By admin on July 28, 2012
I was born in Binatang, a small town with a predominantly Foochow population. Anyone growing up in Binatang would almost invariably be able to speak Foochow with an acceptable level of fluency. I am no exception. I am a Hokkien but I too can speak Foochow. My birth certificate and my Malaysian identity card carry [...]
Posted in Bintangor, Memories Are Made Of These, Ramblings, Sarawak, Sibu | Tagged Belle’s Bookshop in Miri, Binatang, Foochow, Foochow idioms, Foochow proverbs, Foochow song YouTube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvZadErAMnE&feature=related, James Hii Mee Chiong, Sarawak, Sibu, St Francis Xavier Primary School in Kanowit, “160 Foochow Proverbs And Idioms” by Angela Yong, “colourful” and “foul” languages |
By admin on July 12, 2012
July 7 was D-Day for the Bintangkian Lau Peng Yu Reunion. Though I went to bed at almost 1.30 am, I was wide awake by about 6.30 am, after about 5 hours of sleep. As it was still early, I read “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest” for about 15 minutes before taking a [...]
Posted in Bintangor, Down Memory Lane, Memories Are Made Of These, My Life Journey, Sarawak | Tagged "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest", 'petara', 'tuak', bamboo rice, Bintangkian Lau Peng Yu reunion, Bintangor, Bintangor Basketball Court, Bintangor oranges, Bintangor rojak, Bintulu, ex-Kai Chung Students, express boats, From Bintangor With LOve, Gawai Antu, Gawai Dayak, harvest festival, headhunting days, Iban beauties dressed in traditional Iban attire, Iban Harvest Festival, Iban longhouse, Iban music, indigenous dance, Kai Chung School, Kim Hock Lin Restaurant Bintangor, Malay dance, Ming Kiong Hotel Bintangor, miring ceremony, ngajat, Rejang River, reunion dinner, rice wine, Rumah Panjang Lubok Putan, Sibu, Sin Hai Ching, Sin Hua Ming, SM Kai Chung, SM Kai Chung Alumni Association, the epitome of Iban tradition, the ‘blood and bones’ of the people, Wharf Road Bintangor, wish lanterns, wushu demonstration |
By admin on May 29, 2011
It was towards the third quarter of 1980 when I was offered a job as audit senior with Lau Hoi Chew & Co. in Sibu after graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Accountancy) from Canada. I had returned from Canada in early August and had been staying with my second brother and my [...]
Posted in Bintangor, Ramblings, Sarawak, Sibu | Tagged "Bathing the Baby" by Lim Poh, a pictorial account of life as it once was in the jungles of Sarawak, a pictorial record of indigenous cultures, art and crafts, Belaga, Binatang, Bintangor, Ching Ming festival, cockfighting, daily life in the longhouses, Do what you love, elongated earlobes, express boat, Fifth International Photographic Exhibition held in Sydney in 1962, handicraft business, headhunters, High Street Sibu, hornbills, Hua Kiew Road Sibu, hunting with blowpipes, Iban longhouse, Iban warriors, Iban woman weaving pua, indigenous cultures, indigenous people of Sarawak, Just do it!, Kapit, Kayan, Kuching, Lau Hoi Chew & Co., Life is meant to be lived, Lim Poh Chiang, Longhouse Arts & Crafts, Miring ritual, ngajat, one of the most appealing human interest pictures at the Fifth International Photographic Exhibition, orchid enthusiast, Our life is too short for regrets, padi pounding, Pelagus Rapids, Penan woman dancing, Penans, photography, pua, Pursue your heart’s desires and dreams, RIP, sapeh, Sibu, skulls from headhunting days, stretched earlobes, Take time off to smell the roses, threshold of change, tribal tattoos, valuable life lessons, “Among The Dayaks” |
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