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Today’s Sabahan mother tongue that I’m goin to share with you guys is..
(noun)
Definition:
mouldy; stale; not new; something is not fresh
*correct me if I’m wrong somewhere there, I’m not the super duper prof with some language degree what so ever.. just sharing my mother tongue with all because it’s actually caring bah!
Located about 110km to the south of Kota Kinabalu city in Beaufort district. It will takes you about 2 hours drive from the city. Klias is home to the famous long-nosed monkey name Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) or simply name ‘Monyet Belanda’ among the locals.
What to expect?
Activities
Malaysia Airlines promotion has arrive again, this time its for China & Domestic Weekend Deals.. Fly to Kunming from RM564
Bah apa kamurang tunggu lagi nih..
This is going to be a new category post that I will share very frequent from today onwards. This category post I may call ‘Learn Sabahan’ and dedicated to those who love to learn Sabahan local dialect.. and today’s lesson I will start with my favorite Sabahan dialect and majorities of the Sabahan use this word..
(verb)
Definition:
to chase; to hurry after someone/something in order to catch them
*correct me if I’m wrong somewhere there, I’m not the super duper prof with some language degree what so ever.. just sharing my mother tongue with all because it’s actually caring bah!
Apa itu Search Terms Trending ahh?
Those newbie bloggers should at least understand your blog Search Terms in order to keep your blog content running on smooth and to discover the most popular search keywords on your blog/s..
Tapi today, I’m writing bukan pasal sia bukan mo jadi mcm si botak ProBlogger ka or SEO expert ka, tapi sini sia mo share, one of the popular ‘search terms’ keywords for this bog.. see below
Siapala punya kerja ini ahh??
Datu Paduka Mat Salleh Memorial
The Memorial located at Tibabar Village, Tambunan, about 85 km from Kota Kinabalu town. The Memorial was built under the Sabah State Museum Government to commemorate the true warrior of Sabah, Datu Paduka Mat Salleh on his courage and strength for leading a rebellion against the British rule during colonial times in 1894-1900. Datu Paduka Mat Salleh was among the fears enemies to the British army and he was killed in a gun battle with the British army on Feb 1st, 1900.
Knock! knock!..
Uhuk! uhuk! kroff! kroff!!.. duii berhabuk suda this blog sampai terbatuk2 sia..
Berhabuk ndak berupdate berbulan-bulan sudah, dia punya habuk and dust sampai jatuh suda sia punya ranking di Alexa nih, since my last Alexa update on Alexa Page Rank almost 2 years ago (deh gila punya lama) baru #1,482,034, my best so far was on Sept 2007 ranked at #327,907.. demm! and now Made In Sabah rank at #3,288,983.. for those fresh bloggers, they should learn a bit about this Alexa ranking thingy, speaking by experience, it can actually motivates you from keep writing and update your blog.
Well.. OK enough with the Alexa thingy.. today I’m writing not just about my kejatuhan ranking Alexa yang terburuk, I’m now ready to write again, walaupun this blog berhabuk sana sini, but still people are coming in and out, walaupun tidak banyak tapi thanks to all lah yang coming, I noticed also there are few silent readers yang menyekodeng2 jugak kadang2.. also thanks to them for the skodengan. There are also readers yg setia membaca and giving out their positive input and comments.. Thank you lah to all!
I’m writing today also mo ucapkan Happy New Year and Selamat Tahun Baru 2011 to all and I would love to explainlah cikit after being “MNIA” Missing NOT In Action for many months. Firstly you’ll notice on this blog is the web layout of Made in Sabah has been changed into a new theme named Greyzed by The Forge Web Creations (If you’re loking for new theme to fill your new year with new look, go ahead to The Forge Web Creations) I kinda like the feel of grungy theme la this time.. saja bertukar theme yang baru since theme yang lama suda bangas(basi) berlalat so its some sort of nafas baru (la kunun kasi sedap hati)..
Maybe not many of you been wondering where on earth I go all this while, well.. I’ve been snapping a lot of places around Sabah during the year 2010 and you will see some of ‘Must Read’ post coming in the new year 201 after the jump.. but before that, let me do some explanation of my missing NOT in action..
– I’ve been super busy with my hardcore hobby and now become a profession into serious business..
– and since it got serious into this so call ‘profession’, I got tons of photos on my hard drive, external hd, thumb drive, dvd and almost everywhere..
– and since I got tons of photos everywhere to look at and therefore at the same time I have no ‘proper’ time to update this blog.. (Nope.. this is not alasan bah!)
– I got new member in the family.. she’s cute, she’s super healthy, she’s getting bigger, she’s a cute little monster.. I’m a lucky dad!!
– Speaking of lucky, I got a new job in line.. baby sitter, since I got most of my time working freelance at home.
– So being half baby sit half freelance job are being 4wd-challenging as its actually 80% baby sit and 20% wifey and -50% work, -50% hobby.. so you tell me when the hell do I get to update the blog?
– Actually I did some update on my other blog in case you guys didn’t know.. tapi post yang ringan2 jela..
– And because of all these I was so lazy to update bah (OK this can be a perfect reason)
– Lastly, just recently not long time ago, a new chapter came in to my life, I’ve just been attach to a profession of being working abroad.. good offer + good future, so I take the shot.. and now I’m settled down and ready to blog again..
So hopefully you guys get the idea lah kan my “missing NOT in action”
Here are some of ‘Must Read’ post coming soon that I’m going to publish for you guys.. all fresh, all new and pack with tons of jaw breaking photos..
Mount Kinabalu Climbing – from zero to sunrise:
Poring Hotspring, Ranau
Sabah Agricultural Park, Tenom
Proboscis Monkey & River Cruise, Klias
Mahua Waterfall, Tambunan
Bavanggazo Rungus Longhouse, Kudat
Tip of Borneo, Kudat
So guys.. hope you enjoy reading and welcome me back, let’s rock n aramaiti again this new year 2011, I’ll be out for a while and I’ll see you again very soon when I come back..
Event: 5th Sabah International Folklore 2010
Date: 19th – 26th July 2010
Venue: Sabah Cultural Centre, Penampang, Sabah Borneo Malaysia.
Sabah Local Dance Competition Part 1 & Part 2 : 21st – 22nd july 2010 at 7pm
International dance Competition Part 1 & Part 2 : 24th – 25th July 2010 at 8pm
Ticket fee: First class (RM50), Adult (RM30), Children (RM10)
Gala Nite at Magellan Sutera Harbour Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysian Borneo
23rd July 2010 at 8pm – 10.30pm
What to expect: 19 international Dance group will be performing and compete to gain the title.
Those who have missed last years’ event, you can always check them out HERE!
ps: ehooooo.. Singapore dance troups datang agi nih yang bikin siok nih..
The celebration of Pesta Kaamatan Unduk Ngadau 2010 is over, the full results of the Unduk Ngadau has officially announced, even the long holidays was over too, what haven’t you seen yet here is the event photos..
so guys prepare to view tons of photos comin very soon!!
Here is some fresh Sabahan songs you guys might want to hear. The songs is originaly made by Huang Poh Lo a.k.a The Man Below The Wind, a professional Chinese Calligrapher. The song is about the harvest festival, Kaamatan, celebrated in Sabah.
Enjoy!
The biggest cultural celebration is coming again, don’t miss the Sabah Fest Extravaganza 2010 fiesta with this year’s theme legend, Arung Salimah.
SABAH FEST 2009 – Cultural Extravaganza
Date : 1st May – 2nd May 2010
Venue : Magella Sutera Harbour Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Handicraft + Food Showcase : 10:00 am – 22:00 pm
Cultural Extravaganza show : 07:00 pm
What to expect: Cultural performance, cultural song and traditional dances, local music, traditional fashion, local food and product display, local handicrafts, local artist product, sumandaks..
Are you ready for a 3-days Murut cultural celebration held at Murut Cultural Centre in Tenom town? Those who missed last year’s Kalimaran festival, now is your chance. Here is the previous post of Pesta Kalimaran 2009 festival and see what you’ve missed!
8th Pesta Kalimaran 2010
Date: 2nd – 4th April 2010
Venue: Murut Cultural Centre,Tenom, Sabah
What to expect: local handicrafts, variety of local foods, traditional kampung2 games, cultural song + dance performance by the sub-ethnic Murut community, and lastly off course the Sabahan Sumandaks..
Poring Hot Spring, Kinabalu Park Sabah.
Well known mostly for its sulphuric minerals, located 40 km south-east of Kinabalu National Park in the district of Ranau at the edge of the Mamut rRiver, Sabah. Poring Hot Spring is managed by Sabah Parks and it took you about 2 hours drive from Kota Kinabalau city centre. Visitors can enjoy a soak in sulphurous water channelled from the hot springs into tiled pools and tubs or even boil an eggs ranging between 49 – 60 degrees celcius.
What you’ll expect:
Hot springs with sulphuric minerals, hot + warm bath tub, butterfly farm, Kipungit waterfall, tropical garden, Orchid Conservation Centre, Poring canopy walkway, Laganan waterfall and lots of fun relaxing.
What you didn’t know:
During very long time ago, Poring was originally a small village lived by the Dusun community of Ranau, most of their houses are built with huge + rouded poles of bamboo and the word ‘Poring’ is actually known as ‘Bamboo’. Therefore, the village named Kampung Poring or Poring Village.
Detail post coming up soon! stay tuned..
Hi all.. we meet again! If you guys following the previous post on Sabah the Early Days, well here is the second part.
What you see here are some of Sabah’s early days photos during Kota Kinabalu was formerly known as Jesselton. Did you know that Gaya Street was actually first called as Bond Street.
Bond Street, Jesselton 1914
Today, Gaya Street will be closed on every Sunday for the Gaya Street Sunday market, selling lots of local foods and handicrafts, read more on ‘Gaya Street A – Z’. Until today, you can actually still see old shophouses built during the 1950s and there were few very old antique ‘Kedai Kopi’ that still exist in Gaya Street since the 1950s.
Gaya Street 1930.
There was one famous chinese shop houses in Bond Street during that day, the Ket Wah GoldSmith was one of them. After reading this post, try to locate Ket Wah GoldSmith if it’s still exist today.
View from Bond Street.
Jesselton Club in 1910s.
Atkinson Clock Tower.
Which was built in 1905, read some brief history about it here!
Jesselton view from Signal Hill.
War Memorial at Bond street 1922.
The memorial was unveiled on 8 May 1923 to commemorate the death of 13 local North Borneo soldiers who enlisted in the British Forces during World War 1.
All photos scanned from a book of National History Publication (Borneo) titled ‘Historical Sabah – Community & Society’ by Danny Wong Zee Ken
Stay tuned for part 3 as more classic photos will be shown. Thanks again to Ms. Hidayati for the effort and time to scanned + emailed me the photos for us here to share..
If you are free this Sunday, I mean early sunday morning, as early as 6.30am then head to Padang Merdeka, Kota Kinabalu to try your luck to win some cool prizes by participating the KK City Run 2010.. To participate you have to pay ZERO fees, the run is organized in conjunction to the 10th anniversary of Kota Kinabalu city day.
Kota Kinabalu City Run 2010
Venue : Padang Merdeka, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Borneo Malaysia.
Date : 7th March 2010
Time : Starts at 7.00 am
How to win : Run 4km within 1 hour, the first 100 runner who completed the task, they are eligible to win prizes!!
Bah! apa lagi urang2 Sabah, bangun tah awal ari minggu ani, main berlusir2 biskita ni..
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