDs by whom, who are the singers mentioned???

This piece of news I got to share with a friend or two, surely will make our day.

Maybe I'll try DVD instead of VCD. Lebih canggihkan? Try telling it to our Dayak producers to change the format soon or else NO TV Appearance for our artistes ... kasian ia.

Cheerio,

Comment by: Stephen Dass AKA Merekah Fajar

ANTI - ALONG Campaign by our Gov't ?

(The Great White Shark)

After seeing so much misery, finally our Gov't is doing something about the alongs' menace. Recently, we read about the stories in our local papers how some of the "loan defaulters" were made to pay the price for their inability to settle their debts.

The pictures is so sickening when we saw what our fellow civilized human could do to another human being. It's totally unacceptable how the "victims" were treated when their pictures were posted.

I don't know how far the Gov't are willing to go to curb this menace to society.

With our global economic crisis, do they have much of a choice?

Since I'm also a small time businessman and I know the problems these people are having. To get a soft loan from any financial institutions is not as simple as 1, 2 and 3! And when you reached your wit end, there is nothing much to do except to engage an "along" for help. The rest is history.

So, what are we to do as to evade these problems from arising?

It is easier said than done. Banks need collateral, guarantors. Along?? The process is fast, not much paperwork is needed to secure a small loan. And no waiting period.

I hope our society will share their knowledge on these matters, their experience with us. Some are ill-advised on this matter.

Posted by Stephen Dass