Gambar pasar ampuh ...

Tu meh gaya jalai-jalai ke dipansa tua menyanak tadi maya nengah Jalai Salim, Jalai Wong King Huo, jalai mua Sacred Heart, etc ... Gambar diambi Val. Aba jalai besai, ai lebih kurang 1 kaki; tang ke dalam nangka punggung ie kira-kira 3 kaki, ngelamun kereta!

Pictures taken as we driving through the major roads in Sibu. Some portions of the major roads are under about 1 feet of water; but the distributary roads like Belian, Tiong Hua, etc ... submerged real bad! Val was excited and took all these pictures as we took a wet afternoon drive!

Mad Rush for Food ...

Aku tu baru pulai ari kedai besai Farley, dia dik orang gila berbeli ke pemakai nuh berkotak-kotak! Dagih ke aku takut ke ai ampuh balat amat ditu! Siko orang peda aku meli tusu chap junjung 10 tin besai - empa sebulan nya!! Ni enda ambis stok! Sayur enda iboh disebut, aku tu enggau orang berebut ke retak panjai tadi!! hahahaha lucu endal! Udah ditepu aku alam plastik, lalu diambi indu tuai cina! Chelabut lah aku bejaku poooooochau sampai iya ngeleka ke plastik aku! Sengaja, ngumbai aku ilap mimit, ambis lah retak aku tadi dikebas iya!! hahahaha mar ngah retaknya tadi RM8.60 ambis segengam jari (ngelama tu baroh ari RM4.00).

There is a mad rush to buy food at my regular supermarket today!! I just got back from my regular marketing (weekly) ritual and noticed ladies were buying boxes and boxes of food! My daughter reminded me that we should also get a lot of food; when we noticed one lady took 10 large cans of condensed milk - enough for 1 month ration!! At this rate, Farley will be "empty" in a couple of days!! I just bought a week's supply! Although I did had to 'fight' for my long beans, when it was snatched by another! lol hilarious; food fight - the adult way!! Definitely there is shortage of fresh vegetables, and the price escalates rediculously high!

Sibu water level at noon today is 3.35m and rising!

Sibu ampuh!!

Gambar gaya Jalai Lanang jam 10 pagi tu, diambi Val.

Pictures of Lanang Road at 10am today, taken by Val.

Paras ai di Sibu 3.25m jam 9 malam tu tadi! Niki ngagai 3.30m jam 9:30 malam.

Sehari-hari tu menoa kami tu banjir teruk; sekeda rumah panjai di Selangau ampuh serta bisi mega ditimpa tanah runtuh. Beberapa hari tu; orang ai nulong nganjung ai ngagai sekula ke endor bala beteduh! Kasih amat meda! Paras ai semakin niki!

Aku tu enda berani dreba ke luar; enggai ke mengkang di tengah jalai. Semina ninga reput ari bala staf ketegal ke endor pam ai nuka aba paras bahaya!

Water level has risen from 3.25m to 3.3m in half an hour since 9pm. This is probably one of the worst flood situation in the State; although Sibu had experienced several floods over the last decade. In neighboring district of Selanggau, floods coupled with landslides are affecting lots of longhouses where they had to be evacuated to centers. We have been helping in a small way by supplying them with water from Sibu.

Since this morning, I had not ventured outside my house/office as I didn't want to be stuck in traffic or have my babe' (car) to 'kong' on me on the road!

Birthday ...

Kek harijadi /Birthday Cake.

Nama enda meh utai disampi ke anak dara aku tu?

Making her wish ...

Pemeri harijadi iya, Jonas Brothers DVD, peminat setia & marik!

Showing off her birthday presents of Jonas Brothers DVD & Necklace!

Choice pemakai birthday girl, western; tang meh udahnya nadai ngah ambis diempa. Definasi iya tu, western aka McDonald! Valerie decided to have Western food for her birthday, of course the obvious choice would have been McDonald, but they didn't cater for birthdays today due to CNY and their expected big crowd!

Chicken chop - pilihan iya.

Tang aku tu laban ke enda teleba ngambi gambar. Udah di keretuk iya pemakai, baru ingat ngambi gambar. Iya enggai enda ngah begambar enggau sida karong angpow, ngambi kakak meda ko iya. Chukup kena meli utai di London ko iya!! Here she is showing all the red packets received in the last 2 days, and she keeps reminding me that its enough for shopping in London! hmmmm she's hinting the next vacation destination maybe?

Nemuai Taun Baru Cina ...

Bendar kami duai menyanak ngabang ngagai bala sebilik/kaban/staf Cina! Ngumpul oren enggau angpow ko anak aku! Seminggu tu enda iboh meli buah kami menyanak, cukup diempa seminggu minggu tu buah oren mandarin enggau buah anggur! Hari keterubah, kami duai ngabang ngagai 4 iti buah rumah aja, lalu seharitu semina 2 iti. Nuh nyadi adat diatu, aba siti-siti rumah, endang bisi disedia ke sida asi, curry manok & rendang. Enti suba, maya Hari Raya aja ke makai utai ke baka tu! Diatu maya Gawai pen nyendia ke utai baka tu. Nya lah nuh puas diri ngah 2 hari tu makai masak hitam daging, Valerie rindu amat laban tu siti lauk ke rindu iya! Maya nerima angpow gaga amat, lalu deka nilik; taja udah dipadah enda tau nilik/muka aba rumah orang. Sabar ngah iya nganti ke datai aba moto! :) "Apuuuu mummy. cukup tu kena tua meli utai di London ila" ko Valerie. Nya meh pengerindu bala anak mit maya ngabang taun baru cina, ngulih ke angpow.

Happy Chinese New Year ...

Chinese New Year will be in a couple of days; and my daughter is really excited & looking forward to the celebration. Also the fact that her birthday will fall on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year.

Its the year of the animal 牛 Ox!

Our plans for the celebration will probably be:

• new year eve dinner at uncle's house
• 1st & 2nd days will be spent visiting friends' houses which include my best friends, my boss (he and his family never missess visiting me during Gawai at the longhouse), and some colleagues/associates, and
• 2nd day ~ celebrating daughter's birthday with her best friends (with sleepover) and family.

Annually, we have reunion dinner on New Year's Eve with my uncle's family and so I guess this year will be no different!! It would time for me to catch up with their news and literally noticed how much I have 'matured' (hehehehe tua lah tu!!) when everyone is now older, bigger & taller!. The New Year's Eve dinner is very sumptuous, plentiful, and traditionally (chief chef is Aunty Wong, an EXCELLENT cook) which usually includes crabs, duck, vegetables, chicken and fish (simplified Chinese: 鱼; traditional Chinese: 魚; pinyin: yú). They usually ensure there's some fish leftovers for the next day, as the Chinese phrase "may there be surpluses every year" (traditional Chinese: 年年有餘; simplified Chinese: 年年有余; pinyin: nián nián yǒu yú) sounds the same as "may there be fish every year."

Red envelopes are what children love the most or SINGLE adult! It is interesting to receive the various designs of red packet/ ang pow. This would be the highlight of my daughter's visits!!! Not only does she loves receiving ang pow, she also loves receiving the varying design! I remember when I was in Taipei last year, my friend took me to all the interesting shops selling the red packets because he wanted to buy the special design for his celebration!

What is the tradition of Red Envelope? Traditionally, Red envelopes or red packets (Cantonese: lai shi or lai see) (利是, 利市 or 利事); (Mandarin: 'hóng bāo' (紅包); Hokkien: 'ang pow' (POJ: âng-pau); Hakka: 'fung bao'; are passed out during the Chinese New Year's celebrations, from married couples or the elderly to children or singles. Red packets are also known as 壓歲錢/压岁钱 (Ya Sui Qian, which was evolved from 壓祟錢/压祟钱, literally, the money used to suppress or put down the evil spirit ) during this period. Red packets almost always contain money, usually varying from a couple of dollars to several hundred. Per custom, the amount of money in the red packets should be of even numbers. The amount ranges from RM3.00 to RM11.00; where the lower amount is the most common; except at my best friends' & boss houses as they usually give more to my daughter! :D

Cong Xi Fa Cai!!

Happy Birthday, My Darling ...

I felt in love the moment I set eyes on you - 3,738 days ago - my miracle bundle of love. When I held you in my arms, your cries were music to my ears. Thereafter, each single moment you had brought so much joy, peace, and love into my Life with your chatters, your antics, your laughters, and simply the hugs & kissess. You are my Heart ... I love you!

Happy Birthday, My Darling Girl.

May the days always brings you the Lord's Blessings.

May the days always be filled with Joy, Peace, and Love.

Countdown to party: 6 days ~

Celebrating Golden Anniversary ...

It was a night of celebration, the Board's gorgeous ladies & handsome men in their best batik uniform of brown (choir group) and the blue (VIP, top management, organising committee), and the others in their evening best!


Specially designed cake ... its really wonderful, although its just a regular sponge cake! mmmm should have been chocolate cake; then I am sure I would have taken 2 mouthful instead of the tiny bite!!



These are the hardworking beauties ;)



Enda tinggal bala ibu-ibu ari Sarakup Indu Dayak Sarawak, Pampang Sibu ke bisi enggau ngulu pengerami malamnya. Lawa amat baju Pn. Uchi (Sekretari SIDS, Sibu)! Terima kasih ladies ketegal nyukong pengawa.



Bala sida BujangCmanggang enggai enda ngambi peluang begambar ngah! Tu meh bala bujang2 sigat orang ai!!!

Relaxing ...

I think I am finally recovered from the hectic Friday night function! Gosh, by 12:30am - I was a 'wilting flower' and constantly looking at my watch and thinking of my comfy bed!! Unfortunately, couldn't leave with all the bosses still around!!

Therefore, today, I literally took a day of rest! Of course, watching a movie is considered resting; although the brain cells tinkled, the heart beat, and the eyes moisture - either from the effect of the movie or could be all the dust circulating in the house!

The movie of the day was 'In her Shoes', a great sisterly love, family spirit, etc on tv2 (I think?! hahaha another of my unobservant nature; its also when my itchy fingers keep changing the channel; in the end I don't know what channel I was watching!). It was a relaxing movie - poison of the day!

In the movie, this poem was recited and I just love it ... and I thought I will share it. It really touches my heart! Getting more sentimental with maturity; I guess!

I carry your heart with me

I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart),
I am never without it (anywhere I go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling),
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet),
I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true), and
It's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.

Here is the deepest secret nobody knows,
(here is the root of the root, and the bud of the bud, and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide), and
This is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart,
I carry your heart (i carry it in my heart).

ee cummings

Tuak

Aku baru terpeda ke botol tuak tu aba Hilton Hotel, Kuching; endang patut ke kitai belaboh nyual tuak alam botol ke manah baka tu. Tang aku enda nemu bisi ka enda macam-macam tuak di jual aba pub kitai Dayak? Laban ke enda ngirup, enda kala meda aku. Tu pen baru berati ke botol tuak tu aba bar dalam bilik hotel!! (That shows how observant I am!!!) Enti nunda ka patut ngah, laban kitai patut ngemantai ke ai irup bisa asal kitai .. taja iya ai mabuk (ko bala anak).

Enti iya maya Pesta Kebudayaan Borneo (Borneo Cultural Festival (BCF)) di Sibu, sebarang botol nuh engka ai tuak. Selalunya botol plastik ai ke dikena, dijual enggau rega antara RM5.00 - RM10.00. Pemisa (alcohol content) & pemanis nadainya ditemu laban ke enda kala di analisa. Aku enda ngah nilik pemisa (alam % ai tuak tu). Taja pia, maya pekit ai tuak - kriteria ke dipeda bala akim nyengkaum pemisa, pemanis, penyeru ai, dll - tang ko aku, ni ko penyamai orang ke akim iya.

Aku tu selalu meda sida niang inie ngaga tuak, tang meh enda kala nguji ngaga. Tu meh siti ari resolusi aku taun tu - Nguji ngaga tuak!! Ipar aku (bangsa cina) udah nemu, laban ke 'berkursus' enggau indai beberapa taun suba. Aku lalu empai belajar! Nya alai, taun tu ngambi kelas 'TUAK 101'!! Pengajar tauka pakar tuak - Indai!!! Arap ulih dibantai maya Gawai, BCF 2009 tauka X'mas ila!!

Sinu endal ... nadai temuai!

Apu .. kasih endal, nadai orang meda blog aku tu!! lol I should start promoting it! So this week is dedicated to promoting it, and alerting all those 'friends' whose blog I have enjoyed to my blog!

Belaboh...

Lama aku bepikir, bakani aku ngelaboh ke blog tu? Nama meh utai ke ditulis aku? Naka meh bala ke maca jako & eja Iban aku tu. Aku nu ngingat ke maya aku mula suba enggau Sarakup Indu Dayak Sarawak (SIDS) Sibu; lalu di bai nyadi ko-op exco, udah nya nyadi sekretari. Nya meh ke nyadi kelas Iban aku, belajar nyepel etc alam jako Iban. Puas bala sida ibu-ibu tu ngemetul ke minit. Kadang-kadang pedis perut kami ketawa ke ejaan aku.

Nya alai, ketegal blog tu diandal ke dibaca bala kitai enggau bala kaban bukai; deka ditulis alam macam-macam bahasa. Enda ngah aku tu ulih ngintu blog kelalu mayoh!

Siti chara ngami enda mayoh utai ditulis, blog begambar pun ok ga? Nganti aku sikal agi mai kamera meh nya!

Selamat Tahun Baru

Selamat Tahun Baru! Penguji taun tu ianya ngaga blog alam jaku Iban, laban ke ngelama tu rindu amat macha blog bala kitai baka sida Sebugey, Puteri, Entayang, Nadai Nama Nama, etc .