Minggu di Singapura ...

Minggu tu kemari aku di Singapura ketegal pengawa, 6 hari - berentak endal! Gaga endal ati laban ke nuka pulai hari siti!

Maya tu tadi aku sempat betemu enggau dua iko kaban lama aku. Siko indu ke mula-mula nulong aku suba, maya aku datai di menoa tasik - tu nuh 10 taun aku enda betemu enggau iya. Taja menoa semak, tang meh jarang aba endor ke sama - selalu ngah bepansa di menoa orang tauka di langit, tang meh enda sempat betemu. Ngaga amat ke berandau semalam-malam sambil tua bejalai. Nuh pedis amat kaki aku dibai udu segau-segau. Siko agi kaban nuh lebih 30 taun enda kala betemu!! Penudi begulai, pengambi darjah 6 kelia; diatu nuh sama-sama tuai - baru betemu baru! Nadai ngelala gamal pagan diri; semadi ke bepeda aba 'facebook' ke ngelala ayas pagan diri. Rindu ngah berandau enggau iya betanya ke berita.

Sama kelas kamu duai tu maya darjah 6!!

Kaban Universiti kelia!

Kaban baru/lama, bala orang ai magang ari menua ASEAN!!

Sempat ngah aku ngetu aba Universal Studio ke baru dibuka di Singapura - umbas iya pemanah, taja mayoh main sida empai beroperasi penuh. Aku kin malam hari laban ke diatur alam progrim - makai serta meda tayang bunyi & api ala Steven Spielberg. Cukup manah! Lalu sempat ngah betemu enggau bala sida karakter katoon!

Ketegal pengawa, sempat mega betemu jarak jauh (datai pegai) enggau Timbalan Perdana Menteri & Menteri Alam Sekitar Singapura, bala ari UN, serta mega Crown Prince of Orange - amat sigat anak raja tu! :) Laban ke tebelena meda iya, nuh enda ingat ngambi gambar maya iya semak.

Selamat Hari Apai ...

Deman Bolasepak ... Piala Dunia!

Nya iya tua menyanak ngemantai ke baju t ke dibeli maya aba Afrika Selatan ujung taun tu suba!

Cuti - Cuti Cari Makan ....

Kami sebuat tu ngenyet ke Kuching ketegal hal keluarga; lalu terus meh cuti-cuti cari makan. Lima sekawan tu endang udu bejalai begulai. mayoh menoa udah ditujah, betawing belama.

Sekali tu, uchu Kumang K enggau akie iya datai ari KL (akie nganjung Uchu pulai ke KL, minggu dulu; enda bulih 3 hari, uchu ngah nganjung akie ke Kuching!! Enda temu seduai tu me-uchu be-anjung pagan diri pulai!! susaaaaaahhhhh ;) Akie pulai ke Sibu ujung minggu tu - semua uchu-uchu iya nganjung pulai?? :D ) serta uchu Enchelegit V enggau inie iya ari Sibu . Endor betemu Crowne, cuti 3 hari/ 2 malam ... cuti cuti cari makan! [Tang ke amat bisi hal keluarga ke berat!]


Bersedia ka melepak di Waterfront/Bazaar ...



Udah lelah bejalai, makai begulai enggau geng ari menoa Penoh/Christina & anak seduai Feona. YB (Yang Bayar) Prof. enda tau tinggal, sigi ditarit laban kocek iya tebal agi!!



Sempat betemu enggau ayah aku & sebilik iya ari Sri Aman .. Prof/John/Soria/Aunty/Endu Valet/ApaiBjg/Indai & Apai ... tukang gambar, anak dara aku!

Enti kita ke udu meda tv malam/ka meda main bol .. anang diau aba Crowne, nadai progrim/channel tv main bol sida iya!! Teruk amat!!!

Malam dudi kami makai aba kedai mit-mit di Tabuan Jaya, ngambi ke enggau bala mayoh meda skrin tv besai main bol ... nya iya!!! Rami amat!! :)

Wedding 1Malaysia: Joewendez Ladin James & Jennifer Alias ...

Nemalam (12 Jun 2010) kami sebilik bisi enggau ngulu pengerami makai nikah anak petunggal ari Sg. Pinang, Igan, Sibu aba Paramount Hotel, Sibu. Pengerami malamnya manah amat laban diselit enggau adat resam kitai bangsa Kanyan/Kenyah/Iban. Baju ke dikena pengantin pen bermotif Dayak (ari Rose Boutique).

Selukung & Pinang .. baka ketupat nya, tang tu pemakai bala orang ulu, serta bisi mega pinang & kacang!



Joe & Jennifer ... pinang dibelah dua!

Petunggal aku (sepiak kanan), TR Bembang (nama glamor - Mut) ari Sg. Pinang.

Tahniah ngagai Joe & Jennifer,

Besampi ke rumah tangga ke didiri seruran diberkat Allah Taalah belama iya.

Tahniah ngagai menyadi kami sebilik James Anyang & TR Mut & Ika Alias!

*Sorry gambar2 enda terang laban ngena BB lalu enda nemu nama kebuah enda terang. Lumpit aku semina chukup engka BB aja!

Thoughts on Gawai ...

Any celebration with children around is such a Joy! This Gawai there were plentiful of children around and its still a mystery to me which child belongs to which parent or grandparent! I seldom go back to the longhouse, so most of the people that I recognized are generally the older folks. As the family's children grew up and have their own kids - its like a jigzaw puzzle to place which kid belongs to which family. All looks alike now! Inter-racial marriages have resulted in Indian/Chinese/Malay/Eurasian children running around the longhouse speaking English/Malay/Iban! Truly 1Malaysia!

Gawai tu kemari rindu amat meda bala anak mit bemain! Nya meh gaya Gawai, bemain & besulu enggau pagan diri! Aba ruai kami tak enda putus-putus anak mit bemain, laban ruai ke besai serta nyamai endor sida iya belanda. Bala anak mit nuh enda dikelala, enda nemu anak sapa, nya meh ke aku tu betanya ke sida - sapa apai deh? sapa indai deh? sapa akie deh? Aku tu merinsa amat, mayoh bala ke rebah aku empu enda tentu dikelala laban ke jarang pulai ke rumah panjai. Tang bisi mimit ngah ke dikelala, ketegal udu nemuai ngagai pagan diri. Iya ngah nuh pupu bangsa bala anak-anak mit ke dipeda - bisi nya baka gamal Tambi, Cina, Melayu - amat-amat 1Malaysia!

Nyangka nuh bisi perangai 'individualistic' meh aba rumah panjai aku tu. Enda tentu nemuai serta berandau enggau pagan diri. Bebakih enggau geng diri empu aja. Aku tu nadai geng di rumah panjai; kelimpah ari bala petunggal/ipar - tak enda tentu ngelala orang. Taja rebak sida apai/indai nadai baka nya. Pengelemi kitai ke biak meh nya. Nya alai ngintu Gawai ke ila, aku deka nentu ke nesau semua ngabang aba ruai!

Tang meh peranggai ngirup sampai mabuk nuh bergoyang ngapa di ruai balat amat peda aku aba rumah panjai kami! Pengaruh barat bangat udu aba senentang nya. Sida ke laki & indu serambau nuh kelut-kelut aba ruai ngirup/mabuk. Bala sida tu enda ngaul aku, laban nemu aku tu sigi enda baka tu! Enti tak duduk ngirup manah, berandau manah - badas agi.

Taja pia, mayoh diri ngah bala tama bilik ngabang bebala ke bilik kami. Tang ketegal ke enda tentu teleba, ulih ngagau magang. Aku tu laban ke udu ketut-ketut aba ruai, sigi nesau orang belama.

My big ruai is a great joy for the kids to play in. It helps that Karl is very generous with the Sweets/drinks!


Tired of the ruai, they will proceed to the compound outstide the bilik.


Should start them early! Karl & Yus (grand nephew) learning the instrument.


Even the 2months old Bella (grand niece) gets to enjoy Gawai. Val & Karl loves to play with her!

When there's no friends around to play with, there's always the chair as a good subsitute for car!

Ber-Gawai ba Rumah Panjai ...

Gawai means a time with family, tuak, dancing, catching up with news, and celebrate the blessings! Family silent rule is that Gawai must be spent with FAMILY; but over the years, we have modify the venue to be any place where the family is. So at times, we will be celebrating in Kuala Lumpur or overseas. However, alternate years must be spent in the longhouse, going back to the 'roots'.

Setiap taun kami sebilik endang begempuru aba rumah panjai (begilir taun), di KL tauka ka menoa bukai. Asal sebilik bisi enggau, nyadi meh Gawai.

Two decades ago the only mode of transport to the longhouse was using the mighty Rejang River vide this slow boat. It takes an hour from the Sibu wharf to the longhouse. Then ferry service was provided connecting Paradom & Sibu vide the Lanang Road - the travel time was shorten; provided there's no ferry service queue/wait! If there's a queue, it could take easily 3 hours to reach the longhouse! About half a decade ago, the Lanang Bridge (private!) was completed and now it takes only minutes to reach the longhouse; however, at the cost of RM3.00 per journey for toll fee! Its worth it for the ... ferry queue or the boat journey!

Kelia nama ke rh. panjai sigi ngena moto/perahu, lalu sejam baru datai ari pasar ngelayang Btg Rajang ke Sg. Assan. Iya ngah moto, nama hari besai endang penuh belama.

This looks like the busy street in the town, doesn't it? Well, its the private road behind our longhouse and these are cars parked on both sides of the 1 lane road. How time have changed or how 'progressive our longhouse folks are now!! My bilik is at the end of this road.

Daitu, berintai motokar aba tisi jalai alun rh panjai. Pejalai pulai pen enda lama, kira 15 minit ari pasar. Nuh bisi utai endal bala kitai di rh. panjai; penuh jalai enggau kereta bermacam sida iya - kancil, proton, toyota, hyundai, nissan, macam2 bangsa. Bala ke biak2 bersegau merati ke model2 kereta!

There were several guests to the longouse ....

My parents with Pengabang greeting YB Datuk Dr. Soon Choon Teck who came visiting on the 2nd day.

Temuai ari semnoa tasik, sida YB Menteri Muda, enggau kaban2 lama mayoh ngabang taun tu. Nuh pedis betis aku ketut2 nyendia ke ai.

Families - Tiong family....

Bala ipar/anak menyadi ari Indai Kim...

Friends from Semenanjung attached with the Tradewind Plantation in Rantau Panjang.

Taun tu pagan ari menyadi aku Prof ke lebat agi. Bala pagan aku bisi datai tang aku enda ingat ngambi gambar laban ke nuh syok berandau. Agi mega, sida iya udah diasoh aku ngabang ke rumah di pasar; laban aku tu ka bejegau di rumah panjai!

Childhood friend (in red t-shirt), Penoh, with his family. On right is Aunty Tuai ;)

Kaban lama enggau sebilik iya.

Dad with Sebastian Goh (2nd left, another childhood friend of Prof.) and 2 Korean visitors attached with the Bakun Project.

Bala ari Korea.

Eating time after Gawai Eve Prayer at the longhouse bilik. Rev. Jelanding (4th left), TR Chendang (blue t-shirt), and Rev. Tiong

Paderi Jelanding & Paderi Tiong makai pengudah Sembahyang Bilik Lemai Gawai.

Families at the Gawai Eve Prayer ...

Bala diri sebilik enggau sembahyang...

Karl enjoying his walk along the 'ruai' ..

Karl rindu bejalai aba ruai; nya meh ke lelah begagai ke iya niti ruai 60 pintu!!!

Fellowship with family members ...

Makai serumpu enggau bala petunggal & sebilik sida ...

Niece-in-law & great niece Cornelia ..

Menantu bilik sepiak enggau anak iya. Ya ya .. udah bisi Uchu!

Mom, Kim, Val & Karl with Cousin Maria and her daughter, Imelda, ..

Baju terang petuggal sekali aku. Sida menyanak bisi pulai ari Miri! Gaga amat ati begulai enggau iya!

We took time to visit Ng. Kedada, my uncle/cousin house from Dad's side. Forefront .. Uncle, seated ... L-R: Keling Abai, Bakal Keling Larry, Akie Bujang Telajak, Kumang Lori ;) ...

Lemai hari ke-2, kami sempat nemuai ngagai bala petunggal/ayah di Kedada. Rindu ngah bersulu enggau sida budak2 besai ke machal tu .. Abai, Larry & Lori.

Grandmothers play the music, the granddaughter do the ngajat; whilst the grandson watched!!

Inie-inie betaboh, uchu ngajat ... stedi anak ku!!

Not to be left out .. Cousins/Aunties/Friends .. doing the moves ;)

Indai Val sempat ngah ngayun ke punggung enggau diri sebilik .. boleh tahan!!

After all the eating, dancing, talking and merry making ... we're beat and flop anyway we could find space and coolness ... till next year .... hoooooooo haaaaaaaaaa!

Nama udah lelah, lalu ngaring ke diri sebarang endor; baka Keling kami siko tu meh bala kami!