no stronger bond on earth...
like the precious bond that comes from God,
to a mother, when she gives birth.
A mother's love is forever strong,
never changing for all time...
and when her children need her most,
a mother's love will shine.
God bless these special mothers,
God bless them every one...
for all the tears and heartache,
and for the special work they've done.
When her days on earth are over,
a mother's love lives on...
through many generations,
with God's blessings on each one.
Be thankful for our mothers,
for they love with a higher love...
from the power God has given,
and the strength from up above.
Most delicate of all.
She knows more of paradise
Than angels can recall.
She's not only beautiful
But passionately young,
Playful as a kid, yet wise
As one who has lived long.
Her love is like the rush of life,
A bubbling, laughing spring
That runs through all like liquid light
And makes the mountains sing.
Second day, 21st March 2011- Journey to Ulu Engkari Batang Ai
Today.. we continue our journey to Ulu Engkari Batang ai. Everyone woke up as early as 4.00am that morning and while waiting for the rest to be ready, i prepared a simple breakfast for them, bread with tuna and jam seem it will be a long journey to go. About 4-5 hours from Kuching by van and 1 and half hour by boat but depend on the level of the water.
Right after everyone has ready, we started our journey, headed to Batang Ai by 7.00am. It's rainy a long the way to Batang Ai.First one hour or may be less we reached Serian. Ariff seem excited, he showed us his old school just behind St' Theresa Church. what to say.. come down memory land..hihihi
In the meanwhile, i messaged papa that we on the way to batang ai and ask him to wait for us at the jetty with all the stuff that i had request him to bring along.
The next hour.. sound of "s-hungry-la rhythm" begun to appear. I know everyone is hungry like crazy especially our "hungry princess" (you know who) hmmmm.. the only thing i can said is.. "sabar ye" huhhu... till we reached at Lachau rest-stop. This rest stop is about 120 km from Kuching.We stop here for a while. while waiting for the others to make their visit to PT for "weewee", we walked to the "Tamu" @ market. looking for something to eat, just lo slow down the sound of "s-hungry-la rhythm". By 9.45am we continue our way to Batang ai. heww...still have few hours to go. Even though that special sound slow down a bit, i felt a bit guilty.. i should aware and concern bout that. Pity them..have to bear for the special sound with them. Sorry hungry princess.. i know your stomach need some work, right after we reach Batang ai you can pampered your stomach. Papa was already there waiting for us with the lunch..
At 10.30am, we stop at Engkilili for police report. Tempat jatuh lagi dikenang, inikan pula tempat bermain. My house (which i love to stay in rather than at kuching) is actually next to this police station on the right side.
finally..we safely reached at Batang ai jetty. Im so excited.. and i excited to see my papa. I miss him really. But i have to bear for a while because Mr Yiu kim beng (senior MA), Mr awang ismardi (MA) and Penghulu Rentap was waiting for us since a hour ago for the first session of this program which is briefing about the health status in the area. Sorry for keep you all waiting for our arrival. Anyhow.. thank you so much Mr Yiu, Mr awg, and Penghulu.
For a moment i thought that they might be forget about their 's-hungry-la rhythm" because the beautiful scenery attract they more. Enjoy the nice view guys!!!
Before we continue our journey to ulu engkari, let have a lunch first. Hungry princess... eat well ya..hihihi..
everyone seem really excited to ride the boat. Luckily, when we reached at batang ai jetty the weather was very nice. It's take us 1 and half hour travel a long the river to kg Nanga setamang. Excited, nervous.. 1001 feeling mixed and blend together.. Enjoy the nature everyone!!!
we arrived at kg nanga setamang at 3.15pm. euww..such a very long journey from kuching to nanga setamang.
i better stop here and let this video tell the rest. hmm.. i might be miss something. ^_^
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The D-day.
20th of March 2010 was indeed special to us. Us were me and my fellow friends and lecturers who were ('are' at this date) to visit Sarawak for a trip known as
Today was the D-day. I, accompany by my sister, left our comfy house in Shah Alam and headed to LCCT. I was 'armed' with necessary utilities (1 hiking bag and 1 small bag) and a great earnest to visit Sarawak.
Rather, I should say 're-visit'. Balik kampung.
We reached the terminal at 6am. Unloaded the begs and bidding my sister farewell, I meet up with my friends and had breakfast and perform Subuh prayer. After that, we gathered inside the departure terminal and check-in our luggage. There was a bit of drama at that time, as the capacity seem to exceed the 'capabilities'. Nonetheless, I put my hat off to my programme manager, who manage to turn things to our favour without the need for excess fees.
After that, with smile bores in everyone's faces, we entered the flight. By 8.30am, we're off!
We arrived at Kuching International Airport (it's International now) at about 10.20am by my clock. I was personally happy and was in 7th heaven when we arrived.
After so long, at last, Sarawak!
6 years since the last time I touched the soil of Borneo, I finally managed to revisit Sarawak! The merrier part was that I came with friends! Checking in and reclaiming our luggages, we then meet friends who had arrived Sarawak earlier and arranged transportation for nineteen of us (were there more? I think not).
We had lunch at Coffee o' Corner (Kak Mei Ling, a father's friend who I assumed as foster sister or else mother to me, later said that we had make a right choice to lunch there), I ordered Mee Kolok, a delicacies from Sarawak that bring backs old memories.
We then settled down at a lodging, provided by Wiki's generous dad (Thank you sir, for the hospitalities. Wiki is a friend of ours, also one of the members of the trip). After a short briefing by Dr Reza, we spend the rest of the day buying foods and items for the trip, eating delicious foods prepared by the host and rest.
Rest we did, for the next few days would turn out to be an adventure!
by Ariff Anuar, written at 12.45pm, 20th March 2010. Edited few minutes back.
