mukah...the research

went to mukah, sarawak via bintulu recently (20 - 26jan) for aswara's theater faculty coalition with petrosains at sekolah kebangsaan dua sungai, mukah. they did a stint with the school children on penggunaan sains dalam teater sekolah2. our team was more on the documentation of d research on d arts among the melanau(s) in the area. from bintulu it was a bumpy (very gym like) 4hour ride (2hour just on the bumpy 51km!!!) but to my surprise....mukah is a modern town n wired!!! u can get wifi access anywhere!!! buat malu org semenanjung aje. we recorded quite a few events during the documentation and discovered some pleasant items along the way. dabai, a dates look-a-alike are to be soaked in warm water before melantak, the process of preparing sagu, tabaloi n ulat..ooppss (go to you tube) but were really mesmerised by the serene beauty of its culture. hoping for more such trips

and again....gambau not in order hehehe

MA'AL HIJRAH 1431

Kepada semua umat Islam, Salam Hijrah diucapkan semoga mendapat rahmat dan kesejahteraan pada tahun baru ini dan juga pada tahun-tahun mendatang. Just a thought...why is it we celebrate our birthday pakai kalendar Masehi (Gregorion) but for Hari Raya, Puasa, Maulud Nabi, Awal Muharram, etc we follow Kalendar Hijrah? Is it bcos if we use Hijrah for our birthday, umur kita akan lebih 'banyak'? hehehe

(update) salam aidiladha - the aftermath

just came back from kampung and had a stomachful aidiladha (tak baik tau melantak, castrol byk hehe). we decided to have a bbq n camping at our kampung's beach (nasiblah siapa yang kampung dia takde beach hehe). preparing the stuff agak meletihkan but after everything went well, hilang rasa penat. as u can see kalau pasal posing maut, semua ni memang terer. after beach soccer, we had bbq and later after midnite we started to outdo each other in 'talentime'. it was fun when most of us terlupa lirik and started humming stupidly. tried some 'cgi' with the campfire. really had fun n rasa malas masa nak kena balik kl. btw we r planning to do some white water rafting pulak slepas ni n dgr kat janda BAIK a good spot for that?? btw sorry gambar tak tersusun....saya budak baru belajar....aaauuwww

to all muslims, i wish a joy and meaningful aidiladha. to those whose cuti dibekukan (kena kerja on thursday, all i can say is....hehehe i shouldn't be saying that. anyway if any of you happens to be in melaka or its vicinity, please drop by pengkalan balak, for 'choke-a-dog' will be served!!! salam to all

7nov2009 - beyond borders awards 2009

was invited by a dear friend recently to be one of the judges for malaysia airports' school drama competition for primary schools. d fren (rika) is the one next to mr. potato. fun to watch the kids performing and it was quite hard to give marks to subjective stuffs (it's not like giving marks to nadia comaneci). btw had not been updating lately for my dedicated still camera dah meragam (all shots over-exposed, auto payah nak adjust) and TQ so much to rika since i 'curi' these pics from her hehehe n i didnt know that i'm lefthanded...