Thursday, June 30, 2011

Bus services to Rainforest Music Fest


Got your tickets but not a place to crash or worry about transport back & forth?

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Fret not for City Public Link Bus [CPL] has come up with a package you might want to consider taking back & forth.

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Price :- RM 10.00 per way
Operation Time :
-Every hour starting from Hills Shopping Mall at 10.00 am until 8.00pm to RMF @ cultural village.
-Every hour return from RMF @ cultural village at 11.30 am until 2.30 am to Hills Shopping Mall

Price :- RM 5.00 per way
Operation Route :
- RMF @ cultural village - santubong resort - kampung santubong - kampung buntal (back and forth)
-Every hour starting from 11.00 am till 2.30 am


City Public Link also have RM 50.00 bus pass for 3 days unlimited ride on all CPL Bus during the rainforest music festival. Bus pass is sold only at Hills Shopping Mall Information Counter.

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

An Iban engagement

An Iban engagement,what's required.Aside from the golden advices.


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The dowry  includes & its legends:

Floor Mat [tikar] ; To be used when you've got guests,
The Cloths [kain] : To be used to sew cloths for your future kids,bedding & household curtains,
The Ceramic Pots [tajau] :  For storage used of harvest & wild jungle produce.Contains rice & rice wine
The Machete [Parang]: To be used to clear lands/ cutting meat,
The Axe [kapak] : To shape, split and cut wood to harvest timber to build houses
The Betel leaf  [daun sirih] & Cigarettes [Rokok] : I am not sure of this.


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A pair of  Tajau - Ceramic Pot filled with rice wine [Tuak]


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The dowry 


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Just like any traditional engagement/ wedding, there's always a game. A team of 10 people is form from both bride & groom side.The Tajau which contains the rice wine is given to each team. The team whom finished the the faster wins.

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During the era of the headhunters, the Dayak men of this time were covered with a visual canopy of the creatures and plants that lived within their jungle domain. However, and when combined together, tattoos performed as an indelible form of camouflage acting upon the malevolent forces encountered in the jungle - headhunters and evil spirits.Just as a great warrior was tattooed to mark his achievements in the human hunt, so did He.
What's a celebration if it didnt end with drinking & dancing :)

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Friday, June 17, 2011

Bountiful Tribute to Harvest Festival @ Grand Margherita, Kuching


Grand Margherita Hotel is having a bountiful Harvest Festival of local delicacies for the month of June.
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One of top 10 delicacies of Sarawak- The Pansuh; Fresh meat cooked in bamboo with water & seasoned ingredients.
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The Kueh Tebeduk - Rice pudding made from rice flour,coconut milk and palm sugar (gula apong)

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Top: Wild ferns [midin & paku] saute with chilli & prawn paste [belacan] 
Bottom: Preserved cat fish & venison in salt aka Kasam Ikien/ Kasam Jerak

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 Sukui Bandung - Tapioca topped with shredded coconut

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What's not to love lobster's love- my all time favorite! =)
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The Harvest Festival promotion runs from 27th May - 30th June'11 at Orchid Garden Coffee House.Available for lunch & dinner.

Grand Margherita Hotel,
Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuching
T: +6082 423111 (General) / +6082 418911 (Reservations)
F:+6082 426169 (General)/ +6082 237296 (Reservations)
Email: contact@gmh.my (General)/ reservations@gmh.my (Reservations)

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Air Ijok - Have you heard of it before?

Have you heard of air Ijok?

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Taste somewhat sour, and nor unlike heavily hopped beer neither smooth like the Guinness stout. Taste better if taken during early dawn it is said.

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Produced by the Ijok tree which happen to look like a palm tree too.When asked if it was, they said not.


 Simple tools needed for used in extracting of air Ijok

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A tree barks[of i don't know what tree] were used for that exquisite taste of air Ijok.

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I,of cause made the climb up to the 'platform'! *insert champion emoticon*

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I'm on the 'platform' partying with the red ants on the branches without any safety harness or safety nets beneath .


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Monday, June 06, 2011

The Chang




Thank you for the lovely Bak Changs given by friends & family. I feel loved!
Happy Bak Chang day to you! *toast bak chang*

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Saturday, June 04, 2011

Balai Ringin - Raided!

How was your Gawai? I made a roadtrip to Balai Ringin over the weekend for an Iban wedding. An hour drive from Serian town along the Pan-Borneo Highway. While some claim Balai Ringin is under Simunjan territory as well.

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 What does the kampung in almost every household had that the city doesn't have?

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Just woods & mountain water as utilities.

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Lemang - glutinous rice cooked in a hollowed bamboo stick.

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This cooking method using bamboo stick is popular not only in the Iban Dayak tribe but also adapted by the other tribes of Borneo island.

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The Changs- made of glutinous rice usually stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in reed leaves

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But this Chang, wasnt fill with any fillings. It had a slight bitter taste to it.[yes, it is yellow in colour]

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The Penanang aka kuih Sarang Semut is my all time favorite!

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The kuih bunga is another all time favourite! *nyummm!*

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Both best paired with hot steaming black coffee/tea or if there is an occasion, then tuak is served room temperature ;)


The Tuak - an alcoholic beverage made of fermented rice, yeast and sugar

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