Happy Dragon New Year 2012

Wishing all the Just Sharing readers a happy and prosperous Dragon year ahead. Thank you for all your supports by liking the blog and it is a great motivation for me to continue maintaining it! Enjoy the big day with your families and love one!

龙年行大运！

Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai 2010

1st of June is a meaningful day for the people of Sarawak where the biggest ethnic in this land, the Iban people celebrating the Gawai festival.

As usual, a day or two before the festival begun, Sibu express boat terminal will be flooded with Iban people going back to their long houses near upstream, such as Kapit, Dalat, Kanowit and etc which can only be connected via water transport to celebrate the biggest festival in their culture.

I took some photos on the situation at the terminal 2 days before the festival begin. Hereby, I wish all my Iban friends Selamat Hari Gawai, Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai and Happy Holiday!

First Day of CNY @ Tua Pek Kong Temple

It's the first day of Chinese New Year. I went to the Tua Pek Kong temple in the morning to experience the situation at the temple. I was quite surprised. Although Sibu is a place dominated by Christians, but people visiting the temple was far more than what I expected.

Could see the believers were carrying different size of incenses and prayed from the bottom of the heart hoping this new year will bring more fortune and health to themselves and also for their family members.

I leave you with the photos I took from the temple this morning and wishing all of you a very Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year!!!

 

  

  

 

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

Happy Chinese New Year 2010

Wishing everyone especially Just Sharing readers have a blessed and wonderful TIGER year ahead, and hope that the new year will bring more good luck, good fortune and good health to all of us!

Merry Christmas 2009

Wishing everyone have a blessed Christmas and Happy Holiday from Just Sharing!

Xmas Parade 2009 @ Sibu

Christmas parade in Sibu means the Christmas day is just around the corner, more or less about a week to go. As usual, this parade was held at the last Saturday before Christmas which for this year was on 19th December 2009.

  

I could still remember during last year's parade, the sky was raining but it stopped just before the parade started. This year however, sky was dark but it was not raining. Only when the parade marching started, then the rain began to fall onto the ground.

  

However, the prayers must have touched the Lord's heart, the rain never turned heavy. It just remained drizzle which wet the shirts and the road, yet the high spirit of the Christians taking part in the marching were never distracted. They sang, danced or marched steadily under the rain which let me felt their holiness from the bottom of the heart.

  

  

The highlight of the event was the floats or the decorated cars/trucks. Not sure if it was affected by economic recession, there were just limited quality floats be seen.

  

Anyway, it was a successful night I guess which attracted thousands of Sibuians gathered on the street to witness this event.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2009

Since today is Hari Raya Puasa, I would like to take this opportunity to wish the Muslim all around the world, especially my Muslim friends and Just Sharing readers Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, maaf, zahir dan batin!

Busy Wharf Prior To Gawai Festival

Iban ethnic is Sarawak will be celebrating their biggest festival - Hari Gawai on 1st and 2nd of June. It is a 2-day public holiday in Sarawak as Iban is the biggest population in the state.

Don't be surprised if you walk out to Sibu town on these 2 days and discovered it is abnormally quiet because most of the Iban people have go back to the long house where they came from to celebrate this festival.

The busiest place in Sibu a day or two before the festival starts will be Sibu wharf.

It is because those going back to their long houses at upstream of Rejang river such as Kapit, Belaga and Song which are not accessible through land will have to use boat express from Sibu to reach there. Sibu is the gateway to these places.

I went to Sibu wharf to experience the real situation there. Really... it shocked me! The boat express terminal were packed! People are waiting for their time to board the boat express. I hardly moved around when I was inside the terminal.

Those going back to their long houses not going back empty handed. Beside luggage, usually they will bring lots of thing back from foods to electrical appliances which are hardly acquire at remote area. Some people treated this as a business opportunity. They pushed their trolley around and asked if anyone needs their service to help carry the luggage by charging certain amount of money.

These were the eggs they gonna bring back to long house. I think it is not for sale... is for their own use.

For the boat expresses, they were full with passengers, from inner to outer. As long as there is still a place to accommodate a person, they will try to fit in. Everyone want to reach their destination as earlier as possible. Just like the boat express below, I think it was a bit imbalance because of overloaded.

The boat express not only need to carry human being, but also the goods or luggage those people carried. See the goods on the roof top of the boat expresses... Ya! you can even see passenger on it!

No need to rub your eyes... yes... that is a sofa set on roof top.

I believe this situation will gone by today when most of them already make their way back to long houses and prepare for their biggest celebration on the next day!

So for all the Iban friends, Selamat Hari Gawai... Gayu Guru, Gerai Nyamai!!