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Grafiti Spotted in Kota Kinabalu City – Update

If you guys still remember from the previous post of Grafiti Spotted in Kota Kinabalu City.. here is an update!

I spotted these new additional painting at the same place last week..

This time the painting was in black colored with few cartoon-human figure.

It seems to me the painting illustrate something like a group of ‘skin head’ teenagers

Whom need some room of freedom from their noisy parents/guardian..

I’m not sure if the painting meant to be that way, well.. that’s what I thought la, if you have any further under standing of the painting, I would love to hear..  just the question still remain with no answer.. sepa punya kerja la ba this??

2nd Bamboo Musical Festival Tamparuli 2008

Bamboo Musical Festival Tamparuli 2008
Venue : Dewan Tun Hamdan, Tamparuli
Date : 26th November 2008

Activities : Musical performance by the Kinabalu Bamboo Music Orchestra and local artists, Monogunggak competition, Bamboo musical group competition and Bamboo handicraft and souvenirs exhibition.

Contact Person : Ms. Jane (+6013 8760358), Mr. Lawrence (+019-8416491) or Mr. Wilson (+013-5446999)

Tamu Besar Kota Belud

The biggest + most famous weekly open air market in Sabah, is none other than the ‘Tamu Besar Kota Belud’, located at Kota Belud district, 78 km to the north east of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Tamu Besar Kota Belud is an annual event where the locals of Kota Belud will gather their hand-made products from various types of handicrafts, souvenirs, local foods and drinks offering for sale to the visitors.

This place was actually first open to the public on every weekend as a weekly tamu and known as Tamu Mingguan Pekan Kota Belud, later Kota Belud become an annual event of the grand Tamu Besar which held on every year by the month of October.

Hand-made ‘Parang Bajau’, a creative craftmanship of the Bajau and Iranun comunities.

Hand-made Rattan Basket or locally called Bakul Rotan by the Dusun.

Most of the locals are Muslims from the ethnic of Bajau and Iranun.

and majorities that offers their product for sale are from senior citizens.

Ikan masin.. dried fish.

Natural honey.. from RM5 to RM15 per bottle.

Traditional local delights from various types of kuih muih of Kota Belud such as kuih cincin, kuih penjaram and kuih gelang are mouth-watering foods which you should try one.

which will cost you as cheap as RM2 per packet.

The Bajau beauty.. or I love to call it the ‘Perawan Bajau’

The best time to visit Kota Belud is during the Grand Tamu Besar, it’s an annual event held on every October, for two days festivals usually on Saturday to Sunday. There are lots of interesting activities during the event which you will have the chance to get a closer look on the famous Bajau horsemen, cowboys of the East.

What makes the Bajau horsemen unique is the costume of the horse itself.

Usually the performance of the Bajau horsemen will took place in a school field nearby (about 10 minutes walk from the Tamu Kota Belud).

There, you’ll see about hundreds of Bajau horsemen wearing their traditional colourful Bajau costume with full of nice decorations on each of their horses.

Beside riding a horse, the Bajau community originally, they are the farmers and fishermen of Kota Belud.

The Bajau are also best known for their ‘Dastar’, a hand-made woven cloth for male to wear for covering their hair.

The Bajau male costume are formally consisit of a high collared long sleeve shirt call ‘baju sampit’ with gold buttons and this worn by a pants call ‘seluar sama’.

Beside a performance of the Bajau horsemen, during the event earlier, there is a Bajau female beauty pageant contest call ‘Ratu Serimpak’, which been held for the last 7 years until now. The unique of this beauty pageant beside their natural beauty was all contestant wearing a traditional Bajau female costume which consist of cultural sarimpak head dress, badu sipak, sarong olos berangkit and silver belt.

Below are some facts you might what to read  about Tamu Besar Kota Belud:

How long is the journey from Kota Kinabalu?
– 1 hour to 1.5 hours drive (standard time) to reach at Kota Belud
– 45 minutes drive (off course if you drive your car like how I did)

How to get there?
– Public bus (will cost you around RM10) – Depart from the bus station near the Merdeka field.
– Public taxi (will cost you around RM50) – Depart from the bus station near the Merdeka field or Inanam bus station

What to expect at Kota Belud?
– as I wrote… Lots of hand-made handicrafts and souvenirs for you to bring home, mouth-watering local delights, good quality home-made products from various types of foods and drinks.
– taik karabau… LOL!

Did you know?
The only Malaysian professional football player whom managed to score 2 goals against a full England team while playing for Malaysia on 1991 was a Bajau from Kota Belud named Matlan Marjan. He is a professional football player for the state of Sabah until the year 1995.

My favorite shot of the day.. 😉

Those that interested, are higly recommended to visit the Tamu Besar Kota Belud… but you have to wait till next year October then..

Random Pics #07 – Unduk Ngadau 2007

The Unduk Ngadau 2007, Ms. Jo-Anna Sue Henley Rampas

Unduk Ngadau has long before been practice since the year 1960, and Yong Mee Lan, from Penampang district, was first to be crowned as ‘Miss Kadazan’ the Unduk Ngadau title in 1960. Unduk Ngadau is an annual beauty pageant for the local beauties which held on every 31st of May each year at the Hongkod Koisaan, Penampang, Sabah during the Kaamatan celebration (harvest festivals) . All chosen beauties from each district of Sabah will participate in the contest to try their luck in winning the state-level pageant title. Ms. Jo-Anna Sue Henley Rampas, originally from Tuaran district, has won the Unduk Ngadau title for the year of 2007.

Did you know? Unduk Ngadau formerly known as :
– Miss Kadazan : 1960-1970
– Miss Harvest Festival : 1971-1980
– Ratu Kaamatan : 1981-1990
– Unduk Ngadau : 1991 until now

Traditional Mock Wedding Display at Monsopiad

Traditional Mock Wedding Display
Date : Every Saturday of the month of November 2008
Venue : Monsopiad Cultural Village, Kg. Kuai
Time : 10.00am

Be mesmerize with the traditional wedding display from various types of ethnic community in Sabah. For more info, please contact : +6088 761336

Big Boyz Toys – Beauty & The Beast

Show : Big Boyz Toys, Beauty & The Beast
Venue : 1Borneo shopping mall
Time : 10am – 9pm
Date : 16th October – 19th October 2008

Ignore the intro picture above.. here are some shots of what the ‘Big Boyz Toys’ really means are..

There you have it.. Ferrari, Lexus, Lotus, Range Rover, Harley Davidson, Virago.. but I prefer these two monsters instead..

Nissan Skyline GTR34 bodykit tuned by N1 Bodykit

Superb… my fevret car this..

Nissan Skyline GTR Proton Arena, bodykit tuned by N1 Bodykit

If you still don’t get it.. here are some shot that make the term complete.

ahhhh.. dis one my fevret nih!

During the show, there was a photo contest with a cash prize of RM500. What you need to do is to take your best shot of the beautiful show girls with the super cars and the session start at 2.30pm.

I decided to join and have some fun but it turn out that I only arrived at 3.30pm, 45minutes stuck in the jammed.. apala!! 😦

Random Pics #06 – Dusun of Ranau

Dusun of Ranau
The Dusun of Ranau district, which is located in the west coast of Sabah has a population of more than 50,000 of Dusun peoples along the Ranau district. The Dusun Ranau speaks in Dusunic language and Medtemu is one of their most famous ethnic dance.

Borneo International Marathon 2008 : Race Day Pictures

The run has been over for few weeks now, you’ve read about the event introduction before and now only just got some free time to upload some photos from hundreds of shots I took during the Borneo International Marathon 2008 on last October 12, 2008.

Read the full articles + results + see more photos here!

or check out the event official site at BorneoMarathon.com

Malaysia Craft Promotion 2008 – Sabah Handicrafts

The Malaysia Craft Promotion 2008 was held at the Lintasan Deasoka, Kota Kinabalu on last friday which started at 10am until 10pm. Most of all these handicrafts are originally home-made by a number of Sabahan locals like Bajau, Muruts, Kadazan, Kadayan, Sungai and Brunei.

A number of home-made zipped hand bags.

a perfect souvenir for your NON Sabahan friends

Colorful patterned beads..

Most of the handicrafts comes with lots of choices for you to choose.

These are some of the tools mostly used by the Kadazan community.

Scale model wooden boat by the Sungai community

The exhibitions also showcase several live handicrafts demonstrations.

Hand-made viola..

Vinusak or Litai.. creative home-made beads by the Rungus community.

Random Pics #05 – Borneon Gibbon

Borneon Gibbon
Borneon Gibbon or also call Kelawat, are slender arboreal primates without tales which can grow up to 6.7 to 7kg of body weight. Usually associates in groups of 2 to 6 individuals consisting of a male, female and their offsprings.

Habits : Travels very fast within the canopy of tall dipterocarp trees of Borneo.
Eat : Wild fruits, small insects, young leaves and loves to drink water from a tree hole.
scientific name : hylobates muelleri

Monsopiad Tattoo & Art Exhibition

As announced, Monsopiad Cultural Village is now having their Tattoo and Art Exhibition along the month of October and me once as a fine art students before + tribal pattern was one of my favorite, I’ve managed to spend some time to visit the place and took some pics for you guys.

I can summarize on the first stage of a tattoo process, it can be said as an ‘introduction’ between you and the needle tattooer.

You’re free to choose a tattoo design from a catalog provided or you can just bring your own tattoo design.

The tools..

What’s in the bag..

and.. the second stage.. there’s none actually, you get the tattoo experience once you hear a sound of bbzzzttttttttt………

Experience that you can only imagine..

A tattooer has to be a quiet artistic person

In order to get one nice tattoo for their customer.

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A normal size of single colored tattoo normally will takes about 45 minutes to finish the whole process.

After all the pain!! after all the heat!! and all the bzzzttttt!!!! in the end

All are worth it!!

interested? Contact person : 088-761336  Ms. Nadia / Mr. Awad

Random Pics #04 – Ganna Tribe

Tribe : Ganna
District : Keningau
Claimed to be the smallest tribe community in the world and also it was said to be the oldest tribe in Sabah where there are only 200 of Ganna people who knows how to speak Ganna language.

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51st Malaysia’s Independence Day Closing Celebration 2008

51st Malaysia’s Independence Day Closing Celebration
“Success Through Unity”
Venue : Padang Merdeka, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
Date : 18 October 2008.
Time : 7pm to 11pm.
Programme : Cultural show, song performance by local artist and poetry.

more info : malaysiamerdeka.gov.my