Sibu Tua Pek Kong Day Procession

It was a big day for Sibu yesterday where a local festival called "Tua Pek Kong Day" was held here. This is the 2nd time the town celebrate this event. A street procession had been held at night time as a way of celebration.

This year the procession is a big one with total of 120 teams taking part in the event. As coincidentally this event was held within Sibu by-election period, Sibu people had been told that Prime Minister would be joining the procession. 

That's why, as early as 6pm, people started to swarm onto the street as they were pretty excited to meet their 1 Malaysia Prime Minister who was going to take part in the procession. For Sibu people, the Premier taking part in their local events means a lot to them!

After a long wait, around 8pm, siren of police traffic could be heard signaling the arrival of the Premier. Another half an hour waiting, the procession started officially. Most people predicted PM would be leading the procession with the organizing committees and some other VIPs.

However, his shadow couldn't be seen when the procession leaders' team passed by. Those leading were the "left-over" VIPs of SUPP and organizing committees. I could feel the disappointment of some Sibu people when they started questioning about the sincerity of the Premier participating in this event. The feeling for being cheated wasn't taste good in heart.

Anyway, Sibu people got some condolences when DAP symbolic leaders Lim Kit Siang was joining the procession with his fellow comrades as well as Sibu by-election candidate Wong Ho Lien. Lim was friendly enough to greet and shake hand with people along the procession path. At least, Sibu people felt honored and touched with this!

Back to the procession, it was an eventful night, yet I think next time the organizing committee should coordinate the gap between each team so that there will be more continuity among the team during the march and not end up with a lot of waiting and time wasting.

It took about 2 hours to watch all the 120 teams marching pass. I couldn't explain in more detail about the entire event, so I will leave you with the photos and some video and I believe they will explain the thousand word. Enjoy!

Sibu By-Election PR Campaign - Night 1

I felt lucky because have the chance to witness what a by-election is all about! It is totally different from the normal state election or parliamentary one as all the focus will be put on a place and in this case, it is Sibu!

Sibu, is not a big and well-known town in the context of this country, but recently because of the by-election, almost everyday you can see Sibu on tv! Besides that, all political big names either from ruling parties as well as opposition parties are blooming into this town since the nomination day (8th May). It is predicted that this phenomenon will continue until the pooling day which is scheduled on 16th of May! Therefore if you wish to visit Sibu in this period of time, please be reminded that all hotels, no matter big or small, expensive or cheap, new or old... all had been fully booked!

[Selangor state exco Y.B. Tuan Yaakob bin Sapari was giving his speech]

Campaigns and political talks from both parties had been started since last night, so it is a busy week for Sibu people. Last night I attended the first political talk by Pakatan Rakyat at Butterfly Park of Sibu. It was really a nice experience as you can meet opposition heavyweight political idols such as Lim Kit Siang, Lim Guan Eng, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Teresa Kok and so on in person!

[Cheras MP Chan Kok Wai]

[DAP prominent leader - Lim Kit Siang in person]

[Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim + Lim Kit Siang]

[Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim - parliament opposition leader giving his speech with full emotion]

[Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was on stage]

[Lim Guan Eng giving his speech with full energy]

[Teresa Kok in action!]

[Datuk Ngee Koo Ham]

[A very famous local political scientist and columnist Wong Chin Huat was giving away his opinion on the political situation in this country]

[Wong Ho Leng - DAP Sibu by-election candidate]

[The spectators]

["Somebody" recording down Lim Kit Siang and DSAI speech and can't be seen after that]

Sarawak Cub Prix 2010 Sibu Series - Behind The Scene

Nothing much to elaborate here. If you wish to know more about Sarawak Cub Prix 2010 Sibu Series, please take a look at my previous post Sarawak Cub Prix 2010 Sibu Series.

This post is basically just to share more photos on this event, just in case some of you who are interested in this event but somehow missed it on the day. However, most of the photos are not racing related. They are more on the happenings around the track which sometimes people are not aware of. Hope you enjoy them!

[One of the motobike team in booth]

[N.B. Motors sponsored Daiichi racing team]

[Faito Boon Kui Racing Team who performed quite well in the race]

[WMCC Racing Team in their booth]

[Fire Fighter and rescue team always standby for any emergency]

[Marshall co-operate in moving away the damaged motorcycles after a race]

[The track was a bit slippery after the heavy rain, so the marshalls were trying hard to make sure the track is safe for the next race]

[An officer even sprayed fire extinguisher on the track to make the track dryer and less slippery]

[Warm up lap]

[Race is going to start very soon... is time to start your engine!]

[The excitement of the race!]

[Finishing point]

Sarawak Cub Prix 2010 Sibu Series

Sarawak Cub Prix 2010 Sibu Series is not the first of its kind held in the town of Sibu. The same race had been held here a year ago but somehow I missed it as I was having working attachment in KL last year.

This year I promised myself not to miss it anymore. I had been watching Cub Prix races on tv all these while, but I never have chance to experience the excitement with my own eyes. I knew this is the best chance to do so.

The race was held near Sibu town center. Its circuit includes Jalan Bujang Suntong (Lau King Howe Hospital to Kampung Datuk traffic light), Sibu Town Square car park and Jalan Pulau (Sibu Rejang Port). The organizer claimed it as the first and the only city centre track in Malaysia! Wow! that really sounds great but I am not sure how true is that.

The race had attract a lot of spectators as it was held on weekend + Labour Day holiday (1st - 2nd May). I heard the organizer had much improve the safety level if compare to last year by put up the proper fencing around the track.

Some of the racers taking part in this event still pretty amateur. Why I said so? Well, some still need to put down their leg for balancing when doing cornering. Accidents did happen but nothing serious.

A motor racing won't be perfect if we are not talking about the race queen. Yeah! You can find some race queens in Sibu series! Too bad I couldn't go closer to shoot on them. Only those with big camera or have special name tags would have the privilege to do so!

However, for Just Sharing readers, I practiced my paparazzi skill by zooming my camera to the fullest (3x optical zoom only) hoped to get the best shot of these race queens (or should I call them umbrella girls) from far! These are the best I can get! I know they are not too convincing, but believe me, if I have the pass, perhaps you are now drooling or nose bleeding in front of your pc!! ^ ^

It was a nice experience watching the motor racing live with the heart-beating speed and motor engine sound! I think it'll be here again next year and I am looking forward to it! I leave you with more photos of this race and also a short video I shot with my camera. Hope you like it.