Pesta Benak -Last part.

Road sign in Sri man.If you plan to go to Pesta Benak next year, I suggest you just park your car at the parking space provided by the organiser and don't drive in the town.Sri Aman is no more a sleepy town during the festival.

  

You know what I mean by NO MORE sleepy town.

Try local Western food and local BBQ fish & chicken.

 

I say No more sleepy town as every corner of the road junction & lane is having another festival.It's a big,big sale for a small time street vendors.

There are having a street food sale festival & not only foods  but there are some other merchandise too.

No place to stay ? that's not a problem.Join this group ,Isn't it fun.

For the kids its time to work hard and helping your parents or earn extra pocket money so you can join this big biker later in future.

I can't afford this kind of hobby...you know our petrol is subsidise by government & don't waste on joyful ride hahaha...(Sorry guys)

Wow !!!! ...look at rear wheel ..maybe it's cost more than  one set of compact car wheel size 13.

For a super rich boys or you are the son of the riches man in Sarawak...It's time to show off your big boy toys,super bike.

Till we meet again next year Pesta Benak 2011.

Oh yes..Congratulation to the organiser..good job.

Bergendang or Bermukun and Joget.

Among the Malays, Melanaus and Kedayans of Sarawak, the "Bergendang" ceremony is kept very much alive. The photos above(taken this evening) shows a "Bergendang" performance that is held at the Kuching Waterfront. Guess what? Anybody is welcomed to participate in the dancing, young and old. Visitors to Sarawak can pick up the dance steps very quickly. But the real fun begins when the ladies playing the drum ( named " Mak Gendang" = Lady Drummer) and singing the "Pantun" ( a four-line verse poetic message) gets response from the men. The men reply back in pantun-style the message or question embedded in the "Mak Gendang" pantun. Thus this answering and replying of pantuns continue for hours on end. Today the " Bergendang" is very much part of a wedding celebration activity and held mainly during the night in many villages through out Sarawak.

MSAM 2010-Minggu Saham Amanah Malaysia.

This morning I paid a visit to MASM2010,this is all about investing your monies.Interesting indeed lots of free gift .Parking your car is the big problem  so if you wish to visit the MASM I advise you to use the public transport.it's FREE anyway......

Hey !!! do you know that every visitors need to apply for passport (not the passport that we use for travel overseas)to enter this MASM2010.There are total of 17 boots or counter of big player company in Malaysia to show off to the public and they talk about money,investment,offer loan and Insurance.If you wanted to win a price..this is the place to try your luck.Everyday one motor-cycle,sport bicycle,laptop.TV etc,etc(house hold product)is waiting for the lucky visitors to bring them back home.The grand winner (closing date 26/04/2010)will bring back Toyota Hilux(4WD) and Perodua Alza..Wow!!!! I'm hoping to be a winner hahaha....but remember your passport have it serial number and every pages of your passport must be stamped by  what ever company that taking part in the event and answer a simple question...e.g Who is the the next Chief Minister of Sarawak ?

Free ride to cross the Sarawak River from 10:00AM-10:00PM.

and also free bus ride in the city (buses that have the above logo).also from 10:00am-10:00pm.

Well, I guess to-day is not my lucky day..I take home just a recycle bag with MASM logo and every visitors is hoping for big prize that will be know on closing day.So hurry up try your luck!!!!. its HALAL anyway....

PS: Best buy..Saham Amanah 1MALAYSIA.

Events@ Kuching Waterfront.

The crowd enjoying the hot day.

Activities such as catch the duck as many as you can.....

Yesterday,some events was held   @  Kuching waterfront.I don't bother to know who is the organiser . All i  see  the crowds is mostly from the government office (State & Federal).They enjoy the hot weather,free lunch and lots of prizes.The state minister was there too .Well, the crowd having so much fun..and remember the funding is from the investor monies of Amanah Saham etc,etc So why cannot we enjoy the good DIVIDEN every year?????.I mean like the good old days ( 10% plus-plus).

F1 Fever...........

While our capital city of Malaysia ,KUALA LUMPUR is promoting F1 in Sepang and perhaps it's F1 fever now in Malaysia.So what choice do Kuching people have?

Well, GO-KART race is just fine & it's fun too .I still remember one state minister promise the peoples  and to the youth that the government is going to build a international  standard motor race circuit in Kuching .So peoples just forget  it ...so what his next promise....?

Because I have been preoccupied lately taking care of a family member I have not been able to get out and take as many photos as I would like, so today I have to feature a photo from my last walk about in Kuching City.

 

Practice my panning shoot ..with slow shutter speed & its work alright to me but I don't know what my photography friends say.

I do not use a lot of Photoshop manipulations, One reason is I have not learned how to do it. I do try things every now and then. I do color adjust, sometimes crop, saturate if needed, use curves and sharpen. I will take out some detracting things that just could not be helped to keep out of my shot. That does not happen that much but sometimes it is just unavoidable. Do you think all the pictures that you see in magazines, on gallery walls have not had things cleaned up in them ???.

This Go-Kart maybe to old for me to drive but not to old for me to try as sport photographer :)

Thank You.

Revisited Sibu -Rejang Regatta.

Rejang River Regatta: Kenyalang boat race is back

SIBU: After a lapse of 20 years, the Kenyalang boat race will be revived at the upcoming Rejang River Regatta on March 13 and 14 at the confluence of the Rejang and Igan rivers.

The race was last held here in 1990.

Each of the racing boats has the capacity for 20 people – 18 paddlers, one navigator and a drummer – and is distinctively decorated with a kenyalang (hornbill in Iban) head at the front.

Ten boats costing RM30,000 each are being built for the event expected to attract 200 participants from Sarawak and possibly Indonesia as well.

The two-day event will also see power boat races in five categories with 35 teams expected from Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei.

The regatta is jointly organised by Rajang Port Authority and MC Events Management to promote Sibu as a centre for water sports in Sarawak. The organisers hope to hold the event annually.

“I hope it will elevate Sibu into a centre for water sports as envisaged by Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud,” said Sarawak Second Finance Minister and Minister of Environment and Public Health Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh.

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I have a chance to witness the regatta on the second day .At first the weather was cloudy in the morning and soon after that it was hot and humid .Not to mention the crowd its was as early as 07:00 am they already try to look for a better view for the event that only started at 10:00 am. Perhaps the venue Sibu waterfront phase two was not suitable for the water sport and my observation was that the crowd was not only from Sibu town and many are from small town like Kapit,Kanowit ,Igan and Dalat.Not to mention some are villagers from small fishing village along Igan and Rajang river and even some are from as far as Brunei and Sabah.

I can't even find the suitable position to photograph the event,further more in the afternoon its was heavy rain at 01:30pm that last until 04:00pm.

So below some of the photograph that I manage to shoot (point & shoot version).

Anyway let's the pictures tell the story.

I position myself quite far from the big crowds .

The big crowds here only manage to see the starting point of the power boat event.

What choice do they have?.standing at the bush or at the crowded water front.

Look at the big crowds ..they cannot see the event ,they only hear the blasting sound of the power boat and the commentator of the event.

Its seem that they don't mind about the muddy place as long as they have fun............

and perhaps this is not fun....so Safety First.

If Sibu wish to become a centre for water sports I hope the next event must be a crowds friendly venue.

See you next year and hoping very much for the best.

My World Tuesday-Padawan Raft Safari 2009.

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Something I have wanted to do for a while now is get up early and head for Padawan Raft Safari 2009 in Kampung Git of Padawan District.This place is about two hours drive from the city.This safari is an exciting activity which I see offer adventure and fun and it is ideal for those who love nature and water sport especially kayaking.I see that this year event is gand affair with 79 team and among the teams is one from Singapore.

Poling and rowing bamboo raft down a mild river.They say,has some tricky parts of Giam rapids but mainly they just row and row.

Pushing pole,shore and drag the bamboo rafts all the way down to finish line.

I think this will be a true test of strength and endurance because participants will have to row over a punishing distance of 26 kilo meter from kampung Dannu to kampung Git.

The official of the event enjoy the view from the stage that build on the trees..so that's nature.