Letters written by a Sarawakian

I am a proud Sarawakian because Sarawak is just.. simply a beautiful state any country could ever have. But I believe people of my generation can do a much better job. The ones ruling us now are just too old fashioned and to be very direct here.. stupid, but I am not going to elaborate any further on that, maybe in the next entry.

So recently, I have read the papers and to my utmost surprise, the concern that has been expressed by one of our ministers regarding the Ibans has been posted in the front page of a newspaper. Nope, you've guessed it wrong, it has nothing to do with getting oneself so highly intoxicated with alcohol.

Apparently, the trying-to-show-my-community-how-prudent-I-am minister expressed his dissatisfaction with the modernization of Iban long houses and Iban long houses should never have their traditional architectural elements of current long houses and any future buildings of long houses to be taken of. But what abruptly annoyed me as I was reading through, the minister has commented on the internal changes of long houses in general. He stated that Iban long houses are now very modernized, thus, losing all its traditional values.

Not happy with the internal changes made to long houses. As to what I could decipher from that statement given, I think what he was implying to is that long houses should not, by all means, have properly tiled floors compared to the once wooden flooring.. but.. wooden floorings are at a higher risk of being eaten by termites as we know it, right? Isn't it obvious, he is also trying to tell us that the once wooden ceilings should not be replaced with concrete ceilings and air conditioners should not be used as substitutes to fans. Is he saying that the Ibans living in longhouses should be left out of the modern living? How far do you want these people to be left behind? Oh Datuk, haven’t you heard already? We're living in the freaking 21st century; some people in some parts of the world have robots working for them already!

And correct me if I’m wrong, but cowboys don’t live in old ugly McDonald ranch houses anymore do they? And to have that concurred, here’s another one.. a vast majority of them have already migrated to big cities and have since MOVED FORWARD! Do you seriously think the Ibans have everything modernized to the way they they dress and especially to the way their long houses are designed to be intentionally done? Like DUHH.. it is called home improvement dumbass. I personally believe this downright stupid Datuk has hit the jackpot in the idiots department.

It’s easy for you to say Mr OH-I-AM-CONCERN-FOR-MY-PEOPLE Minister. You live in a 2 story concrete house in the big city. Maybe you'd like to go back to your long house some day, have the television turned on and watch people living oh so modernly on television, and not have your living standards upgraded and feel so left behind. And what was your reason to avoid any modern changes made to long houses again? You are afraid that Iban long houses might lose the traditional touch to their long houses? Well I think you are losing your mind. You’re indirectly encouraging Iban youngsters who look up to you to slack their life away and not help to contribute in bringing modernization to the community in rural areas. I suggest you worry on other things that I believe that are far more important than the modern changes made to Iban long houses.. go figure man. And if you’re really worried if our tourists might mistakenly identify a true long house with all it’s traditional architectural elements, go and have one of your own built.

Man I can’t wait ‘till we take over!

-MIZZ_SPECTACULIAR-

Sarawak never makes ‘ungrateful’ requests

We never demand for much from federal govt: Dr Chan SARAWAK has never made ‘ungrateful’ requests to the federal government, said several party leaders here, in stark opposition to a recent comment by a West Malaysian Barisan Nasional (BN) MP. “We leave the allocation of ministerial post to the Prime Minister. We never demand for much from the federal government,” said Sarawak United People’s Party president Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan. Read the rest of the article at this address http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=35522.

this article of Borneo Post that i found in one of our fellow Sarawakian's blogs at http://takikasung.blogspot.com/ caught my interest.You know,before the memorable 8th of March which was the election day and the tsunami wave occured,there was not much news regarding these things.

and now,suddenly,after the 8th of March,well,many things have come up and that includes:

1.the issue of Ketuanan Melayu
2.the issue on NEP
3.the fact that UMNO leaders(some of them)labeled the Malays who voted for the opposition as ungrateful to what the party had contributed in the past,including their effort in making independence susscessful.

4....and Sarawak and Sabah MPs' who are labeled as ungrateful for asking more representation in the CABINET.
don't you see?i suppose the 8th of March is a blessing to the rest of us becuz now,almost all Malaysians are aware of what's the country currently facing.

i am dissapointed when some leaders from the Government suddenly harps on the issue of ketuanan Melayu.it has actually,destroyed the efforts by larger parts of Malaysia who wanted the Malaysian dreams, and not sticking to a race-based political system where we still see each other,not as Malaysian but Bumiputera and non-Bumiputera.

but anyway,let's focus on our topic today,"don't take Sarawak (and Sabah if i might add) for granted".

referring back to the article~ "Mohamad Aziz (BN-Sri Gading) said in parliament that East Malaysian BN MPs should stop complaining over their lack of representation in the federal cabinet.Mohamad was quoted as saying that East Malaysian MPs who complained were being ‘ungrateful’ and ‘unable to appreciate their blessings’."

This is really unfair.The MPs are complaining because they feel unsatisfied over things that are related to the development of Sarawak;they don't complain for nothing.
These two states are very rich in resources and having that amount of resources,especially oil,surely the rural areas and places like Kapit have proper access of electricity and water.After all,the Bakun Dam is built right in Sarawak,and yet,why aren't the people of Swak still not provided with these basic needs?

It is very obvious that these two states are very far behind in terms of development compare to the West Malaysia.

i feel,instead of the "ungrateful" and "unable to appreciate their blessings" at sarawak MPs,i believe they should be instead be thrown words like these to the West MPs: selfish and blind. why? let me tell you why...

it's because if it hadn't been for these two very VERY big states,BN would've lost the election that day.almost every seat was won by BN in Sabah and Sarawak,and yet,these people are called as unable to appreciate their blessings!ever since the formation of Malaysia,Sarawak in particular have been very loyal to the Gov't.

to achieve the Malaysian dreams,there have to be a balance in terms of development in all of the states in Malaysia.and yet,this matter is not being looked upon hard enough.very sorry indeed...

the size of these two states are larger than the whole of peninsular of Malaysia,and of course,out of the 140 seats that the Federal Gov't currently have in the Parliament,we would at least have a larger share of the pie.But if to ask for these and being called as ungrateful,well,this is simply unacceptable!

Next year,I would be eligible to vote.And if the disappointments still linger here,well,I know just who to vote then: Anwar Ibrahim,at least he (I like to have faith in people,see?) seems capable of bringing more developments to Sarawak,this beloved home of mine and ours.

Sometimes,being frustrated over this matter serve no good.As for me,I'd say,work hard in my study and work later so that,by having the enough money and power,I could at least contribute to the development of Sarawak,for a much better future with better facilities.It's really annoying when my friends here at KL said to me that we Sarawakians still live in the jungle or the cave.Who wouldn't right?This is really showing that these people are being so ignorant but there is also truth in the matter.We are still far behind.We don't have proper roads to some places etc etc...Oh gosh,it would never end.I just hope that,someday,the people in the Gov't would actually listen to the complains of the MPs here and not calling them as ungrateful,but actually listen and really listen to their complains.

Here,I have an excellent article to show all of you the brief history of the formation of Malaysia:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/beritamalaysia/message/102885

Read it.it's a very good information-useful,no doubt.
You know what?I actually like Dr.Mahathir's quote which is "Melayu Mudah Lupa" (Malays easily forget) but I like to extend that to "Malaysians easily forget,not only Malays."

Agree?Any objection?

That's all I suppose.I shall write again soon.Have loadsa free time now!:)

but sadly,i'll only write about what i know in Miri,:P

sorry folks!

and as a non-Muslim and non-Jewish,I am eligible to eat pork,therefore,i see it as must for me to try the non-halal foods here as well.haha,no offense to anyone,though.it's not my intention.so,anyway,i've tried the non-halal foods here,especially for kolok mee.



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so dissapointing!i mean,the kolok mee taste...bleurghh...so un-kolok mee...



hehehehe...



but one thing that i do find delicious and nice to eat is the penang char kueh tiaw.



this one tastes nice and acceptable.but other than this,nothing too fancy or even comparable to sarawak's noodles!



but since my most favourite mee in the world is mee kering,so,i spose i'll only compare mee kolok then.so,so far,other than the kolok mee in miri,i find other places are not too good or not good at all.























that's why,in any case,i'd much prefer laksa sarawak other than other laksa becuz,oh my God,it taste so nice!and eventhough i don't like spicy foods,my oh my,it taste so nice!and when i said i don't like spicy,and i still say i like it,so it must mean i really like the foods,eh?



hehehe,(^^',)





but honestly,laksa sarawak is the best!


i really like the flavour and what i reckon any of you who like to try this laksa,you should have ur laksa with teh-c peng special,so far,that i know of,only available in miri!how cool is that!:)





but my friend who's staying in Kuching currently,argued that Kuching has better selection of foods than in Miri.hmmm...if so,i should really make an effort to go to Kuching one of these days and go try the foods there.don't u just love it?foods~the thing that worth throwing our money away.



there,can't u guys see how delicious the laksa would be when it touches ur tounge and u chew it and swallow 'em???oh gosh-laksa sarawak,one of the very best foods there is-i mean,ever invented!haha





if any of u,non-sarawakian,who ever thought of going to sarawak,but didn't try this one,boy o boy,u must have been really stupid then!:P


and well,other than laksa sarawak,another dish that i like very very much is of course,yummy yummy dim sum!but not in any location-only the dim sums in Wawasan 2020,a local restaurant in miri. it's a very very nice restaurant,i'm telling you!haha





you should really go there u know.oh my gosh-the foods are so very nice!haha




and last but not least on my favourite list,lulun (as my family call it) or ayam pansuh,in BM.now,this one,you cook what you want to cook in a bamboo stick.it's nice you know.it's really nice.
i like it when my father or my grandad cook it for dinner.ooo,especially after a long day out,this dish is a suitable and delicious to complete your day!hahaha
sounds like TrAVEL agent pulak,hehehe,:)
but no,i'm not cuz it's real good,so,no harm in trying it out you know!

that's all from Mr. Brooke.until next time,folks!

ciao!